A PDF map that shows the counties and unitary authorities in the United Kingdom as at 1 April 2023. (File Size - 583 KB)

Statutory Main Rivers Map is a spatial (polyline) dataset that defines statutory watercourses in England designated as Main Rivers by the Environment Agency.

Watercourses designated as ‘main river’ are generally the larger arterial watercourses. The Environment Agency has permissive powers, but not a duty, to carry out maintenance, improvement or construction work on designated main rivers.

All other open water courses in England are determined by statute as an ‘ordinary watercourse’. On these watercourses the Lead Local flood Authority or, if within an Internal Drainage District, the Internal Drainage Board have similar permissive powers to maintain and improve.

The Flood Map for Planning Service includes several layers of information. This includes the Flood Zones data which shows the extent of land at present day risk of flooding from rivers and the sea, ignoring the benefits of defences, for the following scenarios:

• Flood Zone 1 – Land having a less than 0.1% (1 in 1000) annual probability of flooding. • Flood Zone 2 – Land having between 0.1% - 1% (1 in 100 to 1 in 1000) annual probability of flooding from rivers or between 0.1% - 0.5% (1 in 200 to 1 in 1000) annual probability of flooding from the sea, and accepted recorded flood outlines . • Flood Zone 3 – Areas shown to be at a 1% (1 in 100) or greater annual probability of flooding from rivers or 0.5% (1 in 200) or greater annual probability of flooding from the sea.

Flood Zone 1 is not shown in this dataset, but covers all areas not contained within Flood Zones 2 and 3. Local Planning Authorities (LPAs) use the Flood Zones to determine if they must consult the Environment Agency on planning applications. They are also used to determine if development is incompatible and whether development is subject to the exception test. The Flood Zones are one of several flood risk datasets used to determine the need for planning applications to be supported by a Flood Risk Assessment (FRA) and subject to the sequential test.

The Flood Zones are a composite dataset including national and local modelled data, and information from past floods.

The Flood Zones are designed to only give an indication of flood risk to an area of land and are not suitable for showing whether an individual property is at risk of flooding. This is because we cannot know all the details about each property.

Users of these datasets should always check they are suitable for the intended use

A PDF map that shows the health areas in England and Wales as at April 2021. The map shows the health geographies: clinical commissioning groups that became operative in England as at April 2021 and the local health boards that became operative in Wales as at April 2019. (File Size - 1,004 KB)

This dataset provides digital spatial information on the location of mineral resources in England at a scale of 1:50 000. The term ‘mineral resources’ has a definition under international standards that includes both an economic and geological dimension. These data are based primarily on mapped geology with limited assessment of economics. Therefore, the term ‘mineral resources’ is used here in a broad sense. The dataset allows users to visualise the extent and distribution of mineral resources and to relate them to other forms of land-use (such as urban areas or designated environmentally sensitive areas) or to other factors (such as transport infrastructure and conservation information). The dataset is derived from a set of commissioned projects to prepare a series of mineral resource maps based on counties or amalgamations of counties. Maps for England were commissioned by the central government department with responsibility for mineral planning at the time (Department of the Environment (DoE), Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (DETR), Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions (DTLR), Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM), and the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) between 1994 and 2006. Each map produced (with an accompanying report describing the mineral resources depicted on the map) is available to download, as a PDF file from the BGS-hosted website: www.MineralsUK.com. During 2011-2012 revisions were made to areas of the resource linework. These changes were made as a result of new research and release of a new version of DiGMap (v5). This work was on an ad hoc basis but affects all resource layers. In 2020 minor revisions to geometry and attributes were made in in response to minor corrections that were required. The paper maps were not re-released with these data updates. The BGS Mineral Resource data does not determine mineral reserves and therefore does not denote potential areas of extraction. Only onshore, mainland mineral resources are included in the dataset. This dataset has been produced by the collation and interpretation of mineral resource data principally held by the British Geological Survey. The mineral resource data presented are based on the best available information, but are not comprehensive and their quality is variable. The dataset should only be used to show a broad distribution of those mineral resources which may be of current or potential economic interest.

