BGS Hosted Metadata
National Parks
This spatial dataset contains the digital boundaries of National Parks, which are statutory landscape designations in Wales. Natural Resources Wales (NRW) has a legal duty to maintain and make available National Park boundaries.
National Parks are designated for the purposes of conserving and enhancing the natural beauty, wildlife, and cultural heritage and for the public to enjoy the special qualities of these nationally important landscapes.
NRW is the designating authority for any new National Parks in Wales or boundary variations to existing ones, however these must be confirmed by Welsh Ministers. NRWs statutory powers derive from the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act (NPAC) 1949 and Environment Act 1995. The Environment Act (1995) established National Park Authorities, as independent Special Purpose Local Authorities to administer the National Park area in order to deliver their statutory purposes.
Three National Parks have been designated in Wales: Snowdonia 1951 (variation 1974); Pembrokeshire Coast 1952 (Variation 1989); and Brecon Beacons 1955 (Variation 1966).
The data has been held digitally since the mid-1990s. The boundary has been transferred to OS MasterMap by NRW and has been subject to joint checking by NRW staff and the relevant Park authority staff.
Simple
- Alternate title
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National Parks.LYR
- Alternate title
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Sites (National Parks)
- Date (Publication)
- 2024-07-24
- Citation identifier
- NRW_DS98777
- Point of contact
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Natural Resources Wales (NRW)
Owner Natural Resources Wales (NRW)
Custodian National Park Authorities
Originator Natural Resources Wales (NRW)
Originator Natural Resources Wales (NRW)
Distributor
- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
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NRW Thesaurus
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National Park Authority
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geographical information systems (GIS)
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SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary
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Habitat extent
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Habitat characterisation
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IPSV Subjects List
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Nature reserves
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NRW SMNR Keywords
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Sustainable Management of Natural Resources (SMNR)
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Soil and Land (SMNR)
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Animals, Plants and Other Organisms (SMNR)
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Mountains, Moorland and Heaths (SMNR)
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Ecosystem (SMNR)
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Enclosed Farmlands (SMNR)
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Water Resources (SMNR)
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Cultural Services (SMNR)
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Woodlands (SMNR)
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Semi-natural Grasslands (SMNR)
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Regulating Services (SMNR)
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Ecosystem Services (SMNR)
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Provisioning Services (SMNR)
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Management Areas (SMNR)
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Natural Resources (Incl. Features and Processes) (SMNR)
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Physical Geography (Physiography) (SMNR)
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- Access constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
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There are no access restrictions on this data. NRW may release, publish or disseminate it freely.
- Other constraints
- no limitations
- Use constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
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© CNC/NRW All rights Reserved. Contains Ordnance Survey Data. Ordnance Survey Licence number AC0000849444. Crown Copyright and Database Right Data may be re-used under the terms of the Open Government Licence providing it is done so, acknowledging both the source and copyright of the owners. It is the recipient's responsibility to ensure the data is fit for the intended purpose.
- Other constraints
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Contains Natural Resources Wales information © Natural Resources Wales and Database Right. All rights Reserved. Contains Ordnance Survey Data. Ordnance Survey Licence number AC0000849444. Crown Copyright and Database Right.
- Spatial representation type
- Vector
- Language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Topic category
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- Biota
- Environment
- Geographic identifier
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benthic boundary layer
SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages 2021-01-06
- Geographic identifier
- Wales (WLS)
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- Begin date
- 1990-01-01
- End date
- 2015-03-01
- Supplemental Information
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Please refer to National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 for reasons for capture of original designation.
- Unique resource identifier
- British National Grid (EPSG::27700)
- Distribution format
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Name Version Geographic Information System
- OnLine resource
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Protocol Linkage Name WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
https://datamap.gov.wales/layers/inspire-nrw:NRW_NATIONAL_PARK Download Data and Web Service
- OnLine resource
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Protocol Linkage Name OGC:WMS
https://datamap.gov.wales/capabilities/layer/383/?ows_service=wms Web Mapping Service
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Conformance result
- Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
- Explanation
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This dataset has not been assessed for conformance to the referenced INSPIRE regulation.
- Pass
- No
- Statement
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The data was first digitised to a smaller scale (1:50,000 and 1:10,000), then it was put to OS Landline and then later to OS MasterMap. This final version has had collaboration between NRW and Park Authorities to give the best interpretation of the original designation.
The digital data was created from an interpretation of the National Park designation maps. These maps varied in scale from 1:63,360 (1 inch to 1 mile) and 1:50,000 scale and were accompanied by a written description of the boundary, however the map over-ruled the description if there was inconsistency.
Where administrative boundaries and roads defined the Park boundary it was a rule that the position of that feature at time of designation remained the geographical position of the boundary. However where rivers or Mean High Water Mark (MHWM) formed the boundary these were digitised according to the base map used at digitisation. Digital data captured to OS MasterMap.
Content Information
Metadata
- File identifier
- f615bb20-2b80-4081-a19a-7861455e5cbe XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2025-05-21T07:55:39.944062Z
- Metadata standard name
- NRW
- Metadata standard version
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1.0
- Metadata author
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Natural Resources Wales (NRW)
Point of contact
- Other language
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Language Character encoding Welsh English UTF8
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