dddc328b-6010-4d4f-8ef4-af1b14d93d3c English ISO/IEC 8859-1 (also known as Latin 1) service service NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg Lancaster LA1 4AP UK info@eidc.ac.uk https://eidc.ac.uk/ EIDC website The Environmental Information Data Centre (EIDC) is the UK's national data centre for terrestrial and freshwater sciences. information pointOfContact 2025-11-05T08:44:07 UK GEMINI 2.3 WGS 84 / Pseudo-Mercator Estimates of linear feature lengths in Great Britain [Countryside Survey] web map service (WMS) 2014-12-12 publication https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/dddc328b-6010-4d4f-8ef4-af1b14d93d3c This web map service shows estimates of stock (length) of linear features across Great Britain in 2007, 1998, 1990 and 1984. The data are national estimates generated by analysing the sample data from 1km squares surveyed for the Countryside Survey in each of those years, then scaling up to a national level. The data are presented as the estimated mean length of linear features (hedgerows, walls, fences, banks, grass strips and tree lines) per 1km square within 45 different Land Class types based on the ITE Land Classification. The Countryside Survey is a unique study or 'audit' of the natural resources of the UK's countryside, carried out by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. The sample sites are chosen from a stratified random sample, based on a 15 by 15 km grid of GB. Surveys have been carried out in 1978, 1984, 1990, 1998 and 2007 with repeated visits to the majority of squares. The countryside is sampled and surveyed using rigorous scientific methods, allowing us to compare new results with those from previous surveys. In this way we can detect the gradual and subtle changes that occur in the UK's countryside over time. In addition to linear features, habitat areas, species plot, soil plot, freshwater habitat and satellite map data are also produced by Countryside Survey. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk pointOfContact NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk custodian Land Cover theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication Mapping Monitoring & Observing Systems infoMapAccessService hedges walls fences banks grass strips tree lines hedgerows otherRestrictions no limitations otherRestrictions Terms and conditions apply view 1.3.0 -8.34 2.7 49.89 60.84 GetMap https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/fc65177d-b113-420e-a70b-05d3f42682d5 GetMap https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/6bc0ccb4-63c8-4121-bc4b-3c479877cff9 GetMap https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/ce514508-bd25-403e-bb35-42001e3c2b25 GetMap https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/362bff26-d2ca-4700-b1f0-22072f4bc0cc tight GetCapabilities WebService https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/maps/dddc328b-6010-4d4f-8ef4-af1b14d93d3c? GetMap WebService https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/maps/dddc328b-6010-4d4f-8ef4-af1b14d93d3c? GetFeatureInfo WebService https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/maps/dddc328b-6010-4d4f-8ef4-af1b14d93d3c? JPEG PNG TIFF NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg Lancaster Lancashire LA1 4AP United Kingdom info@eidc.ac.uk distributor https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/maps/dddc328b-6010-4d4f-8ef4-af1b14d93d3c?request=getCapabilities&service=WMS&cache=false& Web Map Service (WMS) service service Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 false Technical Guidance for the implementation of INSPIRE View Services Version 3.0 2011-03-21 publication false Data were recorded from up to 591 1km squares sited across Britain, selected by random stratified sample. The data were used to generate national estimates of the stock of linear features for Great Britain using the standard Countryside Survey methodology. Estimates are presented by ITE Land Class (2007 version), as mean length per km square per Land Class. See online documentation associated with each dataset for further information.