2018 Land Cover Map of the Upper Welland Catchment, UK

2018 land cover data for a 340km² headwaters region of the Welland River Catchment in the UK. The map has a 10-meter spatial resolution and classifies the landscape into 10 thematic categories, covering parts of Leicestershire, Rutland, and Northamptonshire. It is projected in the British national grid and is described as focusing on a predominantly agricultural area.

Use Cases

• Catchment planning based on detailed land cover classification.
• Agricultural land use analysis based on the 10-class thematic resolution.
• Landscape ecology studies based on the 10-meter spatial resolution.
• Resource management for the Welland River headwaters region.

Strengths

• High spatial resolution of 10 meters for detailed analysis.
• Specific thematic resolution of 10 land cover classes.
• Clear spatial coverage of 340 square kilometers across three English counties.

Limitations

• Metadata completeness is low: column names, row counts, file size, license, and author are not provided on any platform.
• The 'last updated' date of 2026-04-16 appears to be a future date, suggesting potential metadata errors.
• Dataset is limited to a single year (2018) and a specific geographic region.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service (mentioned on one platform).

Collection Method

Likely derived from remote sensing imagery, given the description as a land cover map.

Time Range

2018

Freshness

2026-04-16 10:13:20.246541

Geography

Headwaters region of the Welland River Catchment, UK, covering parts of Leicestershire, Rutland, and Northamptonshire.