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UKCEH digital river network of Great Britain web map service

Publisher
Environmental Information Data Centre
Updated
14 August 2026
Topic
Not set
Licence
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Summary

This is a web map service of the UKCEH digital river network of Great Britain (1:50,000). It is a river centreline network, based originally on OS 1:50,000 mapping. There are four layers: rivers; canals; surface pipes (man-made channels such as aqueducts and leats) and miscellaneous channels (including estuary and lake centre-lines and some underground channels).

Data links

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Web Map Service (WMS) WMS 14/8/2026

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Additional information

Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
12 August 2026
Harvest GUID
a78c90a2-8da4-4f0a-9c6a-c1d1a4a3c2b0
Extent (Latitude)
61.38° to 49.3°
Extent (Longitude)
-9.89° to 3.36°
Dataset reference date (publication)
2000-12-31
Access constraints
If images of the river network are reproduced the following copyright notice should be included on or under the image: © UKCEH. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right.
Responsible party
(pointOfContact, owner, custodian)
ISO 19139 resource type
service
Metadata language
eng