Wild Ennerdale

Spatial Data

birch woodland This page provides access to spatial data files covering a range of features surveyed and mapped across the Ennerdale Valley.

This data is provided for non profit research or educational purposes.

The files are provided as zip files containing Arc Gis shp,shx,dbf,sbn,sbx shapefiles.

To gain access to the data please download, complete and post or fax the Spatial Data Licence schedule to Gareth Browning, Forestry Commission, Peil Wyke, Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, CA13 9YG or FAX 017687 76115 .

On receipt and approval of your completed licence you will then be sent a username and password by email to allow you to access the data. Please note, you only need to send the last sheet of the form which you have signed.

If you do not have Arc9.1 and would still like to view the files you can download Arc Explorer which is available for free from ESRI. Arc Explorer will allow you to view and interrogate the data but not modify it.

Available Data
Feature Groups
All the background survey data included as separate files below. (NB this file is 1.99mb in size)	all survey features.zip
All features which are considered in some way or other to detract from the sense of wildness.	detracting features.zip
All the features that are considered to add positively to the sense of wildness.	wild features.zip

Individual Features
A polygon file containing the areas of ancient semi natural woodland	ancient semi natural woodland.zip
All the archaeological features as a line file with over 6000 features. (NB this file is 0.9mb in size)	archaeological features.zip
A simple polygon file showing how Wild Ennerdale covers parts of three catchments	catchments.zip
The distribution of current woodland with broad species types as at January 2005.	current woodland 01-2005.zip
A simple drift geology file	drift geology.zip
Soils information for the originally afforested part of the valley	forest soils.zip
A simple polygon shapefile describing all the lakes and tarns	lakes and tarns.zip
Areas managed under grazing as at January 2005	managed grazed areas 01-2005.zip
All three years NVC survey data in one shapefile. (NB this file is 0.4mb in size)	nvc survey.zip
A simple file showing land ownership across the valley	ownership.zip
The location and extent of regionally important geological and geomorphological site (RIGGS)	riggs sites.zip
A line shapefile showing the extent of the public right of way network	rights of way.zip
A line file showing the extent of roads and tracks.	roads and tracks.zip
A point file showing the extent of scattered trees and shrubs in the valley. Based on combining field knowledge and aerial photography	scattered trees and shrubs.zip
Only archeological features that make up scheduled ancient monuments	scheduled ancient monuments.zip
A polygon file showing the extent of the three Sites of special scientific interest	sites of special scientific interest.zip
A simple file showing the distribution of solid geology in the valley	solid geology.zip
A line file showing the extent of all watercourses in the valley	watercourses.zip

Monitoring Data
Cattle Tracking collar data (Please note there is an error in translation between the collar data and this can lead to a data shift. The original collar data was recorded in Lat Long format.) The zip file contains the data as excel spreadsheets. Currently data is available for the period July 2006 to February 2007. March 2007 to April 2008 was lost due to a fault with the collar. See also our first tracking collar report.	cattle tracking.zip
Vehicle and People Counters. Two excel spreadsheets with the reading from the people and vehicle counters that were in place during 2006 and 2007.	vehicle and people counters.zip

Spatial Data

Available Data