UNITED KINGDOM · WALES · LANDSCAPE · WATER
Nitrate Vulnerable Zones 2013 (Wales)
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What this layer shows
Wales' Nitrate Vulnerable Zones, 2013 designations. Since 2021 the whole of Wales is covered by the agricultural pollution regulations: these zones show the earlier statutory designations that still matter for transitional rules.
Where the data comes from
WFS · datamap.gov.wales
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Facts shown for each feature
Type · Area (ha)
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.
Other layers in this group
- Internal Drainage Districts
- Nitrate Vulnerable Zones 2021
- Drinking Water Safeguard Zones (Surface)
- Drinking Water Safeguard Zones (Groundwater)
- Principal Salmon Fisheries (England)
- Bathing Waters (England)
- Bathing Waters (Scotland)
- Bathing Waters (Wales)
- Bathing Waters (Northern Ireland)
- Groundwater Bodies (WFD 2025)
- River Water Body Catchments (WFD 2025)
- Statutory Main River Map