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eng
dataset
Natural Resources Wales (NRW)
0300 065 3000
Maes-y-Ffynnon
LL57 2DW
enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk
pointOfContact
2023-01-27
MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard
Version 2.3.8
urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::BNG
OGP
National Marine Character Areas (NMCA)
Ardaloedd Cymeriad Morol Cenedlaethol
Marine Character Areas
2021-11-03
publication
119124
https://naturalresources.wales
Seascapes, like landscapes, reflect the relationship between people and place and the part it plays in forming the setting to our everyday lives. Marine Character Areas highlight the key natural, cultural and perceptual influences that make the character of each seascape distinct and unique. Natural Resources Wales (NRW) were commissioned on behalf of Welsh Government to identify the character of Wales’ seascapes at a broad-scale. We divided our inshore waters into 29 Marine Character Areas. This work provides the strategic spatial evidence on seascapes to inform the Wales National Marine Plan, which is being prepared by Welsh Government. Each area profile includes a description of the key characteristics, including their natural, cultural and perceptual influences, as well as
land - sea inter-visibility maps.
Natural Resources Wales (NRW)
0300 065 3000
Maes-y-Ffynnon
LL57 2DW
enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk
custodian
Natural Resources Wales (NRW)
0300 065 3000
Maes-y-Ffynnon
LL57 2DW
enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk
originator
notPlanned
Geographic Information System
Land cover
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
2023-01-28
publication
Habitat characterisation
SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary
2011-03-25
publication
Marine Environmental Data and Information Network
© CNC/NRW All rights Reserved. Contains Ordnance Survey Data. Ordnance Survey Licence number 100019741. 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. Attribution Statement: Contains Natural Resources Wales information © Natural Resources Wales and Database Right. All rights Reserved. Contains Ordnance Survey Data. Ordnance Survey Licence number 100019741. Crown Copyright and Database Right.
otherRestrictions
There are no access restrictions on this data. NRW may release, publish or disseminate it freely.
250000
eng
boundaries
ISO3166 Countries
2023-01-28
publication
Wales (WLS)
SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages
2010-05-18
publication
benthic boundary layer
-5.77774100
-2.60886500
51.24082900
53.51306700
2015-01-01
2021-11-03
https://naturalresources.wales/evidence-and-data/maps/marine-character-areas/?lang=en
Natural Resources Wales (NRW)
0300 065 3000
Maes-y-Ffynnon
LL57 2DW
enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk
distributor
https://datamap.gov.wales/layers/inspire-nrw:NRW_MARINE_CHARACTER_AREAS
Download data
https://datamap.gov.wales/capabilities/layer/390/?access_token=67k4GhAr91AqiAXnyngsm3l40RrZII&ows_service=wms
Web Mapping Service
dataset
This work was carried out under contract to LUC. Character assessment involves desk-based stages and field verification, considering the variety and combination of natural, cultural and perceptual influences that make one place distinct and recognisable from another. In all cases the UK Hydrographic Office’s Marine Charts and Ordnance Survey basemapping (for where the MCAs meet the coast) were used as the primary reference points to guide the boundary drawing process, which was digitised in GIS at a scale of 1:250,000.