Special Protection Areas (England)

Name: Special Protection Areas (England)
Creator: Natural England
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

data.gov.uk (National Data Library) OGL-UK-3.0 ⚙ service endpoint Natural England · updated 2026-06-19

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A Special Protection Area (SPA) is the land classified under Directive 79/409 on the Conservation of Wild Birds. Data supplied has the status "Classified". The data does not include "proposed" sites. Boundaries are mapped against Ordnance Survey MasterMap. Attribution statement: © Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right [year].

Files & links (13)

Resource	Format	Verified	Size
Data_Gov_UK_Metadata_Special_Protection_Areas_England.url	?	⚙ service endpoint	197 B
Open_Government_Licence.url	?	unchecked
Special_Protection_Areas_England.gdb.zip	ZIP	unchecked
Special_Protection_Areas_England.geojson.zip	ZIP	unchecked
Special_Protection_Areas_England.gpkg.zip	ZIP	unchecked
Special_Protection_Areas_England.lyr	?	unchecked
Special_Protection_Areas_England.shp.zip	ZIP	unchecked
Special Protection Areas (England): Natural England Open Data Geoportal page	?	unchecked
Special Protection Areas (England): Download data by area of interest	?	unchecked
Special Protection Areas (England): WFS	?	unchecked
Special Protection Areas (England): WMS	?	unchecked
Special Protection Areas (England): ESRI REST Feature Service API	?	unchecked
Special Protection Areas (England): OGC API - Features service	?	unchecked

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