4f4c4942-4343-5764-6473-313039383539 eng dataset Natural Resources Wales (NRW) 0300 065 3000 Maes-y-Ffynnon LL57 2DW enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk pointOfContact 2023-09-28 Gemini 2.2 urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::BNG OGP National Landscape Character Areas (NLCA) The character map; rLCA; Map cymeriad tirwedd rhanbarthol ar gyfer Cymru, National landscape character map. Regional landscape character map for Wales National Landscape Character Area Landscape character areas.LYR 2023-09-18 publication 109859 https://naturalresources.wales This dataset comprises of boundaries for the 48 regional landscape character areas for Wales. The purpose of this data capture was to geographically distinguish different regions in Wales in terms of landscape identity and what characteristics and qualities make one region different and distinct from another. These distinctions and policy drivers for this project are described, together with an illustrated narrative, and published on Natural Resources Wales (NRW's) website. This dataset covers 100% of terrestrial Wales including inter-tidal areas. Boundary data derived from source data 2007-2008 with the final version being amended October 2008. Some area names were amended in August 2023 to match written profile documents, and to reflect official status change for the names E ryri and Bannau Brycheiniog. Natural Resources Wales (NRW) 0300 065 3000 Maes-y-Ffynnon LL57 2DW enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk owner Land Use Consultants 020 7383 5784 NW1 1JD luc@landuse.co.uk originator Countryside Council for Wales (CCW) 0300 065 3000 Countryside Council for Wales Maes y Ffynnon LL57 2DW enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk originator Natural Resources Wales (NRW) 0300 065 3000 Maes-y-Ffynnon LL57 2DW enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk custodian notPlanned Geographic Information System Land cover GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2023-09-29 publication © CNC/NRW All rights Reserved. Contains Ordnance Survey Data. Ordnance Survey Licence number AC0000849444. 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. otherRestrictions There are no access restrictions on this data. NRW may release, publish or disseminate it freely. eng boundaries ISO3166 Countries 2023-09-29 publication Wales (WLS) -5.77774100 -2.60886500 51.24082900 53.51306700 2007-04-01 2023-09-18 CCW Policy Research Report 07/19 explains the method in more detail. The perception related work ('Heuristic Mapping') is described in CCW Policy Research report 08/11. This is the first published dataset. Land Use Consultants (LUC) produced a first GIS version dated August 2007, but CCW did not publish this, and it is now superseded by the published version here. 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_LANDSCAPE_CHARACTER_AREAS Download data https://datamap.gov.wales/capabilities/layer/415/?access_token=67k4GhAr91AqiAXnyngsm3l40RrZII&ows_service=wms Web Mapping service dataset Boundaries were created from an analysis of some 40+ existing environmental datasets plus a selection of site visits. Of note, this work includes reference to both the physical environment and human perceptions of it. Landscape is about the meeting of people and place, not just about place, as such, the boundaries were not derived mechanically from datasets but were also derived using some professional judgement, following site visits and preliminary work on mapping people's perceptions of how the Welsh landscape divides into 'broydd' (areas with a distinct sense of place that people commonly relate to). Mapping scale was 1:250,000 - so this dataset has very generalised boundaries. However, as the object of the exercise was to identify broa d regions, concern over whether the boundary runs this side or that side of a road or field are not relevant within the scale of the regions being identified. For example 'Vale of Clwyd', 'Gower', Montgomeryshire Hills and Vales'. Instead, boundaries should be assumed to approximate broad zones of transition from one landscape area to another. Some landscapes presented strong physical features along which to run boundary lines, whereas other landscapes were found to be complex mosaics that gradually changed, or had subtle changes with few obvious single physical lines to follow. The resources of the project did not allow for detailed resolution of such boundaries and short cuts, typically in the form of following a generalised contour line, have often been use d to complete the exercise. Islands are not included in the GIS dataset available to download, however they are included as contextual features within National Landscape Character Area (NLCA) description profiles and their map images. Islands are encompassed within the equivalent characterisation of seascapes, being the National Marine Character Areas (NMCA), also available to download on Datamap Wales”.