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Agricultural Land Classification detailed Post 1988 survey ALCR02298

Summary

Survey name: Milton Keynes Exp Study, Area 9, Whaddon Post 1988 Agricultural Land Classification (ALC) site survey data – scanned original paper maps and survey reports for individual sites surveyed in detail between 1989 and 1999 by the Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food. Where Grade 3 is mapped this includes the subdivision of Grade 3 into subgrades 3a and 3b. Surveys use the current grading methodology as described in "Agricultural Land Classification of England and Wales," a link for which is provided with the data. Individual sites have been mapped at varying scales and level of detail from 1:5,000 to 1:50,000 (typically 1:10,000). Unedited sample point soils data and soil pit descriptions are also available for some surveys. Attribution statement: © Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right [year].

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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

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

Geographic extent

  • Latitude from: 51.99 to 52
  • Longitude from: -0.82 to -0.8
Metadata information

Language

English

Metadata identifier

a853bf54-b2e3-47e6-9398-8d25aac7f222


Published by

Natural England


Dataset reference dates

Creation date

20 September 2016

Revision date

N/A

Publication date

20 September 2016

Period

  • From: 01 January 1989
  • To: 31 December 1999

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