UK Land Cover Map 2024 at 1km Resolution

21 UKCEH land cover classes based on Biodiversity Action Plan broad habitats form the target data for this web map service. The aggregate data groups specialized coastal classes into a single category, resulting in 10 general classes. The Environmental Information Data Centre provides this 1-kilometre resolution map service.

Use Cases

• Analyze UK habitat distribution based on the 21 UKCEH land cover classes.
• Model biodiversity action plan targets using the broad habitat classification.
• Compare general land cover trends using the aggregated 10-class dataset.
• Study coastal habitat aggregation by examining the grouped coastal classes.

Strengths

• Provides two classification levels: 21 detailed target classes and 10 aggregated classes.
• Specifically designed for UK biodiversity action plan habitat mapping.
• Offered as a web map service (WMS) for direct integration into GIS applications.

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.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Environmental Information Data Centre

Time Range

2024

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-16 10:11:24.197114; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United Kingdom