Summary of Dataset Download Facility

The MAGIC download facility allows users to either download datasets directly from the site, or to link to a website or email address where the responsible authority has an existing data supply method.

Direct Download

The majority of Defra and Countryside Agency datasets are downloadable directly from the MAGIC website. Recently administrative boundary datasets for the partners have been added to this facility.

The following datasets are available for downloading from the MAGIC website:

DatasetOrganisation
Agricultural Land Classification - Provisional (England)Natural England
Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (England)Natural England
Classified Bivalve Mollusc Harvesting Areas (England and Wales)Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 - Access Layer (England)Natural England
Countryside Stewardship Agreements (England)Natural England
Doorstep Greens (England)Natural England
English Heritage Regions (England)English Heritage
Environmentally Sensitive Area Agreements (England)Natural England
Environmentally Sensitive Areas (England)Natural England
Forestry Commission Conservancy Boundaries (England)Forestry Commission
Heritage Coasts (England)Natural England
Joint Character Areas (England)Natural England
Land Management Initiatives (England)Natural England
Less Favoured Areas (England)Department for the Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)
Marine Pollution Control Zone (GB)UK Hydrographic Office
Millennium Greens (England)Natural England
Moorland Line (England)Rural Payments Agency (RPA)
National Forest (England)The National Forest Company
National Parks - proposed (England)Natural England
National Parks - proposed (England): South Downs modifications 2007Natural England
National Parks (England)Natural England
National Trails (England)Natural England
Nitrate Sensitive Areas (England)Natural England
Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (England)Department for the Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)
Nuclear Power Stations (GB)British Energy
NUTS1 - Government Office Regions (England)Department for the Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)
NUTS2 - Combined Counties (England)Department for the Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)
Objective 1 Areas (England)Communities and Local Government
Objective 2 Areas (England)Communities and Local Government
Organic Farming Scheme (England)Natural England
RSPB Reserves (England)The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)
RSPB Reserves (GB)The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)
Standing Approvals (England and Wales)Department for the Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)
Standing Approvals (Scotland)Scottish Executive
Waders and Wildfowl Autumn Mean Peaks (GB)WeBS Partners
Waders and Wildfowl Spring Mean Peaks (GB)WeBS Partners
Waders and Wildfowl Winter Mean Peaks (GB)WeBS Partners
Walking the way to Health Initiative (England)Natural England

 

Link to website

Some organisations supplying data to MAGIC have their own existing download facility from where users can download selected datasets. MAGIC cannot guarantee that all datasets supplied to MAGIC will be available to download from the organisation's website. All queries should be sent to the data representative for the partner that owns the data.

DatasetOrganisation
Ancient Woodland (England)Natural England
Biosphere Reserves (Scotland)Scottish Natural Heritage
Biosphere Reserves (Wales)Countryside Council for Wales
Coastal Sand Dune (England)Natural England
Coastal Vegetated Shingle (England)Natural England
Environmental Stewardship Agreements (England)Natural England
Important Bird Areas (England)The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)
Important Bird Areas (GB)The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)
Licence Blocks (GB)DEAL
Local Nature Reserves (England)Natural England
Lowland Grazing Marsh (England)Natural England
Marine Nature Reserves (Wales)Countryside Council for Wales
Maritime Cliff and Slope (England)Natural England
Mudflat (England)Natural England
National Nature Reserves (England)Natural England
National Nature Reserves (Scotland)Scottish Natural Heritage
National Nature Reserves (Wales)Countryside Council for Wales
Natural Areas (England)Natural England
Offshore Windfarms (GB)Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
Pipelines (GB)DEAL
Protected Wreck Sites (England)English Heritage
Ramsar Sites (England)Natural England
Ramsar Sites (Scotland)Scottish Natural Heritage
Ramsar Sites (Wales)Countryside Council for Wales
Registered Battlefields (England)English Heritage
Registered Parks and Gardens (England)English Heritage
Saline Lagoons (England)Natural England
Scheduled Monuments (England)English Heritage
Sites of Special Scientific Interest (England)Natural England
Sites of Special Scientific Interest (Scotland)Scottish Natural Heritage
Sites of Special Scientific Interest (Wales)Countryside Council for Wales
Sites of Special Scientific Interest Units (England)Natural England
Special Areas of Conservation (England)Natural England
Special Areas of Conservation (Scotland)Scottish Natural Heritage
Special Areas of Conservation (Wales)Countryside Council for Wales
Special Protection Areas (England)Natural England
Special Protection Areas (Scotland)Scottish Natural Heritage
Special Protection Areas (Wales)Countryside Council for Wales
Subsurface Infrastructure (GB)DEAL
Surface Infrastructure (GB)DEAL
Village Greens (England)Department for the Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)
Well Heads (GB)DEAL
World Heritage Sites (England)English Heritage

 

Contact email address

For some datasets an email address is provided which users can contact to request data. Requests sent directly to the organisation that owns the data are subject to their policies on the supply of data, and MAGIC cannot guarantee that datasets will be supplied if requested.

The following datasets can be requested from the responsible organisation:

DatasetOrganisation
Cliffs (Scotland)Scottish Natural Heritage
Community Forests (England)Forestry Commission
English Woodland Grant Scheme (England)Forestry Commission
Environment Agency - Area Public Face at 250,000 (England)Environment Agency
Environment Agency - Area Water Management at 250,000 (England)Environment Agency
Environment Agency - Regional Public Face at 250,000 (England)Environment Agency
Environment Agency - Regional Water Management at 250,000 (England)Environment Agency
Forestry Commission Woodland (England)Forestry Commission
Green Belt (England)Communities and Local Government
Intertidal Flats (Scotland)Scottish Natural Heritage
Landscape Typology (England)Natural England
Maritime Grassland (Scotland)Scottish Natural Heritage
National Cycle Network (GB)Sustrans
National Inventory of Woodland and Trees (England)Forestry Commission
Registered Common Land (England)Natural England
Saline Lagoons (Scotland)Scottish Environment Protection Agency
Saline Lagoons Points (Scotland)Scottish Natural Heritage
Saltmarsh (Scotland)Scottish Natural Heritage
Saltmarsh Points (Scotland)Scottish Natural Heritage
Sand Dunes and Machair (Scotland)Scottish Natural Heritage
Shingle (Scotland)Scottish Natural Heritage
Woodland Grant Schemes (England)Forestry Commission
Woodland Trust Sites (England)Woodland Trust

 

Unavailable for download

Due to licence restrictions, some datasets cannot be supplied at all.

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