Defra Data Services Platform (DSP) spatial data catalogue

What it contains

The Defra group's ~1,500 spatial datasets - flood risk, groundwater, protected sites, habitats, land cover, LIDAR indexes - each exposed as WMS, WFS and OGC API Features.

When you need it

Useful at these project stages, from the working group's stage matrix:

SelectDefine

Matched on

Constraints, regulation and consenting data (not a matrix item)

Assigned by

Matched to data items the matrix names

Coverage and detail

Geographic

England (Defra group remit)

Nations

England

Resolution

Varies

Formats

GeoJSON, GML, shapefile, GeoTIFF, ASCII grid

Update cadence

Per dataset, many quarterly

Access and machine route

Licence as stated

Open Government Licence v3.0 for the great majority; a minority restricted

Assertion source

as published by Defra / Environment Agency / Natural England

Protocol

OGC API - Features, WMS 1.3.0, WFS 2.0.0 - one service triple per dataset

Harvest note

yes-automated machine_endpoint is a URL template, not a resolvable link: https://environment.data.gov.uk/spatialdata/{dataset-slug}/ogc/features/v1 (OGC API Features), .../wms?request=GetCapabilities, .../wfs?request=GetCapabilities

Caveats

MAJOR HARVEST TARGET the previous pass listed only as 'MAGIC'. There is no single DCAT feed - you must enumerate dataset slugs from the DSP catalogue pages or from data.gov.uk's EA publisher listing, then construct the /ogc/features/v1 URL.

Classification

Category

Constraints, Regulation & Consenting

Sub-category

4.1 Environmental designations & protected sites

Assigned by

Stated by the source

Data form

Raster, Vector

Evidence confidence

Not yet assessed. Only a person can set this.

How current this entry is

Last updated here

2026-09-22

Last checked against the holder

2026-09-07

Checked by a person

Not yet. Nobody has read this entry.

Catalogue id

defra-data-services-platform-dsp-spatial-data-catalogue