Bathing Waters Directive Protected Areas with Beach Boundaries from Land Parcel Data

Bathing Waters Directive - Protected Areas is a geospatial dataset from the Government Digital Service. The shapes are generated using Land and Property Services 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 line.

Use Cases

• Map and analyze designated bathing water zones based on the defined beach boundaries.
• Conduct spatial analysis for coastal planning and environmental protection based on the land parcel and LWMMT-derived shapes.
• Integrate protected area boundaries into larger environmental monitoring systems based on the geospatial data.

Strengths

• Data is derived from authoritative Land and Property Services land parcel boundaries.
• Beach boundaries are defined using a specific legal and tidal reference (LWMMT line).
• Available in multiple standard geospatial formats (KML, ESRI SHAPE, GEOJSON).

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 land parcel line boundaries and a 1:10k raster basemap.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated: unknown

Geography

Likely covers areas under the EU Bathing Waters Directive, specific geography is not stated.