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Living England 2022-23

Publisher
Natural England
Updated
29 April 2026
Topic
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Summary

Living England is a multi-year project which delivers a broad habitat map for the whole of England, created using satellite imagery, field data records and other geospatial data in a machine learning framework. The Living England habitat map shows the extent and distribution of broad habitats across England aligned to the UKBAP classification, providing a valuable insight into our natural capital assets and helping to inform land management decisions. Living England is a project within Natural England, funded by and supports the Defra Natural Capital and Ecosystem Assessment (NCEA) Programme and Environmental Land Management (ELM) Schemes to provide an openly available national map of broad habitats across England. Attribution statement: © Natural England 2024. Contains: OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2023 OS AC0000851168; Natural England Licence No. 2011/052 British Geological Survey © NERC. All rights reserved; © Environment Agency 2023. All rights reserved; © Rural Payments Agency 2022; NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre; National Plant Monitoring Scheme and survey data (2015-2023) organised and funded by the UKCEH, BSBI, Plantlife and JNCC, indebted to all volunteers who contribute data to the scheme; Modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2023; © Forestry Commission 2022; Soils Data © Cranfield University (NSRI) and for the Controller of HMSO 2005; © Carlos Bedson & Manchester Metropolitan University 2019; British Geological Survey materials © UKRI 2016; HadUK-Grid data © Met Office 2018; Modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2023; © Bluesky International Ltd 2024; Map services and data available from U.S. Geological Survey, National Geospatial Program; © Department for Energy Security and Net Zero; © OpenStreetMap 2024.

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Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
21 May 2025
Harvest GUID
042f14b2-3076-420d-b604-9657c0398fae
Extent (Latitude)
55.816° to 49.943°
Extent (Longitude)
-6.236° to 2.072°
Spatial reference system
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700
Dataset reference date (creation)
2024-04-23
Dataset reference date (publication)
2024-09-16
Dataset reference date (revision)
2024-08-31
Frequency of update
asNeeded
Access constraints
There are no public access constraints to this data. Use of this data is subject to the licence identified.
Responsible party
Natural England (pointOfContact)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng

Contact

data.services@naturalengland.org.uk

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Licence information

Open Government Licence

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