Land Cover Map 2024 (UK land cover statistics)
https://doi.org/10.5285/0171ccb2-1c0c-404f-b782-e7204a86a92f
Cite this dataset as:
Rowland, C.S.; Marston, C.G.; O'Neil, A.W. (2025). Land Cover Map 2024 (UK land cover statistics). NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/0171ccb2-1c0c-404f-b782-e7204a86a92f
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The Land Cover Map 2024 (UK Land Cover Statistics) dataset summarises the coverage of different land cover types across Great Britain and Northern Ireland, classified into 21 UKCEH land cover classes, based upon Biodiversity Action Plan broad habitats. This data is provided in both .csv and geopackage (vector) formats. Statistics are calculated at country, county, and regional (England only) levels from the Land Cover Map 2024 (10 m classified pixels) datasets for Great Britain and Northern Ireland. A full description of this and all UKCEH LCM2024 products are available from the LCM2024 product documentation.
In addition to UKCEH as copyright holders, the Land Cover Map 2024 (UK Land Cover Statistics) products use digital boundary products and reference maps. The source of the data is the Office for National Statistics and they are licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. They contain OS data © Crown copyright and database right [2024].
In addition to UKCEH as copyright holders, the Land Cover Map 2024 (UK Land Cover Statistics) products use digital boundary products and reference maps. The source of the data is the Office for National Statistics and they are licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. They contain OS data © Crown copyright and database right [2024].
Publication date: 2025-07-21
View numbers valid from 21 July 2025 Download numbers valid from 21 July 2025 (information prior to this was not collected)
Formats
Comma-separated values (CSV), GeoPackage
Spatial information
Study area
Spatial representation types
Vector
Tabular (text)
Tabular (text)
Spatial reference system
OSGB 1936 / British National Grid
Temporal information
Temporal extent
2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31
Temporal resolution
1 Year
Provenance & quality
The Land Cover Map 2024 (UK land cover statistics) is a data set that summarises the land cover extent, as given by LCM2024, for a range of geographical units. The land cover statistics are provided as tabular data in comma separated value (.csv) files, and as spatial data in Geopackage files (.gpkg files) for use in geospatial software.
The Land Cover Map 2024 (UK land cover statistics) data set is derived from the Land Cover Map 2024 (10 m classified pixels) data sets for Great Britain and Northern Ireland, as they provide the highest level of spatial data of the Land Cover Map data products. Summary statistics are calculated at country, county, and regional (England only) levels using the Office for National Statistics boundaries areas to allow comparison with other data sources (further details are available from the product documentation). All regions include land cover extents in m2 and percentage areas. The county and Unified Authority areas include area in hectares, whilst the larger geographies, regions and countries, give values in km2.
The Land Cover Map 2024 (UK land cover statistics) data set is derived from the Land Cover Map 2024 (10 m classified pixels) data sets for Great Britain and Northern Ireland, as they provide the highest level of spatial data of the Land Cover Map data products. Summary statistics are calculated at country, county, and regional (England only) levels using the Office for National Statistics boundaries areas to allow comparison with other data sources (further details are available from the product documentation). All regions include land cover extents in m2 and percentage areas. The county and Unified Authority areas include area in hectares, whilst the larger geographies, regions and countries, give values in km2.
