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National Character Areas (England)

There are 159 Character Areas, each of which is distinctive with a unique 'sense of place'. These broad divisions of landscape form the basic units of cohesive countryside character, on which...

Wiltshire Council - Local Landscape Character Areas

Landscape Character Assessment is an objective method for describing landscape, based on the identification of generic landscape types (e.g. Open Downland) and more specific landscape character...

Biodiversity and environmental conditions along public walking routes in three UK towns (Bedford, Luton and Milton Keynes), 2014

The data describe a set of field surveys to assess conditions along public walking routes. A spectrum of urban forms was identified in the towns of Bedford, Luton and Milton Keynes, in the UK. A...

Polygon inventory of 183 landslides mapped across Langtang Valley, Nepal (NERC Grant NE/L002582/1)

This is a polygon shapefile inventory of 183 coseismic and climate-triggered landslides in the south-western portion of Langtang Valley Nepal. All mapped landslides were those visible in the...

Photographic negatives of BGS large scale maps

Photographic negatives of Geological map 'Standards', manuscript and published maps produced by the Survey on County Series (1:10560) and National Grid (1:10560 & 1:10000) Ordnance Survey base...

Broadscale remote survey and mapping of sublittoral habitats and their associated biota in the Firth of Lorn: biotopes

Methodologies for broad scale mapping of sublittoral habitats and biota based on acoustic remote sensing was developed as the Broadscale Mapping Project (BMP), a three year project funded by a...

Ice Streams in the Laurentide Ice Sheet (NERC grant NE/J00782X/1)

Data generated using freely-available satellite remote sensing observations from the USGS Earth Resources Observation Science Centre, together with a freely-available ice margin chronology from...

United Kingdom Mineral Statistics

The United Kingdom Minerals Yearbook is an annual publication providing comprehensive statistical data on minerals production, consumption and trade, and includes commentary on the UK's minerals...

United Kingdom Minerals Yearbook 2024

The United Kingdom Minerals Yearbook is an annual publication providing comprehensive statistical data on minerals production, consumption and trade, and includes commentary on the UK's minerals...

Forel-Ule Index (FUI) outputs and plume extent in England and Wales between 1997 and 2022 and North East Atlantic between 1997 and 2018

Datasets used to describe water quality in UK waters and the Northeast Atlantic between 1997-2022 based on remote sensing products. Forel-Ule Index (FUI), a 21 class colour comparator, was used...

Activity data from common guillemots from the Isle of May during the 2005-2006 annual cycle

This dataset contains activity data from thirteen common guillemots (Uria aalge) from the Isle of May during the 2005-2006 annual cycle. These biologging data were collected using global location...

Habitat point records from 1977-80 Thomas/Culley Chichester Harbour littoral sediment survey

Report on a detailed survey of the macro-invertebrate littoral fauna, including an assessment of the habitats and associated fauna at 30 sites, a more detailed study of the species at 60 sites, and...

PLAN_N32_Greenbelt

The fundamental aim of Green Belt policy is to prevent urban sprawl by keeping land permanently open; the essential characteristics of Green Belts are their openness and their permanence. Green...

Species point records from 1977-80 Thomas/Culley Chichester Harbour littoral sediment survey

Report on a detailed survey of the macro-invertebrate littoral fauna, including an assessment of the habitats and associated fauna at 30 sites, a more detailed study of the species at 60 sites, and...

EPSRC project presentation: Illustrations of geological framework & models, reservoir and seal mineralogy research by BGS for WP1 CASSEM project

The CASSEM project developed new methodologies, workflows and insights essential for the successful identification and evaluation of safe and effective CO2 storage sites in offshore saline...

2024 University of Plymouth Ropes to Reefs FISP Acoustic Telemetry Dataset

Reporting lower environmental impacts and higher growth potential compared to traditional inshore farms, offshore mussel farming has the potential to become one of the most sustainable, large-scale...

Tree Species Map England

The England species map was funded by DEFRA’s Natural Capital and Ecosystem Assessment (NCEA) programme. The map was created using satellite remote sensing data (Sentinel-2) and machine learning to...

Overseas Development Assistance (ODA): BBC World Service

The UK government’s grant will support The BBC World Service to provide accurate, impartial and independent news and analysis to developing, fragile and closed societies across the globe, including...

Region and Country Profiles

Region and Country Profiles provides a source of essential statistics for the regions of England and the constituent countries of the UK (Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland). The tables provide a...

OS Open USRN

A dataset containing all USRNs from OS MasterMap Highways Network with a simplified line geometry. A Unique Street Reference Number (USRN) is a unique and persistent identifier for every street,...