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River Wye catchment (Wales) species rich grassland creation opportunity maps
A detailed GIS analysis of land use, Phase 1 habitats, National Vegetation Classification (NVC) community data, soils and designated sites for the River Wye catchment within the... -
Special Areas of Conservation (SAC) and Special Protection Areas (SPA)...
Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) and Special Protection Areas (SPAs) are protected and designated sites under the EC Habitats and Birds Directives. The Directives list... -
Historic General Quality Assessment (GQA) Headline Indicators of Water Courses
The General Quality Assessment (GQA) Headline Indicator scheme or GQAHI (previously known as GQA) was the national indicator for water quality in rivers and canals. It was... -
Water Framework Directive (WFD) Risk Assessments for Cycle 2
This dataset contains risk assessment data produced to support the cycle 2 river basin management plans. It contains Lake water bodies River water bodies Transitional water... -
Surface Water Temperature Archive up to 2007
Water temperature data is collected for different reasons and in different locations. Time series of surface water temperatures can provide indicators of climate change and... -
UK Water Quality Sampling Harmonised Monitoring Scheme Summary Data
The Historic UK Water Quality Sampling Harmonised Monitoring Scheme (HMS) data contains statistics for a series of water quality sampling sites including annual means, maximum... -
Historic River Quality Objectives
The River Quality Objectives (RQO) classification was used for planning water quality improvements until 2006 when the scheme ended. The national RQO classification scheme... -
Large Raised Reservoirs
This dataset has been discontinued. Please see the datasets - Large Raised Reservoir register (Locations and undertakers) and Large Raised Reservoir (Registered information)... -
Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Seas (RoFRS)
This is a national assessment of flood risk for Wales produced using local expertise. The dataset shows the chance of flooding from rivers and/or the sea, based on cells of 50... -
Risk of Flooding from Surface Water
The surface water flood maps give an indication of the broad areas likely to be at risk of surface water flooding. This includes flooding that takes place from the surface... -
Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (NVZ)
Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (NVZs) were areas within Wales that contain surface water or groundwater that is susceptible to nitrate pollution from agricultural activities. They... -
Source Protection Zones (SPZ) Merged
Source Protection Zones [Merged] have been created as public facing boundaries where individual groundwater bodies within Source Protection Zones (SPZ) have been dissolved so... -
Public Service Boards
This dataset shows the boundary of Wales' 19 Public Service Boards (PSB). The PSB improve joint working across all public services in each local authority area in Wales. Each... -
Historic LIDAR Archive
Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) is an airborne mapping technique, which uses a laser to measure the distance between the aircraft and the ground. Up to 100,000 measurements... -
Water Framework Directive (WFD) Regulations Cycle 3 Classification
This dataset shows the boundaries and baseline classification, undertaken in 2021, for The Water Framework Directive (WFD) Cycle 3. It is an update in classification for all... -
Large Raised Reservoir (Registered information)
This dataset contains details of Large Raised Reservoirs. Natural Resources Wales (NRW) collects and maintains data on reservoirs designed or capable of holding more than 10,000... -
Large Raised Reservoir register (Locations and undertakers)
This dataset contains details of Large Raised Reservoirs in Wales. Natural Resources Wales (NRW) collects and maintains data on all reservoirs designed or capable of holding... -
Hydropower Permits
Permits issued for Hydropower Generation sites. NRW assesses and licences hydropower schemes for the water they abstract and to protect the local and wider environment; this may... -
Environmental Permitting Regulations - Waste Sites
A waste management licence is a legal document issued under the Environmental Protection Act 1990. A licence authorises the treatment, keeping or disposal of waste in or on the... -
Firebreaks in NRW South Central Region
Dataset showing the location of firebreaks created and managed by Natural Resources Wales operational staff in the Welsh Government Woodland Estate. The data covers the NRW...