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Special Protection Areas (England)

Publisher
Natural England
Updated
19 June 2026
Topic
Not set
Licence
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Summary

A Special Protection Area (SPA) is the land classified under Directive 79/409 on the Conservation of Wild Birds. Data supplied has the status "Classified". The data does not include "proposed" sites. Boundaries are mapped against Ordnance Survey MasterMap. Attribution statement: © Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right [year].

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Data links

Link Format Preview Updated
Special Protection Areas (England): ESRI REST Feature Service API – 19/6/2026
Special Protection Areas (England): OGC API - Features service – 19/6/2026
Special Protection Areas (England): WMS – 19/6/2026
Special Protection Areas (England): WFS – 19/6/2026
Special Protection Areas (England): Download data by area of interest – 19/6/2026
Special_Protection_Areas_England.shp.zip ZIP – 19/6/2026
Special Protection Areas (England): Natural England Open Data Geoportal page – 19/6/2026
Special_Protection_Areas_England.lyr – 19/6/2026
Special_Protection_Areas_England.gpkg.zip ZIP – 19/6/2026
Special_Protection_Areas_England.geojson.zip ZIP – 19/6/2026
Special_Protection_Areas_England.gdb.zip ZIP – 19/6/2026
Open_Government_Licence.url – 19/6/2026
Data_Gov_UK_Metadata_Special_Protection_Areas_England.url – 19/6/2026

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Additional information

Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
12 June 2026
Harvest GUID
4c660eee-887e-4c8b-91e5-d84b4c1078ac
Extent (Latitude)
55.7447° to 49.8625°
Extent (Longitude)
-6.41736° to 2.05827°
Spatial reference system
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700
Dataset reference date (creation)
2016-03-01
Dataset reference date (publication)
2016-03-01
Dataset reference date (revision)
2025-02-15
Frequency of update
notPlanned
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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