dataset · Wales
Water Framework Directive (WFD) River Waterbodies Cycle 2
The Water Framework Directive (WFD) River Waterbodies Cycle 2 are a spatial (polygon) dataset collated as defined for the implementation of the Water Framework Directive. 'WFD River Waterbodies Cycle 2' is a subset extracted from the NRW's Detailed River Network (DRN). Updated to 2018 version
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Licence: ["There are no access restrictions on this data. NRW may release, publish or disseminate it freely.", "\u00a9 CNC/NRW All rights Reserved. Contains Ordnance Survey Data. Ordnance Survey Licence number
Evidence quality: 45.9
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
- WFD river waterbody polygons (Cycle 2), subset of NRW Detailed River Network
- Coverage llm-inferred
- Wales (per entry regions; docs extent lat 51.24 to 53.51, lon -5.78 to -2.61)
- Update frequency docs-verified
- not planned
- Formats docs-verified
- WMS
- Access docs-verified
- Free; no access restrictions per NRW. Licence: NRW/CNC copyright, contains Ordnance Survey data (per entry licence text, which is truncated)
Useful for
- Use cases llm-inferred
- Identify the WFD river waterbody a site drains to for EIA or discharge consent screening in Wales · Overlay WFD waterbody polygons on flood risk and ecology constraint maps for Welsh sites · Attribute drainage or outfall schemes with their receiving WFD waterbody
- Audience llm-inferred
- environmental consultants · hydrologists · ecologists · GIS analysts · planners
Limitations
- Constraints llm-inferred
- Wales-only coverage · Future updates not planned, so the data may not track later WFD cycles · Cycle 2 is a historical WFD classification cycle, not the current one · Entry description says 'Updated to 2018 version' but docs show a 2024-02-14 publication reference date; confirm the version before use · Download file format is not stated in the docs; only the WMS link is confirmed · Contains Ordnance Survey data, so OS licence terms may apply alongside NRW terms
Evidence
- https://datamap.gov.wales/layers/geonode:nrw_wfd_river_waterbodies_c2
- https://www.data.gov.uk/dataset/2f9f669e-a149-4ac5-b161-0f6d601dd0a6/water-framework-directive-wfd-river-waterbodies-cycle-224
Check upstream coverage, uncertainty and licence before use. Station observations are not forecasts or design levels.