Protected areas data for Severn River Basin District
There are many areas where the water environment is especially valued. These areas include rare wildlife habitats, bathing waters and areas where drinking water is abstracted. These areas are known as protected areas and their uses are given particular legal protection.
For more information on protected areas, see the Current condition and environmental objectives document. An explanation of terms is in the glossary.
You can see protected area maps on the river basin management plan map viewer.
Drinking water protected areas current status and at risk
Water body type | Number of drinking water protected areas | Number ‘at risk’ | Number at poor chemical status for drinking water protected area objectives |
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Surface water | 22 | 13 | Does not apply to surface waters |
Groundwater | 33 | 17 | 8 |
Shellfish water protected areas current status and objectives
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Bathing water protected areas current status and objectives
Number of bathing waters | Objective | Number which met at least the sufficient classification in 2021 | Number expected to achieve at least sufficient in 2022 | Number at risk of not achieving sufficient in 2022 |
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4 | At least sufficient classification | 4 | 2 | 2 |
There are 0 unassessed bathing waters
Nutrient sensitive areas (nitrate vulnerable zones)
Reason for designation | Number of NVZs | Land area (ha) covered by NVZ type | % of river basin district covered by NVZ type |
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High nitrates in surface waters | 66 | 688,722 | 49 |
Eutrophication in lakes or reservoirs | 11 | 21,781 | 2 |
High nitrates in groundwater | 22 | 318,317 | 23 |
Nutrient sensitive areas (Urban Waste Water Treatment Regulations)
Reason for designation | Number of Sensitive areas | Length (KM)/Area (km2) designated |
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Eutrophication in rivers | 20 | 816 |
Eutrophication in canals | 2 | 63.00 |
High nitrate in surface fresh water | 2 | 30.00 |
Eutrophication in lakes or reservoirs | 2 | 3.10 |
Habitats site (European site) protected areas*
Site type | Number of sites |
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Ramsar Site | 4 |
Special Area of Conservation | 10 |
Special Protection Area | 3 |
Condition of underlying water-dependent Site of Special Scientific Interest units**
RBMP water-dependent condition | Unit area (ha) | % of total unit area |
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RBMP-Favourable (Compliant) | 11,571 | 84.2 |
RBMP-Unfavourable - Recovering | 1,322 | 9.6 |
RBMP-Unfavourable - No change | 486 | 3.5 |
RBMP-Unfavourable - Declining | 367 | 2.7 |
RBMP-Partially destroyed | 0 | 0.0 |
RBMP-Destroyed | 2 | 0.0 |
RBMP-Not Recorded | 0 | 0.0 |
*Ramsar sites are not protected areas under the Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) Regulations 2017. However they are treated in line with Special Areas of Conservation (SAC) and Special Protection Areas (SPA) as a matter of Government policy. Most Ramsar sites coincide with SACs and/or SPAs, but a small number are designated as Ramsar sites only. These are included in the water-dependent site condition data.
**Includes SSSI units underlying European sites and Ramsar sites where the habitat is water-dependent. The "RBMP-favourable" category in these tables includes units where any reasons for not being in "favourable condition", as far as can be ascertained, do not relate to the water-dependent features. As a result, all condition categories have the prefix "RBMP" to distinguish these from conventional SSSI condition reporting, in which pressures not relevant to river basin planning are included in determining site condition. Data retrieved 2019. Methodology changes mean this data does not form a continuous series with data reported in 2015.
Protected areas data
- Download waterbody-protected areas links (CSV)
- Download protected areas register (CSV)
- Download bathing waters (CSV)
- Download drinking waters (Groundwaters) (CSV)
- Download drinking waters (Surface waters) (CSV)
- Download European Site protected areas (CSV)
- Download Nutrient sensitive areas (nitrate vulnerable zones)
- Download Nutrient sensitive areas (Urban Waste Water Treatment Regulations) (CSV)
- Download Ramsar sites (CSV)
- Download shellfish waters (CSV)
- Download geometry (GeoJSON)