AIMS Asset Bundle: Environment Agency Flood Defence Assets in England

The Environment Agency's AIMS Asset Bundle is the only comprehensive and up-to-date dataset in England showing flood defences owned, managed, or inspected by the agency. It includes man-made and natural assets like earth banks, walls, and sheet-piling used to prevent or control flooding. The data is updated daily and covers the entire national dataset.

Use Cases

• Mapping flood defence infrastructure based on the comprehensive national coverage.
• Assessing flood risk management systems based on the combination of multiple assets.
• Planning maintenance and inspection schedules for flood defence assets based on ownership and management data.
• Analyzing the distribution of natural versus man-made flood defences.

Strengths

• Updated daily, ensuring high recency.
• Described as the only comprehensive and up-to-date dataset for flood defences in England.
• Includes both man-made and natural defence assets.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The dataset is large and may take 7-8 minutes to download the full national set.

Provenance

Source

Environment Agency

Collection Method

Managed and inspected by the Environment Agency.

Freshness

Updated daily.

Geography

England