Limestone Pavement Orders
This is a spatial dataset that describes the geographic extent and location of areas that are listed under Limestone Pavement Orders. Limestone pavements are outcrops of limestone where the surface has been worn away by natural means over millennia. These rocks have the appearance of paving blocks, hence their name. Not only do they have geological interest, they also provide valuable habitats for wildlife. These habitats are threatened due to their removal for use in gardens and water features. Many limestone pavements have been designated as SSSIs which affords them some protection. In addition, Section 34 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 gave them additional protection via the creation of Limestone Pavement Orders, which made it a criminal offence to remove any part of the outcrop. The associated Limestone Pavement Priority Habitat is part of the UK Biodiversity Action Plan priority habitat in England. This is published separately. Attribution statement: © Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right [year].
dataset
protocol: http
name: Data_Gov_UK_Metadata_Limestone_Pavement_Orders_England.url
description: Data_Gov_UK_Metadata_Limestone_Pavement_Orders_England.url download on Defra Data Services Platform
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name: LimestonePavementOrdersEngland-FGDB.zip
description: LimestonePavementOrdersEngland-FGDB.zip download on Defra Data Services Platform
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name: LimestonePavementOrdersEngland-GeoJSON.zip
description: LimestonePavementOrdersEngland-GeoJSON.zip download on Defra Data Services Platform
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name: LimestonePavementOrdersEngland-GML.zip
description: LimestonePavementOrdersEngland-GML.zip download on Defra Data Services Platform
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name: LimestonePavementOrdersEngland-KML.zip
description: LimestonePavementOrdersEngland-KML.zip download on Defra Data Services Platform
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name: LimestonePavementOrdersEngland-MID_MIF.zip
description: LimestonePavementOrdersEngland-MID_MIF.zip download on Defra Data Services Platform
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name: LimestonePavementOrdersEngland-SHP.zip
description: LimestonePavementOrdersEngland-SHP.zip download on Defra Data Services Platform
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name: LimestonePavementOrdersEngland-TAB.zip
description: LimestonePavementOrdersEngland-TAB.zip download on Defra Data Services Platform
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name: Limestone_Pavement_Orders_England.lyr
description: Limestone_Pavement_Orders_England.lyr download on Defra Data Services Platform
protocol: http
name: Open_Government_Licence.url
description: Open_Government_Licence.url download on Defra Data Services Platform
https://environment.data.gov.uk/explore/75f952ab-6b4b-46e8-9f8c-20e02108395a?download=true
protocol: http
name: LimestonePavementOrdersEngland_Download
description: Download data by area of interest
https://environment.data.gov.uk/spatialdata/limestone-pavement-orders/wfs
protocol: http
name: LimestonePavementOrdersEngland_WFS
description: Limestone Pavement Orders (England) WFS
https://environment.data.gov.uk/spatialdata/limestone-pavement-orders/wms
protocol: http
name: LimestonePavementOrdersEngland_WMS
description: Limestone Pavement Orders (England) WMS
https://naturalengland-defra.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/limestone-pavement-orders-england
protocol: http
name: ArcGIS Open Dataset record page
description: ArcGIS Open Dataset record page
https://environment.data.gov.uk/arcgis/rest/services/NE/LimestonePavementOrdersEngland/FeatureServer
protocol: http
name: Limestone_Pavement_Orders_ESRI_REST_Feature_Server_Endpoint
description: Limestone Pavement Orders ESRI REST Feature Server Endpoint
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http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700
environment
environment
land cover
publication
2010-01-13
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2.05827
55.7447
49.8625
1970-01-01
2099-12-31
creation
2008-06-01
publication
2014-03-26
notPlanned
All data is captured to the Ordnance Survey National Grid sometimes called the British National Grid. OS MasterMap Topographic Layer – produced and supplied by Ordnance Survey from data at 1:1250, 1:2500 and 1:10000 surveying and mapping standards - is used as the primary source. Other sources – acquired internally and from external suppliers - may include aerial imagery at resolutions ranging from 25cm to 2m, Ordnance Survey 1:10000 raster images, historical OS mapping, charts and chart data from UK Hydrographic Office and other sources, scanned images of paper designation mapping (mostly originally produced at 1:10560 or 1:10000 scales), GPS and other surveyed data, and absolute coordinates. The data was first captured against an August 2002 cut of OS MasterMap Topography. Natural England has successfully uploaded an up-to-date version of OS MasterMap Topographic Layer. However, we have not yet updated our designated data holding to this new version of MasterMap. This should occur in the near future, when we will simultaneously apply positional accuracy improvement (PAI) to our data.
Open format | Shapefile (SHP)
10.2.2
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.
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