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Land Cover Map 2015 (1km percentage target class, GB)

This dataset consists of the 1km raster, percentage target class version of the Land Cover Map 2015 (LCM2015) for Great Britain. The 1km percentage product provides the percentage cover for each of 21 land cover classes for 1km x 1km pixels. This product contains one band per target habitat class (producing a 21 band image). The 21 target classes are based on the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) Broad Habitats, which encompass the entire range of UK habitats. This dataset is derived fr

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What's in it

Data offered docs-verified
percentage cover per land cover class (21 Broad Habitat-based target classes) · 21-band raster, one band per target class
Coverage docs-verified
Great Britain · 2014-01-01 to 2015-12-31
Resolution docs-verified
1 km x 1 km pixels (spatial resolution 1000 m, OSGB 1936 / British National Grid)
Formats docs-verified
TIFF · WMS (view service)
Access docs-verified
Whole dataset download (zip) and OGC WMS for GIS use; terms and conditions apply; licence per entry metadata: Non-Open government licence; dataset must be cited in publications

Useful for

Use cases llm-inferred
Habitat baseline: proportion of each Broad Habitat class within a site or buffer, for biodiversity net gain context · Catchment land-cover fractions as inputs to runoff or drainage desk studies · Screening habitat cover around a development site for planning constraints
Audience llm-inferred
ecologists · GIS analysts · hydrologists · planners

Limitations

Constraints llm-inferred
Snapshot of 2014–2015 satellite imagery, not current land cover · 1 km percentages are averages of 25 m presence/absence classes, so fine-scale detail is smoothed · Non-open government licence: terms apply and citation is required · Documented as Great Britain only · No update frequency stated in the docs
Licence
Non-Open government licence
Authentication
Unknown — review source docs
GitHub stars
Unknown
Last commit
Unknown
Last successful page check
16/10/2026
Page health
healthy
Package
Not recorded
Verification
Not independently verified

Provenance & evidence

Listed in ukceh-eidc public catalogue API on 2026-10-16; relevance/value screened (haiku).

Metadata observed 14/10/2026 · research sweep: sweep-2026-10-16 (ukceh-eidc)