dataset · United Kingdom
Water Link
A network representation of the general alignment and connectivity of permanent water, including rivers, lakes, and canals.
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Licence: ["NGD data is available via OS Partners and to PSGA members"]
Evidence quality: 50.9
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
- permanent water network (rivers, lakes, canals) · general alignment and connectivity of permanent water
- Coverage docs-verified
- United Kingdom (bounding extent lat 49.90° to 60.85°, lon -8.66° to 1.79°)
- Update frequency docs-verified
- daily
- Access docs-verified
- Restricted: available via OS Partners and to PSGA members (not open data; licence as listed in entry)
Useful for
- Use cases llm-inferred
- FRA watercourse context: identify the nearest permanent river, lake or canal to a site · Drainage strategy: map candidate outfall routes to connected permanent watercourses · Catchment connectivity checks for EIA or water-quality baseline reporting
- Audience llm-inferred
- flood consultants · drainage engineers · hydrologists · GIS analysts · planners
Limitations
- Constraints llm-inferred
- Access restricted to OS Partners and PSGA members; not openly licensed · No spatial or positional resolution stated in docs · No data formats for the dataset itself stated in docs (only metadata XML/HTML and a product description link) · Dataset reference date (2022-09-29) differs from the page update date (10 January 2025) · No API, MCP server or tool access documented
Evidence
- https://osdatahub.os.uk/
- https://www.data.gov.uk/dataset/0a6e57cb-9b70-43df-91f5-21819914dade/water-link
Check upstream coverage, uncertainty and licence before use. Station observations are not forecasts or design levels.