Identification

Title

Tranquil Areas Wales

Alternative title(s)

Tranquillity Map

Tranquil Areas

Mapiau o ardaloedd tawel gwledig yng Nghymru 2009

Tranquil Areas (Wales) 2009

Wales Tranquil Areas Map 2009

Tranquil Areas 1997.lyr

Tranquil Areas 2009.lyr

Abstract

This data collation is made up of two datasets showing tranquil areas across Wales for 1997 and 2009. A map of the land of Wales, graded to show levels of Tranquillity. It results from combining several underlying layers of data, covering different factors that either contribute to tranquillity or detract from tranquillity. Produced to provide a strategic baseline for monitoring change in tranquillity in Wales to inform strategic planning and policy-making. Tranquillity is an aspect of the Welsh Government's Noise Action Plan (in response to the European Noise Directive) and is one of the qualitative measures of natural resources benefits provided by landscapes, as used in SoNaRR 2016. An accompanying technical report details the methodology used and provides map images of underlying data layers and the resulting Tranquil Areas Map. Caveats: 1. The resolution of some layers that informed the map were coarse, meaning that those parts of the data are unsuitable for using at a detailed scale. 2. Tranquillity was not formally defined in the accompanying technical report. Welsh Government has more recently defined the term and Natural Resources Wales adopted this definition for SoNaRR 2016. Tranquillity is is an untroubled state, which is peaceful, calm and free from unwanted disturbances. This can refer to a state of mind or a particular environment. The 2009 dataset repeats more or less the same methodology used for a similar study in 1997. This allows change over time to be reported. Other projects in other parts of the UK using data at better resolution and with more sophisticated analysis means that the Wales 1997 and 2009 studies are regarded as crude. However to date the 2009 study is the most recent Tranquil Areas map available for Wales.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

http://lle.gov.wales/catalogue/item/TranquilAreasWales

name: Download Data and Web Services

http://lle.gov.wales/services/wms/nrw?

name: Web Mapping Services

Unique resource identifier

code

118643

codeSpace

https://naturalresources.wales

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

authority code

OGP

code identifying the spatial reference system

urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::BNG

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

environment

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Land use

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2021-04-07

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-5.77774100

East bounding longitude

-2.60886500

North bounding latitude

53.51306700

South bounding latitude

51.24082900

Extent

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2021-04-07

code identifying the extent

Wales (WLS)

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

1997-01-01

End position

2017-05-04

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2017-05-04

Frequency of update

asNeeded

Quality and validity

Lineage

Other studies use different method approaches. Notable other studies are: - Scottish Natural Heritage. Mapping Wild Land Areas. Ongoing. http://www.snh.gov.uk/protecting-scotlands-nature/looking-after-landscapes/landscape-policy-and-guidance/wild-land/ - CPRE (Campaign for Protection of Rural England). Tranquil Places. Ongoing. http://www.cpre.org.uk/what-we-do/countryside/tranquil-places - Natural Resources Wales. Accessible Natural Greenspaces Toolkit. (includes consideration of value to people of relative tranquillity in urban areas). Refered to here but currently not published. (NRW Contact: Senior Urban Advisor). http://naturalresources.wales/people-and-communities/green-spaces/local-green-spaces/?lang=en - Land Use Consultants. 2009. Wales Tran quil Areas Map 2009. CCW Policy research Report No. 09/11. 71pp. Natural Resources Wales, Bangor. - ASH Consulting Group. 1997. Tranquil Areas Wales. CCW Policy Research Report No. 97/14.

Conformity

Data format

name of format

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

© CNC/NRW and various third party recorders NRW owns the copyright of the collation, but the ownership of the records themselves rests with the originator. The Collation data may be re-used under the terms of the Open Government Licence providing it is done so, acknowledging both the source and NRW's copyright. It is the recipient's responsibility to ensure the data is fit for the intended purpose. The input layers data may be re-used under provision and in line with the terms of a NRW licence.

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

There are no access restrictions on this data. NRW may release, publish or disseminate it freely.

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

Natural Resources Wales (NRW)

telephone number

0300 065 3000

email address

enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk

responsible party role

owner

Responsible party

organisation name

Land Use Consultants

telephone number

020 7383 5784

email address

luc@landuse.co.uk

responsible party role

originator

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Natural Resources Wales (NRW)

telephone number

0300 065 3000

email address

enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2021-04-06

Metadata language