Land Cover Map 2015: 21 Habitat Classes for Great Britain at 1km Resolution

21 land cover classes based on the Joint Nature Conservation Committee Broad Habitats are mapped for Great Britain. This web map service shows the percentage cover for each class within 1km x 1km pixels. The data is provided by the Environmental Information Data Centre and was last updated in July 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling habitat connectivity based on the 21 land cover classes.
• Analyzing land use change over time by comparing percentage cover values.
• Assessing the distribution of specific JNCC Broad Habitats across Great Britain.
• Creating environmental baselines for regional planning and conservation efforts.

Strengths

• Covers the entire range of UK habitats through 21 target classes.
• Provides data at a 1km spatial resolution for regional analysis.
• Based on the standardized JNCC Broad Habitats classification.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is delivered as a Web Map Service (WMS), which may require specific GIS tools for analysis.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Environmental Information Data Centre

Time Range

2015

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-02 19:07:41.015537; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Great Britain