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Limestone Pavement Orders

Summary

This is a spatial dataset that describes the geographic extent and location of areas that are listed under Limestone Pavement Orders. Limestone pavements are outcrops of limestone where the surface has been worn away by natural means over millennia. These rocks have the appearance of paving blocks, hence their name. Not only do they have geological interest, they also provide valuable habitats for wildlife. These habitats are threatened due to their removal for use in gardens and water features. Many limestone pavements have been designated as SSSIs which affords them some protection. In addition, Section 34 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 gave them additional protection via the creation of Limestone Pavement Orders, which made it a criminal offence to remove any part of the outcrop. The associated Limestone Pavement Priority Habitat is part of the UK Biodiversity Action Plan priority habitat in England. This is published separately.

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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.

Attribution statement

Attribution statement: © Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right [year].

Technical information

Update frequency

notPlanned

Lineage

All data is captured to the Ordnance Survey National Grid sometimes called the British National Grid. OS MasterMap Topographic Layer – produced and supplied by Ordnance Survey from data at 1:1250, 1:2500 and 1:10000 surveying and mapping standards - is used as the primary source. Other sources – acquired internally and from external suppliers - may include aerial imagery at resolutions ranging from 25cm to 2m, Ordnance Survey 1:10000 raster images, historical OS mapping, charts and chart data from UK Hydrographic Office and other sources, scanned images of paper designation mapping (mostly originally produced at 1:10560 or 1:10000 scales), GPS and other surveyed data, and absolute coordinates. The data was first captured against an August 2002 cut of OS MasterMap Topography. Natural England has successfully uploaded an up-to-date version of OS MasterMap Topographic Layer. However, we have not yet updated our designated data holding to this new version of MasterMap. This should occur in the near future, when we will simultaneously apply positional accuracy improvement (PAI) to our data.

Spatial information

Geographic extent

  • Latitude from: 49.8625 to 55.7447
  • Longitude from: -6.41736 to 2.05827
Metadata information

Language

English

Metadata identifier

75f952ab-6b4b-46e8-9f8c-20e02108395a


Published by

Natural England


Dataset reference dates

Creation date

01 June 2008

Revision date

N/A

Publication date

26 March 2014

Period

  • From: 01 January 1970
  • To: 31 December 2099

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Data and Supporting Information
Data services and download by area of interestLinkAction
Download data by area of interestN/AOpen link
ArcGIS Open Dataset record pageOpen link
Limestone Pavement Orders ESRI REST Feature Server EndpointOpen link
Limestone Pavement Orders (England) WMSCopy linkPreview
Limestone Pavement Orders (England) WFSCopy linkN/A
OGC API - Features serviceCopy linkOpen link
Full downloads and supporting documentationFormatAction
Data_Gov_UK_Metadata_Limestone_Pavement_Orders_England.urlURLDownload
LimestonePavementOrdersEngland-FGDB.zipZIPDownload
LimestonePavementOrdersEngland-GeoJSON.zipZIPDownload
LimestonePavementOrdersEngland-GML.zipZIPDownload
LimestonePavementOrdersEngland-KML.zipZIPDownload
LimestonePavementOrdersEngland-MID_MIF.zipZIPDownload
LimestonePavementOrdersEngland-SHP.zipZIPDownload
LimestonePavementOrdersEngland-TAB.zipZIPDownload
Limestone_Pavement_Orders_England.lyrLYRDownload
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