Potential Special Protection Areas (England)

These are potential site boundaries. Please note that as a result of the consultation there may be minor changes to the final boundary of the site once classified. A Special Protection Area (SPA) is the land designated under Directive 2009/147/EC on the Conservation of Wild Birds. Data supplied has the status "Potential". Boundaries are mapped against Ordnance Survey MasterMap. Attribution statement: © Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right [year].

Data and Resources

Data_Gov_UK_Metadata_Potential_Special_Protection_Areas_England.url

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Open_Government_Licence.url

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PotentialSpecialProtectionAreasEngland-FGDB.zipZIP

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PotentialSpecialProtectionAreasEngland-GeoJSON.zipZIP

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PotentialSpecialProtectionAreasEngland-GML.zipZIP

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PotentialSpecialProtectionAreasEngland-KML.zipZIP

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PotentialSpecialProtectionAreasEngland-MID_MIF.zipZIP

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PotentialSpecialProtectionAreasEngland-SHP.zipZIP

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PotentialSpecialProtectionAreasEngland-TAB.zipZIP

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Potential_Special_Protection_Areas_England.lyr

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ArcGIS Open Dataset record page

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Potential Special Protection Areas (England) WFS

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Potential Special Protection Areas (England) WMS

Potential Special Protection Areas (England) WMS
Potential_Special_Protection_Areas_(England)_ESRI_REST_Feature_Server_Endpoint

Potential Special Protection Areas (England) ESRI REST Feature Server Endpoint
OGC API - Features service

OGC API - Features service

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Last Updated	August 5, 2025, 18:41 (UTC)
Created	December 20, 2016, 10:28 (UTC)