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Public Rights of Way from the Environment and Rural Affairs Monitoring & Modelling Programme, Wales, 2021-2025 and the Glastir Monitoring and Evaluation Programme, Wales, 2013-2016

https://doi.org/10.5285/ea7244cb-2c56-42f2-8832-c0d1cf9e0758
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This data set consists of records of condition of Public Rights of Way (PROWs), collected as part of the Environment and Rural Affairs Monitoring & Modelling Programme (ERAMMP) National Field Survey (NFS) between 2021-2025 and the Glastir Monitoring and Evaluation Programme (GMEP) field survey between 2013-2016. Data includes lengths of surveyed PROWs and their condition.
ERAMMP NFS is a resurvey of the 300 locations from the initial GMEP monitoring program (300 1km squares) on a rolling annual basis between 2021 and 2025. A subset of those 300 squares were resurveyed for PROWs. Between 2021-2025 ERAMMP National Field Survey resurveyed 181 squares for PROWs.
The initial monitoring program, GMEP, was set up by the Welsh Government in 2013 to report national trends and monitor the effects of the Glastir agri-environment scheme on the environment. The field survey element was based on a stratified random sampling design of 300 x 1km square sites across Wales, and was managed by the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology.
Publication date: 2026-03-31

Format

Comma-separated values (CSV)

Spatial information

Study area
Spatial representation type
Tabular (text)
Spatial reference system
OSGB 1936 / British National Grid
Spatial resolution
10000 metres

Temporal information

Temporal extent
2013-01-01    to    2025-12-31

Provenance & quality

During ERAMMP and GMEP National Field Surveys, whilst carrying out bird surveys, trained, professional surveyors walked a route that passed within 50m of all parts of the survey square to which access had been secured. Where this route used or intersected a section of Public Right of Way (PROW), the condition of the section was recorded using standardised protocols. Data were recorded on standard field maps and sent to British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) for digital inputting, during which the digitizer checked the data with the surveyor if necessary. Data on PROW condition were aggregated by survey square.
To ensure confidentiality of the data with respect to land owners and managers, the locations of 1km squares and survey sites were converted to the centres of the containing 10km Ordnance Survey grid squares.

Licensing and constraints

This dataset is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence

Cite this dataset as:
Monkman, G.; Swetnam, R.; Lucas, J.R.; Aramendi, P.; Bowgen, K.; Burden, A.; Cid Rodriguez, X.; Emmett, B.A.; Garai Aginagalde, A.; Garbutt, A.; Potter, E.; Reinsch, S.; Richardson-Jones, V.; Siriwardena, G.; Stokes, J.; Taylor, R.M.; Williams, B.; Wood, C.M.; Beath, A.; Betts, N.; Clews, B.; Davies, S.; Dawson, R.; Douglas, N.; Duckham, M.; Ellson, M.; Hunter, E.; Jenks, P.; Knight, T.; Lowe, A.; Lucas, A.; Macgregor, C.; Perry, C.; Roberts, M.; Smith, A.; Squires, R.; Vaughan, D. (2026). Public Rights of Way from the Environment and Rural Affairs Monitoring & Modelling Programme, Wales, 2021-2025 and the Glastir Monitoring and Evaluation Programme, Wales, 2013-2016. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/ea7244cb-2c56-42f2-8832-c0d1cf9e0758

© Crown copyright: Welsh Government licenced under the Open Government Licence v3.0
© Hawlfraint y Goron: Llywodraeth Cymru Mae'r holl gynnwys ar gael dan Drwydded Llywodraeth Agored v3.0
For the avoidance of doubt, if the publication of the Licensed Data is not within Wales, the Welsh form of the acknowledgement wording is not required.

Correspondence/contact details

Lucas, J.R.
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
 enquiries@ceh.ac.uk

Authors

Monkman, G.
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Swetnam, R.
University of Staffordshire
Lucas, J.R.
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Aramendi, P.
University of Staffordshire
Bowgen, K.
British Trust for Ornithology
Burden, A.
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Cid Rodriguez, X.
University of Staffordshire
Emmett, B.A.
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Garai Aginagalde, A.
University of Staffordshire
Garbutt, A.
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Potter, E.
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Reinsch, S.
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Richardson-Jones, V.
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Siriwardena, G.
British Trust for Ornithology
Stokes, J.
British Trust for Ornithology
Taylor, R.M.
British Trust for Ornithology
Williams, B.
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Wood, C.M.
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Beath, A.
Betts, N.
Clews, B.
Davies, S.
Dawson, R.
Douglas, N.
Duckham, M.
Ellson, M.
Hunter, E.
Jenks, P.
Knight, T.
Lowe, A.
Lucas, A.
Macgregor, C.
British Trust for Ornithology
Perry, C.
Roberts, M.
Smith, A.
Squires, R.
Vaughan, D.
authors

Other contacts

Publisher
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
 info@eidc.ac.uk
Rights holder
Welsh Government

Additional metadata

Topic categories
environment
structure
INSPIRE theme
Environmental Monitoring Facilities
Keywords
Environmental survey , Environment and Rural Affairs Monitoring & Modelling Programme , ERAMMP , Public Rights of Way , Wales
Funding
Welsh Government