Land Cover Map 2007 (25m raster, GB) v1.2

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This dataset consists of a 25m resolution raster version of the Land Cover Map 2007 for Great Britain. Each 25m pixel represents a 25m area of land cover target class, broadly representing Broad Habitats (see below). The dataset is part of a series of data products produced by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology known as LCM2007. LCM2007 is a parcel-based thematic classification of satellite image data covering the entire United Kingdom. The map updates and upgrades the Land Cover Map of Great Britain (LCMGB) 1990 and LCM2000. Like the earlier 1990 and 2000 products, LCM2007 is derived from a computer classification of satellite scenes obtained mainly from Landsat, IRS and SPOT sensors and also incorporates information derived from other ancillary datasets. LCM2007 was classified using a nomenclature corresponding to the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) Broad Habitats, which encompasses the entire range of UK habitats. In addition, it recorded further detail where possible. The series of LCM2007 products includes vector and raster formats, with a number of different versions containing varying levels of detail and at different spatial resolutions.

Publication date: 2014-07-23

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TIFF

Spatial information

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Spatial representation type

Raster

Spatial reference system

OSGB 1936 / British National Grid

Temporal information

Temporal extent

2005-09-02 to 2008-07-18

Provenance & quality

LCM2007 uses a spatial framework based on OS MasterMap (R). MasterMap was generalised to remove unnecessary detail, then the framework was segmented according to the underlying satellite data to split areas of non-uniform landscape. The data was classified according to a parcel-based supervised maximum likelihood classification procedure. The raster products are derived from the vector products. See online supporting information for further details. Version 1.2 includes the addition of OS tiles HZ and NW.

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Morton, R.D.; Rowland, C.S.; Wood, C.M.; Meek, L.; Marston, C.G.; Smith, G.M. (2014). Land Cover Map 2007 (25m raster, GB) v1.2. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/a1f88807-4826-44bc-994d-a902da5119c2

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Citations

Gillespie, M.A.K., Baude, M., Biesmeijer, J., Boatman, N., Budge, G.E., Crowe, A., … Kunin, W.E. (2017). A method for the objective selection of landscape-scale study regions and sites at the national level. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 8(11), 1468–1476. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.12779

Foster, C. W., Neumann, J. L., & Holloway, G. J. (2019). Linking mesoscale landscape heterogeneity and biodiversity: gardens and tree cover significantly modify flower-visiting beetle communities. Landscape Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-019-00822-x

Heward, C.J., Hoodless, A.N., Conway, G.J., Fuller, R.J., MacColl, A.D.C., & Aebischer, N.J. (2018). Habitat correlates of Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola abundance in a declining resident population. Journal of Ornithology, 159(4), 955–965. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-018-1570-z

Birkinshaw, S.J., O’Donnell, G., Glenis, V., & Kilsby, C. (2021). Improved hydrological modelling of urban catchments using runoff coefficients. Journal of Hydrology, 594, 125884. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.125884

Zini, V., Wäber, K., & Dolman, P.M. (2019). Habitat quality, configuration and context effects on roe deer fecundity across a forested landscape mosaic. PLOS ONE, 14(12), e0226666. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0226666

O’Rourke,E., Hynes, J., Losada, S., Barber,J.L. , Pereira, M.G., Kean,E.F., Hailer, F. & Chadwick, E.A. (2022). Anthropogenic Drivers of Variation in Concentrations of Perfluoroalkyl Substances in Otters (Lutra lutra) from England and Wales. Environmental Science & Technology https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c05410

Abbas, S.A., Xuan, Y., & Bailey, R.T. (2022). Assessing Climate Change Impact on Water Resources in Water Demand Scenarios Using SWAT-MODFLOW-WEAP. In Hydrology (Vol. 9, Issue 10, p. 164). MDPI AG. https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology9100164

Blaydes, H., Whyatt, J.D., Carvalho, F., Lee, H.K., McCann, K., Silveira, J.M., & Armstrong, A. (2025). Shedding light on land use change for solar farms. Progress in Energy, 7(3), 033001. https://doi.org/10.1088/2516-1083/adc9f5

Baker, S.J., Perry, M.C., Betts, R.A., Schoenecker, J., & Pellegrini, A.F.A. (2025). Spikes in UK wildfire emissions driven by peatland fires in dry years. Environmental Research Letters, 20(3), 034028. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/adafc6

Supplemental information

R.D. Morton, C. Rowland, C. Wood, L. Meek, C. Marston, G. Smith, R. Wadsworth, I. Simpson. July 2011 CS Technical Report No 11/07: Final Report for LCM2007 - the new UK land cover map. NERC/Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH Project Number NEC03259)

http://www.countrysidesurvey.org.uk/content/final-report-lcm2007-new-uk-land-cover-map