dataset · United Kingdom
UK Ward Canopy Cover
This dataset is the output from the UK canopy cover webmap project, which aimed to assess the percentage tree canopy cover in every ward in the UK. Forest Research delivered the project with partners Brillianto, Trees for Cities, and Woodland Trust. Wards were classified as urban or rural based on size: wards larger than 1,000 Ha were classed as rural. Data were gathered through citizen science volunteers, who used the i-Tree Canopy tool (https://canopy.itreetools.org/) to assess percentage cano
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Evidence quality: 28.6
Listed in data.gov.uk public catalogue API on 2026-10-16; relevance/value screened (haiku).
Metadata checked: 2026-10-14T13:20:00.000Z
Evidence
- https://data-forestry.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/ecba26cfaf9d4b61bddc0e3284348d79_0/explore
- https://www.data.gov.uk/dataset/43ca8e70-6cba-47a1-b3a8-c6b318862610/uk-ward-canopy-cover
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