Natural Capital County Atlas Mapping for England at 5km² Resolution

A July 2020 spatial dataset from Natural England's County & City Natural Capital Atlas project. It shows variation in ecosystem service flow for habitats across England, based on indicators identified in a 2018 project. The data is structured as a hexagonal grid where each unit covers 5 square kilometers.

Use Cases

• Assessing regional natural capital stocks based on the described ecosystem service indicators.
• Visualizing habitat-based ecosystem service flows across England using the 5km² hexagonal grid.
• Supporting environmental policy and management decisions with spatial natural capital data.
• Communicating natural capital concepts to stakeholders using the atlas as an engagement tool.

Strengths

• Spatial data is structured on a consistent hexagonal grid where each unit covers 5 square kilometers.
• Dataset is an official output of the Natural England County & City Natural Capital Atlas project.
• Methodology is documented in publicly available user guides and reports.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last updated 2026-07-13 13:03:33.341309; freshness should be verified.

Provenance

Source

Natural England

Collection Method

Output of the Natural England County & City Natural Capital Atlas project, based on indicators from the 2018 Natural Capital Indicators project.

Time Range

Project output dated July 2020.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-13 13:03:33.341309

Geography

England