Licensing and constraints
This dataset is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence
Cite this dataset as:
Rowland, C.S.; Marston, C.G.; O'Neil, A.W. (2025). Land Cover Map 2024 (UK land cover statistics). NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/0171ccb2-1c0c-404f-b782-e7204a86a92f
© UKCEH
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Authors
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0459-506X Other contacts
Rights holder
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Custodian
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
info@eidc.ac.uk
Publisher
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
info@eidc.ac.uk
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Keywords
Aberdeen City , Aberdeenshire , Angus , Antrim and Newtownabbey , Ards and North Down , Argyll and Bute , Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon , Barking and Dagenham , Barnet , Barnsley , Bath and North East Somerset , Bedford , Belfast , Bexley , Biodiversity Action Plan , Birmingham , Blackburn with Darwen , Blackpool , Blaenau Gwent , Bolton , Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole , Bracknell Forest , Bradford , Brent , Bridgend , Brighton and Hove , Bristol, City of , Bromley , Buckinghamshire , Bury , Caerphilly , Calderdale , Cambridgeshire , Camden , Cardiff , Carmarthenshire , Causeway Coast and Glens , Central Bedfordshire , Ceredigion , Cheshire East , Cheshire West and Chester , City of Edinburgh , City of London , Clackmannanshire , Conwy , Cornwall , County Durham , Coventry , Croydon , Cumberland , Darlington , Denbighshire , Derby , Derbyshire , Derry City and Strabane , Devon , Doncaster , Dorset , Dudley , Dumfries and Galloway , Dundee City , Ealing , East Ayrshire , East Dunbartonshire , East Lothian , East Midlands , East of England , East Renfrewshire , East Riding of Yorkshire , East Sussex , Enfield , England , Essex , Falkirk , Fermanagh and Omagh , Fife , Flintshire , Gateshead , Glasgow City , Gloucestershire , Greenwich , Gwynedd , habitat , Hackney , Halton , Hammersmith and Fulham , Hampshire , Haringey , Harrow , Hartlepool , Havering , Herefordshire , Hertfordshire , Highland , Hillingdon , Hounslow , Inverclyde , Isle of Anglesey , Isle of Wight , Isles of Scilly , Islington , Kensington and Chelsea , Kent , Kingston upon Hull , Kingston upon Thames , Kirklees , Knowsley , Lambeth , Lancashire , land cover , Land cover , Leeds , Leicester , Leicestershire , Lewisham , Lincolnshire , Lisburn and Castlereagh , Liverpool , London , Luton , Manchester , map , Mapping , Medway , Merthyr Tydfil , Merton , Mid and East Antrim , Middlesbrough , Midlothian , Mid Ulster , Milton Keynes , Monmouthshire , Moray , Na h-Eileanan Siar , Neath Port Talbot , Newcastle upon Tyne , Newham , Newport , Newry, Mourne and Down , Norfolk , North Ayrshire , North East , North East Lincolnshire , Northern Ireland , North Lanarkshire , North Lincolnshire , North Northamptonshire , North Somerset , North Tyneside , Northumberland , North West , North Yorkshire , Nottingham , Nottinghamshire , Oldham , Orkney Islands , Oxfordshire , Pembrokeshire , Perth and Kinross , Peterborough , Plymouth , Portsmouth , Powys , Reading , Redbridge , Redcar and Cleveland , Renfrewshire , Rhondda Cynon Taf , Richmond upon Thames , Rochdale , Rotherham , Rutland , Salford , Sandwell , Scotland , Scottish Borders , Sefton , Sheffield , Shetland Islands , Shropshire , Slough , Solihull , Somerset , Southampton , South Ayrshire , South East , Southend-on-Sea , South Gloucestershire , South Lanarkshire , South Tyneside , Southwark , South West , St. Helens , Staffordshire , Stirling , Stockport , Stockton-on-Tees , Stoke-on-Trent , Suffolk , Sunderland , Surrey , Sutton , Swansea , Swindon , Tameside , Telford and Wrekin , Thurrock , Torbay , Torfaen , Tower Hamlets , Trafford , Vale of Glamorgan , Wakefield , Wales , Walsall , Waltham Forest , Wandsworth , Warrington , Warwickshire , West Berkshire , West Dunbartonshire , West Lothian , West Midlands , Westminster , Westmorland and Furness , West Northamptonshire , West Sussex , Wigan , Wiltshire , Windsor and Maidenhead , Wirral , Wokingham , Wolverhampton , Worcestershire , Wrexham , York , Yorkshire and The Humber
Funding
Natural Environment Research Council Award: NE/Y006208/1