A PDF map that shows the local authority districts, counties and unitary authorities in the United Kingdom as at April 2023. The map has been created to show the United Kingdom from country level down to local authority district level. (File Size - 1,909 KB)

This data shows the local authority districts, council areas (Scotland) and unitary authorities for Great Britain. A JPEG image of the map is also contained in the download.

A PDF map of the London boroughs as at December 2013. The map shows the London boroughs split into inner London and outer London. (File Size - 181 KB)

The Rural-Urban Classification is a Government Statistical Service product developed by the Office for National Statistics; the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; and the Welsh Assembly Government.Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.Contains OS data © Crown copyright 2025Links below to FAQ, Methodology and User GuideFAQ https://geoportal.statistics.gov.uk/documents/f359d48424664a1584dca319f3dac97f/aboutMethodology https://geoportal.statistics.gov.uk/documents/833a35f2a1ec49d98466b679ae0a0646/aboutUser Guide https://geoportal.statistics.gov.uk/documents/c8e8e6db38e04cb8937569d74bce277a/about

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Flood Risk Areas identify locations where there is believed to be significant flood risk. The EU Floods Directive refers to Flood Risk Areas as 'Areas of Potentially Significant Flood Risk' (APSFR).

Flood Risk Areas have been defined by the Environment Agency (main rivers and the sea) and Lead Local Flood Authorities (surface water). Other sources of flooding are not covered. This dataset includes Flood Risk Areas defined for both Cycle 1 (December 2011) and Cycle 2 (December 2018).

The criteria used to determine significance are explained in supporting guidance document supplied with this data.

Flood Risk Areas determine where Flood Hazard and Risk Maps and Flood Risk Management Plans must subsequently be produced to meet obligations under the EU Floods Directive.

INFORMATION WARNING

Flood Risk Areas are designed to meet the needs of the European Floods Directive. They are designed for broad planning purposes only and are not appropriate for any other type of flood mapping. Other flood mapping is available which is more appropriate to showing localised flood risk.

Used in Open data Layers web app on our open data portal

Local voluntary groups, set up by statute (Local Government Scotland 1973), intended to act as a voice for their local community, representing the views of the community to local authorities and other public bodies operating in their area. Dataset shows which CCs are operational(=1) and which are inactive(=0) Updated as necessary, with Committee approval. See Contact for update information.

The Flood Map for Planning (Rivers and Sea) includes several layers of information. This dataset covers Water Storage Areas. It shows those areas that act as a balancing reservoir, storage basin or balancing pond. Their purpose is to attenuate an incoming flood peak to a flow level that can be accepted by the downstream channel. It may also delay the timing of a flood peak so that its volume is discharged over a longer time interval. We have assumed that water storage areas act perfectly and give the same level of protection as when our assessment of the area was carried out. Water storage areas do not completely remove the chance of flooding and can be overtopped or fail in extreme weather conditions.

This dataset is designed to raise awareness of the likelihood of flooding and to encourage people living and working in areas prone to flooding to find out more and take appropriate action.

A Special Area of Conservation (SAC) is the land designated under Directive 92/43/EEC on the Conservation of Natural Habitats and of Wild Fauna and Flora. Data supplied has the status of "Candidate". The data does not include "Possible" Sites. Boundaries are mapped against Ordnance Survey MasterMap.Full metadata can be viewed on data.gov.uk.

This is a spatial dataset that describes the geographic extent and location of the 48 Local Nature Recovery Strategy (LNRS) areas for the whole of England and the Responsible Authorities for each area as determined by the Secretary of State (2021 Environment |Act (section 104)). Each Responsible Authority will be publishing the LNRS for their defined area. LNRS areas do not overlap.

We set ourselves the challenge of collating London’s tree data into one open source place to get a picture of London’s trees. We requested tree data from London boroughs and TfL in late 2014. The data mainly covers street trees, although it also includes some park trees, and contains location and species information for over 700,000 trees. It is estimated that there are around eight million trees in London, so this information is only a partial illustration of the species and location of trees in London.

There are several potential benefits to the public sharing of tree data. We hope that visualising tree data and providing access to it in one place will help to raise the public profile of the important contribution of trees to our urban environment and also provide operational benefits for tree managers. Sharing and standardising data could provide essential information for the strategic management of the urban forest. For example, it could help to assess species diversity and threats from pests and plant diseases across London and also help identify areas for additional planting.

