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Land Cover Map 2020 25m web map service

Publisher
Environmental Information Data Centre
Updated
14 August 2026
Topic
Not set
Licence
Not set

Summary

This is the web map service (WMS) for the 25m rasterised land parcels dataset of the UKCEH Land Cover Map of 2020 (LCM2020). It describes Great Britain and Northern Ireland land cover in 2020 using UKCEH Land Cover Classes, which are based on UK Biodiversity Action Plan broad habitats. The data was derived by rasterising properties of the LCM2020 Classified Land Parcels product. This work was supported by the Natural Environment Research Council award number NE/R016429/1 as part of the UK-SCAPE programme delivering National Capability.

Data links

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Web Map Service (WMS) WMS 14/8/2026

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Additional information

Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
12 August 2026
Harvest GUID
315e9cbb-efdc-4726-bf97-bd9176af3c9d
Extent (Latitude)
60.861° to 49.864°
Extent (Longitude)
-8.648° to 1.768°
Dataset reference date (publication)
2020-12-10
Frequency of update
notPlanned
Access constraints
The following copyright notice should be placed on all copies of information or images derived from the web map service: 'Based upon LCM2020 © UKCEH 2021"
Responsible party
(pointOfContact, publisher, custodian)
ISO 19139 resource type
service
Metadata language
eng