Agricultural Land Classification (ALC) Grades - Post 1988 Survey (polygons)
Summary
Agricultural Land Classification Grade and Job number for post-1988 ALC surveys for England Only. Polygons showing 5 classes of agricultural land plus classifications for urban and non-agricultural land. Grade one is best quality and grade five is poorest quality. A number of consistent criteria were used for assessment which include climate (temperature, rainfall, aspect, exposure, frost risk), site (gradient, micro-relief, flood risk) and soil (depth, structure, texture, chemicals, stoniness).
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Use limitation statement
There are no public access constraints to this data. Use of this data is subject to the licence identified.
Licence
Open Government LicenceAttribution statement
Attribution statement: © Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right [year].
Technical information
Update frequency
notPlanned
Lineage
Post 1988 Agricultural Land Classification (ALC) site data – scanned original paper maps and reports for individual sites surveyed in detail by the then Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food (now the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)); which include subdivisions of Grade 3 Land between 1989 and 1999. Individual sites have been mapped at varying scales and level of detail from 1:5,000 to 1:50,000 (typically 1:10,000). This is the most detailed and up to date ALC dataset.
Spatial information
Coordinate reference system
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700Geographic extent
- Latitude from: 49.86 to 55.81
- Longitude from: -7.05 to 2.07
Metadata information
Language
English
Metadata identifier
492f5119-3c59-4798-a3a0-3bc4ca589aec
Published by
Natural England
Contact publisher
data.services@naturalengland.org.ukDataset reference dates
Creation date
07 July 2000
Revision date
N/A
Publication date
25 February 2015
Period
- From: 07 July 2000
- To: 31 December 2099
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Data and Supporting Information
| Data services and download by area of interest | Link | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Download data by area of interest | N/A | Open link |
| ArcGIS Open Dataset record page | Open link | |
| Agricultural Land Classification (ALC) Grades - Post 1988 Survey (polygons) ESRI REST Feature Server Endpoint | Open link | |
| Agricultural Land Classification Grades - Post 1988 Survey (polygons) (England) WMS | Copy link | Preview |
| Agricultural Land Classification Grades - Post 1988 Survey (polygons) (England) WFS | Copy link | N/A |
| OGC API - Features service | Copy link | Open link |
| Full downloads and supporting documentation | Format | Action |
|---|---|---|
| AgriculturalLandClassificationGradesPost1988Survey-FGDB.zip | ZIP | Download |
| AgriculturalLandClassificationGradesPost1988Survey-GeoJSON.zip | ZIP | Download |
| AgriculturalLandClassificationGradesPost1988Survey-GML.zip | ZIP | Download |
| AgriculturalLandClassificationGradesPost1988Survey-KML.zip | ZIP | Download |
| AgriculturalLandClassificationGradesPost1988Survey-MID_MIF.zip | ZIP | Download |
| AgriculturalLandClassificationGradesPost1988Survey-SHP.zip | ZIP | Download |
| AgriculturalLandClassificationGradesPost1988Survey-TAB.zip | ZIP | Download |