North York Moors National Park Boundary for Planning and Conservation

North York Moors National Park Boundary is a single polygon dataset representing the official planning area for the park authority. The boundary was designated on 28 November 1952 and has been realigned using Ordnance Survey's Positional Accuracy Improvement base mapping. The dataset is provided by the Government Digital Service under the UK Open Government Licence.

Use Cases

• Conducting spatial analysis for conservation planning based on the official park boundary.
• Integrating with other land-use datasets for regional environmental impact assessments.
• Visualizing and mapping protected area extents for public information and education.

Strengths

• Boundary is designated by a national authority and serves as the official planning area.
• Dataset has been realigned to improve positional accuracy using Ordnance Survey base mapping.
• Licensed under the permissive UK Open Government Licence for reuse.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and file size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Likely derived from official cartographic sources and realigned for positional accuracy.

Time Range

Boundary designated 28 November 1952.

Freshness

unknown

Geography

North York Moors National Park, United Kingdom.