UK Land Cover Map 2022 at 10-Metre Resolution

The United Kingdom's land surface is classified into 21 UKCEH land cover classes based on Biodiversity Action Plan broad habitats. This web map service (WMS) provides the Land Cover Map 2022 at a 10-metre spatial resolution. The data is hosted by the Environmental Information Data Centre and was last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Monitoring land use change over time based on the 2022 classification year.
• Modeling habitat connectivity and biodiversity based on the 21 UKCEH land cover classes.
• Informing conservation and land management policy based on Biodiversity Action Plan broad habitats.
• Creating base maps for environmental impact assessments based on the 10-metre resolution land cover data.

Strengths

• Provides a detailed 21-class land cover classification scheme.
• Offers a high spatial resolution of 10 metres per pixel.
• Data is hosted by the authoritative Environmental Information Data Centre.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Environmental Information Data Centre

Collection Method

Likely derived from satellite or aerial remote sensing imagery.

Time Range

2022

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-23 11:10:19.006256; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United Kingdom