Land Cover Map 2021: 1km Raster Summaries for Great Britain and Northern Ireland

UKCEH Land Cover Map 2021 provides 1 km summary pixel data for Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It uses two classification schemas: 21 detailed target classes based on Biodiversity Action Plan habitats and 10 broader aggregate classes. The dataset includes percentage cover and dominant coverage raster products, with full documentation available via a DOI.

Use Cases

• Classifying land cover types based on the 21 UKCEH Biodiversity Action Plan habitat classes.
• Aggregating specialized coastal habitats into broader classes using the 10-class aggregate schema.
• Mapping the dominant land cover type per 1km pixel based on the highest percentage cover.
• Analyzing habitat composition and fragmentation using percentage cover rasters for each class.

Strengths

• Provides data for two distinct classification schemas with 21 and 10 classes respectively.
• Covers the complete land surface of Great Britain and Northern Ireland at a 1km resolution.
• Includes both percentage cover and dominant class raster products for analysis.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Environmental Information Data Centre

Time Range

2021

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-19 07:34:43.610452; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Great Britain and Northern Ireland