Bathing Waters Directive Protected Areas with Beach Boundaries

Geospatial boundaries for protected bathing water areas under the EU Bathing Waters Directive. The dataset was generated by the Government Digital Service using Land and Property Services (LPS) land parcel line boundaries and a 1:10k raster basemap. Beach boundaries are defined by land parcel lines at the upper extent of the beach and the Low Water Mark of Mean Tide (LWMMT) line.

Use Cases

• Mapping coastal protected areas based on the defined beach and land parcel boundaries.
• Analyzing spatial compliance with the EU Bathing Waters Directive based on the provided boundary shapes.
• Integrating with other environmental datasets for coastal management using the geospatial vector formats.

Strengths

• Data is derived from authoritative government sources, specifically Land and Property Services (LPS) boundaries.
• Boundaries are defined using specific cartographic standards, including the LWMMT line.
• Available in multiple standard geospatial formats (KML, ESRI SHAPE, GEOJSON) for interoperability.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Generated using Land and Property Services (LPS) land parcel line boundaries and LPS 1:10k raster basemap.

Time Range

unknown

Freshness

unknown

Geography

Likely covers areas subject to the EU Bathing Waters Directive, specific geography unknown.