UNITED KINGDOM · ENGLAND · DESIGNATIONS · STATUTORY
National Park
What this layer shows
England's finest landscapes, with the strongest landscape-scale planning protection.
Where the data comes from
ARCGIS · services.arcgis.com
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Facts shown for each feature
Designated · Area (ha)
In these presets
Upland
Moorland and the high ground: blanket bog, upland heath, mountain heaths and willow scrub, upland calcareous grassland, hay meadows and flushes, with the Moorland Change Map and the non-priority grass moorland and fragmented heath layers so you can see what has been lost as well as what remains. National Parks and CRoW access land are on because most upland work happens inside one or both.
Planning
The constraints that shape a red line: SSSI Impact Risk Zones, Green Belt, the Flood Map for Planning zones and storage areas with present-day rivers-and-sea risk, Agricultural Land Classification (both the provisional national map and the more reliable post-1988 surveys), nutrient neutrality catchments, National Parks, National Landscapes and Local Nature Recovery Strategy areas. Useful for a constraints plan or an early feasibility check before any ecology is commissioned.
Visiting
Walks, parks and places worth the trip: the map for a day out.
Landscape character
What the landscape is, before what is protected: character areas, LANDMAP, wild land and the scenic designations.