Flood Risk Areas
Summary
This metadata record is for Approval for Access product AfA256.
Flood Risk Areas identify locations where there is believed to be significant flood risk. The EU Floods Directive refers to Flood Risk Areas as 'Areas of Potentially Significant Flood Risk' (APSFR).
Flood Risk Areas have been defined by the Environment Agency (main rivers and the sea) and Lead Local Flood Authorities (surface water). Other sources of flooding are not covered. This dataset includes Flood Risk Areas defined for both Cycle 1 (December 2011) and Cycle 2 (December 2018).
The criteria used to determine significance are explained in supporting guidance document supplied with this data.
Flood Risk Areas determine where Flood Hazard and Risk Maps and Flood Risk Management Plans must subsequently be produced to meet obligations under the EU Floods Directive.
INFORMATION WARNING
Flood Risk Areas are designed to meet the needs of the European Floods Directive. They are designed for broad planning purposes only and are not appropriate for any other type of flood mapping. Other flood mapping is available which is more appropriate to showing localised flood risk.
Categories
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
© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2019. All rights reserved.
Technical information
Update frequency
asNeeded
Lineage
Could be based on any LLFA ((Lead Local Flood Authority) information included in their PFRA (Preliminary Flood Risk Assessment)
Spatial information
Coordinate reference system
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700Geographic extent
- Latitude from: 49.943 to 55.816
- Longitude from: -6.236 to 2.072
Metadata information
Language
English
Metadata identifier
f3d63ec5-a21a-49fb-803a-0fa0fb7238b6
Published by
Environment Agency
Contact publisher
Defra Data Services ForumDataset reference dates
Creation date
N/A
Revision date
22 December 2018
Publication date
N/A
Period
- From: 01 January 2011
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Data and Supporting Information
Data services and download by area of interest | Link | Action |
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Download data by area of interest | N/A | Open link |
Flood Risk Areas WMS | Copy link | Preview |
Flood Risk Areas WFS | Copy link | N/A |
OGC API - Features service | Copy link | Open link |
Full downloads and supporting documentation | Format | Action |
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Data Version.txt | TXT | Download |
FloodRiskAreas-FGDB.zip | ZIP | Download |
FloodRiskAreas-GeoJSON.zip | ZIP | Download |
FloodRiskAreas-GML.zip | ZIP | Download |
FloodRiskAreas-KML.zip | ZIP | Download |
FloodRiskAreas-MID_MIF.zip | ZIP | Download |
FloodRiskAreas-SHP.zip | ZIP | Download |
FloodRiskAreas-TAB.zip | ZIP | Download |
Guidance_Flood_Risk_Areas_v1.pdf | Download |