dataset · England
Chalk Rivers (England)
Priority Habitat Chalk Rivers, based on Environment Agency Detailed River Network v3. Data prepared Autumn 2021. Attribution statement: © Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right [year].
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Licence: ["There are no public access constraints to this data. Use of this data is subject to the licence identified.", "There are no public access constraints to this data. Use of this data is subject to the
Evidence quality: 57
Listed in data.gov.uk public catalogue API on 2026-10-16; relevance/value screened (haiku).
Metadata checked: 2026-10-14T13:20:00.000Z
What's in it
- Data offered docs-verified
- Priority Habitat Chalk Rivers (England)
- Coverage docs-verified
- England (extent lat 49.943° to 55.816°, lon -6.236° to 2.072°, EPSG:27700) · Data prepared Autumn 2021
- Update frequency docs-verified
- Not planned (metadata frequency: notPlanned); last revision 2025-07-25
- Formats docs-verified
- Shapefile (zip) · GeoPackage (zip) · GeoJSON (zip) · File Geodatabase (zip) · OGC API - Features · ESRI REST Feature Server · ESRI REST Map Server · WMS · WFS · ArcGIS layer files (.lyr, .lyrx)
- Access docs-verified
- Free, open access under the Open Government Licence v3.0; no public access constraints
Useful for
- Use cases llm-inferred
- Screen FRA and drainage proposals for proximity to chalk river habitat · Constraints mapping for river restoration and Biodiversity Net Gain baselines on chalk streams · Overlay with EA river network and site boundaries in GIS for ecological desk studies
- Audience llm-inferred
- ecologists · GIS analysts · planners · flood consultants · hydrologists
Limitations
- Constraints llm-inferred
- Based on EA Detailed River Network v3 with data prepared in autumn 2021; may not reflect later channel changes · No planned update schedule · Attribution statement contains an unfilled '[year]' placeholder that must be completed when citing · Habitat designation layer only; not a hydrometric or flow dataset
Evidence
- https://environment.data.gov.uk/api/file/download?fileDataSetId=ae26feb9-6c31-4c05-879b-95793db74371&fileName=Chalk Rivers - Attribute Metadata.pdf
- https://www.data.gov.uk/dataset/cb54b206-c304-4b93-b666-1a09d2b5bbd0/chalk-rivers-england
Check upstream coverage, uncertainty and licence before use. Station observations are not forecasts or design levels.