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National Landscape Character Areas (NLCA)

Publisher
Natural Resources Wales
Updated
14 October 2025
Topic
Not set
Licence
Not set

Summary

This dataset comprises of boundaries for the 48 regional landscape character areas for Wales. The purpose of this data capture was to geographically distinguish different regions in Wales in terms of landscape identity and what characteristics and qualities make one region different and distinct from another. These distinctions and policy drivers for this project are described, together with an illustrated narrative, and published on Natural Resources Wales (NRW's) website. This dataset covers 100% of terrestrial Wales including inter-tidal areas. Boundary data derived from source data 2007-2008 with the final version being amended October 2008. Some area names were amended in August 2023 to match written profile documents, and to reflect official status change for the names Eryri and Bannau Brycheiniog.

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Additional information

Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
30 May 2024
Harvest GUID
NRW_DS109859
Extent (Latitude)
53.513067° to 51.240829°
Extent (Longitude)
-5.777741° to -2.608865°
Dataset reference date (publication)
2023-09-18
Frequency of update
notPlanned
Access constraints
There are no access restrictions on this data. NRW may release, publish or disseminate it freely.
Responsible party
Natural Resources Wales (NRW) (owner, custodian, distributor); Land Use Consultants (originator); Countryside Council for Wales (CCW) (originator)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng