Biogeographic Zones Living England (2021)
This is a spatial dataset which defines the regions for the Living England Phase IV habitat classification. 14 regions were created in England to balance resource requirements and scalability. The regions are based on National Character Areas which are grouped such that each region is covered by a single European Space Agency Sentinel-2 satellite orbit (with the exception of Zone 10 in the SE which is covered by two orbits), and such that the regions are approximately similar in size. Attribution statement: © Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. Contains modified Copernicus Service information 2021.
dataset
protocol: http
name: BiogeographicZonesLivingEngland2021Phase4-FGDB.zip
description: BiogeographicZonesLivingEngland2021Phase4-FGDB.zip download on Defra Data Services Platform
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name: BiogeographicZonesLivingEngland2021Phase4-GeoJSON.zip
description: BiogeographicZonesLivingEngland2021Phase4-GeoJSON.zip download on Defra Data Services Platform
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name: BiogeographicZonesLivingEngland2021Phase4-GML.zip
description: BiogeographicZonesLivingEngland2021Phase4-GML.zip download on Defra Data Services Platform
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name: BiogeographicZonesLivingEngland2021Phase4-KML.zip
description: BiogeographicZonesLivingEngland2021Phase4-KML.zip download on Defra Data Services Platform
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name: BiogeographicZonesLivingEngland2021Phase4-MID_MIF.zip
description: BiogeographicZonesLivingEngland2021Phase4-MID_MIF.zip download on Defra Data Services Platform
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name: BiogeographicZonesLivingEngland2021Phase4-SHP.zip
description: BiogeographicZonesLivingEngland2021Phase4-SHP.zip download on Defra Data Services Platform
protocol: http
name: BiogeographicZonesLivingEngland2021Phase4-TAB.zip
description: BiogeographicZonesLivingEngland2021Phase4-TAB.zip download on Defra Data Services Platform
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name: Biogeographic_Zones_Living_England_2021.lyr
description: Biogeographic_Zones_Living_England_2021.lyr download on Defra Data Services Platform
protocol: http
name: OGL Licence.url
description: OGL Licence.url download on Defra Data Services Platform
protocol: http
name: OGL_Licence.url
description: OGL_Licence.url download on Defra Data Services Platform
protocol: http
name: ArcGIS Open Dataset record page
description: ArcGIS Open Dataset record page
https://environment.data.gov.uk/spatialdata/biogeographic-zones-living-england-2021-phase4/wms
protocol: http
name: Biogeographic-zones-living-england-2021_WMS
description:
https://environment.data.gov.uk/spatialdata/biogeographic-zones-living-england-2021-phase4/wfs
protocol: http
name: Biogeographic-zones-living-england-2021_WFS
description:
https://environment.data.gov.uk/explore/1aeba5db-7321-4c9f-864b-ced8c19bcfc4?download=true
protocol: http
name: Biogeographic Zones Living England 2021 Phase4 Download
description: Download data by area of interest
protocol: http
name: BiogeographicZonesLivingEngland2021Phase4_REST
description: REST URL
protocol: http
name: Biogeographic_Zones_Living_England_(2021)_ESRI_REST_Feature_Server_Endpoint
description: Biogeographic Zones Living England (2021) ESRI REST Feature Server Endpoint
1aeba5db-7321-4c9f-864b-ced8c19bcfc4_resource
eng
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700
environment
biota
environment
biota
-6.5
1.82
55.84
49.83
1999-01-01
2099-12-31
creation
2020-06-04
revision
2021-07-23
asNeeded
For the purposes of data processing and habitat classification, England was divided into 14 Biogeographic Zones (BGZs). National Character Areas, which consists of 90 terrestrial regions based on their cultural and natural characteristics, were used as the basis of defining the zones and are available under an OGL. These were grouped into BGZs such that each zone was covered by the same Sentinel-2 orbit, and that the zones were approximately similar in size. The total number of BGZs was chosen to balance resource requirements (the number of individual zones needing to be handled) versus scalability (the maximum area that could realistically be processed at a time). All of these zones fall within a single Sentinel-2 orbit, with the exception of BGZ 10 where two of the Natural Areas span more than one Sentinel-2 orbit. The initial BGZ boundaries were expanded to include intertidal and coastal regions where each zone was buffered by 3 km, before manual post-processing ensured there was no overlap between adjacent zones. Where necessary, editing has been used to alter the polygons to remove complex features (e.g. estuaries) when these occurred at the boundary between BGZs.
Proprietary format | ESRI File based Geodatabase (GDB)
Open Government Licence
There are no public access constraints to this data. Use of this data is subject to the licence identified.
There are no public access constraints to this data. Use of this data is subject to the licence identified.
Natural England
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pointOfContact
Natural England
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pointOfContact
2023-12-13