We note that the process of collating and cleaning the tree data we received in 2014-15 has been complex and lengthy due to the variety of systems and formats in place for recording tree data. A more standardised method of recording data for trees in the public realm could improve this in the future.

Notes on the data:

• Data was not received from six boroughs. One other borough did not record location data in a form that was possible to easily map and so those trees could not be included. We aim to add any additional data received to the Datastore and online map.
• Whilst the data was provided in 2014-15 the trees will have been surveyed some time before this and so some records may be several years old.
• The data received varied significantly by borough. Some boroughs have only included trees on highways, whilst others have included trees on housing land, in schools or in parks. In some cases trees were recorded only when work was carried out.
• There is not a consistent or agreed format for collecting or recording tree data across London. This presents a challenge in collating data across multiple boroughs. Many boroughs collect a range of information about their trees (e.g. age, height). However this varied by borough in terms of the information collected and categorisations used so that the GLA was not able to standardise this information.
• The GLA requested tree species information as common names. Five boroughs only had Latin names recorded. The common names given also varied widely in terms of consistency of names, spelling, etc. As such, the GLA has gone through the data and standardised the names to come up with a simplified common name for display on the tree webmap (e. g. “Pear”). These are the common names for the 22 types of tree appearing most frequently in the data (which encompass 90% of all trees), with the remaining trees categorised as “Other”. We have also left the species name as provided by the borough in the data. In total over 2,000 different species of tree were recorded, grouped into over 100 types of tree using the common names.
• The ‘tree ID’ number has been added to the data to help map it. This number is not linked to borough’s tree management systems. Although for future data updates it would be helpful to establish such a link.

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PLEASE NOTE: this dataset has been retired. It has been superseded by data for Flood Risk Areas: https://environment.data.gov.uk/dataset/f3d63ec5-a21a-49fb-803a-0fa0fb7238b6

Shapefile for Indicative Flood Risk Areas generated using the Environment Agency's Communities at Risk Approach. This information is provided by the Environment Agency for use by LLFAs in their review during 2017 of Preliminary Flood Risk Assessments and Flood Risk Areas under the Flood Risk Areas. it must be used in conjunction with data for Indicative Flood Risk Areas generated by the Environment Agency using the cluster method as well.

The Indicative Flood Risk Areas are primarily based on an aggregated 1km square grid Updated Flood Map for Surface Water (1 in 100 and 1000 annual probability rainfall), informally referred to as the “blue square map”.

This dataset is a component of Indicative Flood Risk Areas (shapefiles)

A bundle download of all Indicative Flood Risk Areas spatial datasets is also available from this record. Please see individual records for full details and metadata on each product. Attribution statement: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2016. All rights reserved.

Runnymede Borough Council's Web Map Service displaying Council spatial data for the Borough of Runnymede in Surrey.

The data accessed via this WMS is available as either open data released under the Open Government Licence or as INSPIRE data released under the Public Sector INSPIRE End User Licence.

Each dataset available via this WMS can be found on www.data.gov.uk for further details on the licensing and use restrictions.

Parishes are subdivisions of local authorities in many parts of England, and their councils are the most local level of government. Unlike electoral wards/divisions however, parishes are not found in all parts of England. The Welsh equivalents are communities. Note that the full term for administrative parishes is 'civil parishes', to distinguish them from the ecclesiastical parishes which are found in all parts of the UK.

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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Community Council Areas

A PDF map that shows the health areas in England and Wales as at April 2013. The map shows the health geographies (clinical commissioning group, NHS area teams, and NHS commissioning regions) that became operative in England as at April 2013 and the local health boards in Wales. (File Size - 4 MB)

A set of targeting maps to increase the environmental benefits delivered through Higher Level Stewardship. This data aims to help secure the most appropriate management in geographic areas where environmental outcomes are likely to be greatest. The targeting is first systematic joining together of information on biodiversity, landscape, natural resource protection, public access and historic interests.

Areas of Great Landscape Value (AGLV) as designated in the 1947 Town and Country Planning Act.

Upon accessing this Licensed Data you will be deemed to have accepted the terms of the Public Sector End User Licence - INSPIRE

This data shows the local authority districts, council areas (Scotland) and unitary authorities for Great Britain. The attached Layer File can be used to symbolise the different types of boundaries. A JPEG image of the map is also contained in the download. This dataset was made from the OS OpenData Boundary Line product http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/products/boundary-line/index.html. GIS vector data. This dataset was first accessioned in the EDINA ShareGeo Open repository on 2012-05-10 and migrated to Edinburgh DataShare on 2017-02-21.