UNITED KINGDOM · ENGLAND · LANDSCAPE · WATER
Nitrate Vulnerable Zones 2021
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What this layer shows
Nitrate Vulnerable Zones, 2021 designations: where the Nitrates Regulations bind: closed periods for spreading, storage capacity rules, and record-keeping every farm inside one must follow. 600 zones.
Where the data comes from
ARCGIS · environment.data.gov.uk
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Facts shown for each feature
Type · Zone
In these presets
Farm & land
Land grade, soils, nitrate rules and agreement land, for England and Wales. Scotland's land capability map is open and on the list; it is not in the app yet, and Northern Ireland's land grade is not in the app yet.
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- Drinking Water Safeguard Zones (Groundwater)
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- Bathing Waters (Scotland)
- Bathing Waters (Wales)
- Bathing Waters (Northern Ireland)
- Groundwater Bodies (WFD 2025)
- River Water Body Catchments (WFD 2025)
- Statutory Main River Map