England Green Infrastructure Mapping Database
Version 1.2
User Guide

Version issue date 31.01.2023

Useful Links

Green Infrastructure Mapping Database Method Statement

Copies of the NERR Report, User Guide and Datasets can be found at data.gov.uk

Section 1.1 - Introduction

The England Green Infrastructure Mapping Database is designed to provide technical evidence on the Green Infrastructure of England as an open data product under Open Government License (OGL) conditions.

The England Green Infrastructure Mapping Database aims to be:

  • A publicly accessible data, analysis and mapping resource.
  • A resource providing a nationally consistent approach to Green Infrastructure spatial evidence.
  • A resource capable of providing information at multiple scales from England wide, Upper and Lower Tier Local Authority, Middle Super Output Area (MSOA) and Lower Super Output Area (LSOA).
  • A resource that can be used to provide evidence to inform a variety of national to local planning, strategy and targeting exercises involving Green Infrastructure.
  • A baseline evidence resource providing a consistent level of data and analysis across England capable of being adapted and/or supplemented with additional and/or local data as required by the end user.

This User Guide provides information on the content of Version 1.2 as presented on the England Green Infrastructure Standards website.

The database will be maintained and updated periodically. Periodic updates will lead to the issue of an updated database which will be identified by a new version number.

Please note that all population data used in the V 1.1 and 1.2 mapping is based on Census 2011.

Work to update the mapping to Census 2021 is underway and due to be issued as Version 2.1 due for release in December 2023.


Section 1.2 - Statement of copyright

Use of Map Image or Printed Map

An individual may use a map image or copy of a printed map from the England Green Infrastructure Mapping Database under the conditions of the Open Government License.

Open Government Licence (nationalarchives.gov.uk)

Copyright Statement for maps printed from the England Green Infrastructure Mapping Database.

Map produced from the England Green Infrastructure Mapping Database on [date]. © Crown Copyright and database rights [year]. Ordnance Survey 100022861.

Full copyright listing

© Natural England 2021. Contains, or is derived from, information supplied by Ordnance Survey. © Crown copyright and database rights 2021. Ordnance Survey 100022021. © Forestry Commission 2021. © Environment Agency 2021. © Historic England 2021. © Office for National Statistics 2021. Contains GeoPlace data © Local Government Information House Limited copyright and database 2021. © Public Health England 2021. Contains Data © Sport England. Contains Data © National Trust. Contains data supplied by © Cheshire Wildlife Trust. Derbyshire Biological Records Centre © Derbyshire Wildlife Trust. Contains data owned and managed by © Kent Wildlife Trust, for any queries contact gis@kentwildlfie.org.uk . Contains data supplied by Essex Wildlife Trust. © BBWOT © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2015. All rights reserved. Some features of this information are based on digital spatial data licensed from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology © NERC (CEH). Defra, Met Office and DARD Rivers Agency © Crown copyright. © Cranfield University. © James Hutton Institute. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2015. Land & Property Services © Crown copyright and database right. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2018. All rights reserved. Some features of this map are based on digital spatial data from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, © NERC (CEH) © Crown copyright and database rights 2018 Ordnance Survey 100024198

Public Rights of Way data has been derived from the following Highway Authorities.

Barry Cornellus has developed a useful website that provides access to Public Rights of Way data from 123 Highway Authorities across England and Wales. "rowmaps" can be accessed at (Maps, KML and GPX showing rights of way (rowmaps.com) ) with information on Local Authority PRoW data and further links to individual sites.

For Version 1.1, Public Rights of Way data was sourced from the following Highway Authorities. Please note that data from these authorities was not updated for Version 1.2 and thus any changes to the Definitive Maps and published Public Rights of Way data since 2020 will not appear in the England Green Infrastructure mapping. If the most up to date Public Rights of Way data is required, the most recent Highway Authority data should be sought directly.


Section 1.3 - Statement of disclaimer

Intellectual Property Disclaimer

The England Green Infrastructure Mapping Database contains information which belongs to other parties. Users must ensure that any use of information does not breach the owner's copyright. If it is unclear whether any particular use is permissible a user should contact the copyright owner. The information supplied on the England Green Infrastructure Mapping Database is updated periodically by the organisations that provide it (including Natural England). Users must check that any information accessed is current and addresses any specific purpose for which they propose to use it. Data supplied to the England Green Infrastructure Mapping Database will have been captured for a specific purpose, at a scale relevant to this purpose. This does not guarantee that the data is fit for any other purpose.

General Disclaimer

The materials contained on this website are of a general, informational, nature. We have used reasonable endeavours to ensure the accuracy and completeness of the contents of the pages on this site but the information does not constitute advice and must not be relied on as such.

To the fullest extent allowed by law, Natural England and the England Green Infrastructure Mapping Database partner organisations will not be held responsible for any loss, damage, or inconvenience of any nature whatsoever caused as a result of any inaccuracy or error within these pages. Links to other sites from these pages are for information only and Natural England and the England Green Infrastructure Mapping Database partner organisations accept no responsibility or liability for access to, or the material on, any site which is linked from or to this site.

Natural England and the England Green Infrastructure Mapping Database partner organisations do not endorse or accept responsibility for the material of any website referred to or accessed through this site.


Section 1.4 - Statement on sources of error

Version 1.2 brings together data from about 50 datasets and has required a whole range of assumptions, simplifications, combinations, interpretations and generalisations to create workable maps.

We cannot check the exact details for every land parcel on the map so what the map says can be at variance with the situation on the ground.

This underscores the importance of ground truthing and supplementation with local data (and knowledge) when using the maps at local scales.

Please note. There are a number of sources of error in the England Green Infrastructure Mapping Database. These include;

  • Error and/or omissions (missing data) in the source data that will have transferred into the maps.
  • There may be errors generated by the generalisations and assumptions that have had to be made to make the mapping practicable.
  • There may be errors due to cartographic simplification or the divergence of cartographic representation between different source data.
  • There may be errors that have been generated by processing error or data corruptions.
  • There may be errors as a result of time lag (data drift) between the source data content at the time it was produced and change on the ground. Changes on the ground may take time to appear in newer versions of the source data.

Section 1.5 - Acknowledgements

The England Green Infrastructure Mapping Database has been created as a part of delivering the 25 Year Environment Plan aspiration to establish a National Framework of Green Infrastructure Standards for England and is also a part of the Natural Capital and Ecosystems Assessment Programme.

The work for Version 1.1 was undertaken during the financial year 2020 – 21.

The work for Version 1.2 was undertaken during the calendar year 2022.

The work for the combined Versions 1.1 and 1.2 was commissioned and funded by Defra, Natural England and the Natural Capital and Ecosystems Assessment Programme.

NCEA

The work was undertaken by RSK ADAS (Main contractor) and the West Country Rivers Ltd (Blue Infrastructure Assessments).

Presentation of V1.2 (OGL) on the Green Infrastructure Website and was undertaken by Exegesis.

ESDM Ltd