Limestone Pavement Orders

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Summary

This is a spatial dataset that describes the geographic extent and location of areas that are listed under Limestone Pavement Orders. Limestone pavements are outcrops of limestone where the surface has been worn away by natural means over millennia. These rocks have the appearance of paving blocks, hence their name. Not only do they have geological interest, they also provide valuable habitats for wildlife. These habitats are threatened due to their removal for use in gardens and water features. Many limestone pavements have been designated as SSSIs which affords them some protection. In addition, Section 34 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 gave them additional protection via the creation of Limestone Pavement Orders, which made it a criminal offence to remove any part of the outcrop. The associated Limestone Pavement Priority Habitat is part of the UK Biodiversity Action Plan priority habitat in England. This is published separately. Attribution statement: © Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right [year].

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Limestone_Pavement_Orders_ESRI_REST_Feature_Server_Endpoint N/A 18 December 2023 Not available
ArcGIS Open Dataset record page N/A 18 December 2023 Not available
LimestonePavementOrdersEngland_WMS N/A 18 December 2023 Not available
LimestonePavementOrdersEngland_WFS N/A 18 December 2023 Not available
LimestonePavementOrdersEngland_Download N/A 18 December 2023 Not available
Open_Government_Licence.url N/A 18 December 2023 Not available
Limestone_Pavement_Orders_England.lyr N/A 18 December 2023 Not available
LimestonePavementOrdersEngland-TAB.zip ZIP 18 December 2023 Not available
LimestonePavementOrdersEngland-SHP.zip ZIP 18 December 2023 Not available
LimestonePavementOrdersEngland-MID_MIF.zip ZIP 18 December 2023 Not available
LimestonePavementOrdersEngland-KML.zip ZIP 18 December 2023 Not available
LimestonePavementOrdersEngland-GML.zip ZIP 18 December 2023 Not available
LimestonePavementOrdersEngland-GeoJSON.zip ZIP 18 December 2023 Not available
LimestonePavementOrdersEngland-FGDB.zip ZIP 18 December 2023 Not available
Data_Gov_UK_Metadata_Limestone_Pavement_Orders_England.url N/A 18 December 2023 Not available

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Added to data.gov.uk
2023-12-18
Access contraints
There are no public access constraints to this data. Use of this data is subject to the licence identified.
Harvest GUID
75f952ab-6b4b-46e8-9f8c-20e02108395a
Extent
Latitude: 55.7447° to 49.8625°
Longitude: -6.41736° to 2.05827°
Spatial reference system
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700
Dataset reference date
2008-06-01 (creation)
2014-03-26 (publication)
Frequency of update
notPlanned
Responsible party
Natural England (pointOfContact)
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Metadata language
eng
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