A PDF map that shows the Regions in England, as at December 2017. (File Size - 226 KB)

These concentrations maps are provided to assist local authorities in support of Review and Assessment of local air quality. Users should note that 2010-based maps now replace the 2008-based maps. The 2010-based background maps are calibrated against monitoring data for 2010 and it is now widely recognised that high NO2/NOx concentrations during 2010 meant that the resulting projected background concentrations for NOx/NO2 within these maps may be higher than is to be expected in a typical year. Updated maps with a 2011 base will be released in due course. More information regardring the maps is available here. Accessed on 2014-04-25T14:04:00. Licence: None background-maps-sector-definitions-june2012.pdf - https://dataservices.open.glasgow.gov.uk/Download/Organisation/a7f3d5f8-2b68-4b19-8961-17a9b8f70f4c/Dataset/e3598fbc-cdf7-4c6b-8eb6-6e8b6335bf6a/File/cd52a7f6-3f6e-48b5-9bf6-216d9ed5f0dc/Version/7a10beb4-cf88-40f3-8dc0-d6391b974c87

This is a collection of simple maps in PDF format that are designed to be printed off and used in the classroom. The include maps of Great Britain that show the location of major rivers, cities and mountains as well as maps of continents and the World. There is very little information on the maps to allow teachers to download them and add their own content to fit with their lesson plans. Customise one print out then photocopy them for your lesson. data not available yet, holding data set (7th August). Other. This dataset was first accessioned in the EDINA ShareGeo Open repository on 2012-08-07 and migrated to Edinburgh DataShare on 2017-02-22.

A free mapping tool that allows you to create a thematic map of London without any specialist GIS skills or software - all you need is Microsoft Excel. Templates are available for London’s Boroughs and Wards. Full instructions are contained within the spreadsheets.

Macros

The tool works in any version of Excel. But the user MUST ENABLE MACROS, for the features to work. There a some restrictions on functionality in the ward maps in Excel 2003 and earlier - full instructions are included in the spreadsheet.

To check whether the macros are enabled in Excel 2003 click Tools, Macro, Security and change the setting to Medium. Then you have to re-start Excel for the changes to take effect. When Excel starts up a prompt will ask if you want to enable macros - click yes.

In Excel 2007 and later, it should be set by default to the correct setting, but if it has been changed, click on the Windows Office button in the top corner, then Excel options (at the bottom), Trust Centre, Trust Centre Settings, and make sure it is set to 'Disable all macros with notification'. Then when you open the spreadsheet, a prompt labelled 'Options' will appear at the top for you to enable macros.

To create your own thematic borough maps in Excel using the ward map tool as a starting point, read these instructions. You will need to be a confident Excel user, and have access to your boundaries as a picture file from elsewhere. The mapping tools created here are all fully open access with no passwords.

Copyright notice: If you publish these maps, a copyright notice must be included within the report saying: "Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database rights."

NOTE: Excel 2003 users must 'ungroup' the map for it to work.

These concentrations maps are provided to assist local authorities in support of Review and Assessment of local air quality. Users should note that 2010-based maps now replace the 2008-based maps. The 2010-based background maps are calibrated against monitoring data for 2010 Updated maps with a 2011 base will be released in due course. More information regarding the maps is available here. Accessed on 2014-04-25T14:04:00. Licence: None background-maps-sector-definitions-june2012.pdf - https://dataservices.open.glasgow.gov.uk/Download/Organisation/a7f3d5f8-2b68-4b19-8961-17a9b8f70f4c/Dataset/01279fc9-4fa1-4192-b7b8-3470ed0cc2ac/File/f15a1409-2e80-4164-8ac9-424e56c51e9e/Version/17322064-228e-4878-a465-255e231d2cbd

A PDF map showing the travel to work areas in the United Kingdom as at 2001. (File Size - 2 MB)

This is a copy of the final London Development Database. This is the entire LDD database exported as a .sql.tar using pg_dump. For information on how to use this file and details of the database tables please refer to the document London Development database export.pdf All data is provided by London’s planning authorities. An extract from the database can be downloaded from the London Datastore and data can be viewed on a map at https://maps.london.gov.uk/map/?ldd

Provisional wood-pasture and parkland inventory created during the Natural England Wood-pasture and Parkland Inventory update.

Wood pastures and parkland are the products of historic land management systems and designed landscapes, and represent a vegetation structure rather than a particular plant community. Typically, this structure consists of large, open-grown or high forest trees (often pollards) at various densities, in a matrix of grazed grassland, heathland and/or woodland floras. They have been managed by a long-established tradition of grazing, allowing the survival of multiple generations of trees, characteristically with at least some veteran trees or shrubs (Bergmeier et al 2010). They frequently represent the best sites in England for old-growth features and deadwood, supporting a wide range of specialist fungi and invertebrate species (Webb, Drewitt & Measures 2011)

More information about wood-pasture and parkland can be found at publications.naturalengland.org.uk/file/5037343744458752 and http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/pdf/UKBAP_BAPHabitats-65-WoodPastureParkland2011.pdfFull metadata can be viewed on data.gov.uk.

A PDF map showing the Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships in England as at April 2019. (File Size - 510 KB)

A PDF map showing the police force areas (December 2017) in England and Wales. (File Size - 345 KB)

A PDF map showing the Rural Urban Classification (2011) of the MSOAs in the South East Region. (File Size - 1 MB)

A PDF map showing the middle layer super output areas in Wales as at December 2011. (File Size - 16 MB)