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Digital United Kingdom coastlines (DiUKcoast v1.0): a dataset of the coastline position of Northern Ireland from 1984 to 2024, and mainland UK from 2022 to 2024

DiUKcoast v1.0, is a new supranational dataset documenting four decades of coastal change across the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) including including the isle of Wight and Anglesey. This dataset has been produced using the publicly available optical Landsat-5,8 and Sentinel-2 missions over the period between 1984 to 2024 (40 years). It includes instantaneous waterlines and instantaneous tidally corrected to Mean Sea Level shorelines. DiUKcoast is made available

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Source details

Licence: ["The copyright of materials derived from the British Geological Survey's work is vested in the Natural Environment Research Council [NERC]. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in an

Evidence quality: 27.9

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: coastline position · instantaneous waterlines · instantaneous shorelines tidally corrected to Mean Sea Level
Coverage docs-verified: United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland; includes Isle of Wight and Anglesey) · Northern Ireland 1984 to 2024; mainland UK 2022 to 2024
Update frequency docs-verified: notApplicable (dataset metadata: frequency of update)
Access docs-verified: Free and open to the public; access constraints: BGS-derived materials are NERC copyright and may not be reproduced or transmitted without the copyright holder's permission

Useful for

Use cases llm-inferred: Four-decade shoreline change analysis for coastal erosion baselines in flood and coastal risk assessments · Historic coastline position context for coastal development and EIA baseline reporting · Shoreline trend inputs for shoreline management plan and coastal adaptation options
Audience llm-inferred: coastal engineers · flood risk consultants · geomorphologists · environmental planners · GIS analysts

Limitations

Constraints llm-inferred: Title gives 1984 to 2024 for Northern Ireland and 2022 to 2024 for mainland UK, while the summary describes 1984 to 2024 across the UK; verify the actual coverage before use · Licence field is 'Not set', but access constraints restrict reproduction and transmission without NERC/BGS permission · No update schedule (frequency not applicable), so the dataset will not refresh · Spatial resolution, file formats and positional accuracy are not stated in the docs

Evidence

Check upstream coverage, uncertainty and licence before use. Station observations are not forecasts or design levels.