Open Access - Registered Common Land (CRoW Act)
The CRoW Act provides for public access on foot to certain types of land, amends the law relating to public rights of way, increases measures for the management and protection for Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and strengthens wildlife enforcement legislation, and provides for better management of Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). Under Section 4 of the CRoW Act it states the following: It shall be the duty of Natural Resources Wales (formerly Countryside Council for Wales) to prepare, in respect of Wales, maps which together show; (a) all registered common land, and (b) all open country.
It is a redacted version of the 'Common Land (CROW Act) Fully Attributed Dataset', see separate metadata entry for details.
Digitisation took place in 2014 for all Wales. This dataset does not include Urban Commons, Commons with Deeds for Access, 1899 Commons Act, Provisional Order Confirmation or Village Greens.
When using this data to understand the extent of Open Access , it should be used in conjunction with Open land, Open Country, Registered Common Land, Other Statutory Access Land and Other Dedicated Land from the same years. Contact your local authority for access to and information about Registers of Common Land.
- Identification
- Extent
- Distribution
- Quality
- Keywords
- Spatial Reference System
- Content
- Constraints
- Maintenance
- Metadata
Identification
- Identifier
- NRW_DS100178
- Alternative Title
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- Registered Common Land 2014.LYR
- Registered Common Land 2004.lyr
- Tir Comin (Deddf CGHT)
- Open Countryside Common Land
- Metadata Language
- English
- Lineage
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This dataset is based on the original common land paper registers as held by the local authorities, and was originally digitised against OS Land-Line by Landmark Information Group (LIG) for NRW for Open Access mapping work.
Any line shown as not matching the original boundary has been copied from what is shown on the original registers and is not a digitising error.
This dataset is an update from the Open Access 10 year review, which was completed in October 2014. The Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (CRoW Act 2000) applies to England and Wales only.
- Additional Information
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The Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (CRoW Act 2000) applies to England and Wales only.
- Dataset Reference Date (Publication)
- 2020-04-16
Extent
Extent
- Geographic Extent
- Wales (WLS)
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Distribution
Distribution
- Format Type and Description
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Geographic Information System
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Unknown
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- Specification
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ESRI Feature Class
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Geographic Information System
(
Unknown
)
- Resource Locator
- View and Download ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )
- Resource Locator
- Web Mapping Service ( OGC:WMS )
Quality
Data quality
- Quality Scope
- Dataset
- Conformity
- Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
- Explanation
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This dataset has not been assessed for conformance to the referenced INSPIRE regulation.
- Degree
- false
- Lineage
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This dataset is based on the original common land paper registers as held by the local authorities, and was originally digitised against OS Land-Line by Landmark Information Group (LIG) for NRW for Open Access mapping work.
Any line shown as not matching the original boundary has been copied from what is shown on the original registers and is not a digitising error.
This dataset is an update from the Open Access 10 year review, which was completed in October 2014. The Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (CRoW Act 2000) applies to England and Wales only.
Keywords
Keywords
- Type
- Theme
Citation
- Date (Publication)
- 2008-06-01
Keywords
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NRW Thesaurus
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- geographical information systems (GIS)
- Open Access
- Type
- Theme
Citation
- Date (Publication)
- 2025-01-08
Keywords
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IPSV Subjects List
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- Common land
- Type
- Theme
Citation
- Date (Publication)
- 2020-11-18
Keywords
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NRW SMNR Keywords
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- Urban (SMNR)
- Ecosystem (SMNR)
- Enclosed Farmlands (SMNR)
- Woodlands (SMNR)
- Mountains, Moorland and Heaths (SMNR)
- Semi-natural Grasslands (SMNR)
- Sustainable Management of Natural Resources (SMNR)
- Coastal Margins (SMNR)
- Soils (SMNR)
- Physical Geography (Physiography) (SMNR)
- Soil and Land (SMNR)
- Natural Resources (Incl. Features and Processes) (SMNR)
- Management Areas (SMNR)
- Type
- Theme
Citation
- Date (Publication)
- 2024-06-26
Spatial Reference System
Content
Content Information
NRW Profile
Custom Elements
Constraints
Constraints
Limitations on Public Access and Use
- Restriction type
- Other restrictions
Access Constraints Directive
- Limitations
- no limitations
Access Constraints Text
- Other constraints
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There are no access restrictions on this data. NRW may release, publish or disseminate it freely.
Use Constraints
- Use constraints type
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
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© 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.
Attribution Statement
- Other constraints
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Contains Natural Resources Wales information © Natural Resources Wales and Database Right. All rights Reserved. Contains Ordnance Survey Data. Ordnance Survey Licence number AC0000849444. Crown Copyright and Database Right.
Licence
- Other constraints
- Open Government Licence
Metadata
Metadata
- File Identifier
- 4f4c4942-4343-5764-6473-313030313738 XML
- Metadata Language
- English
- Resource type
- Dataset
- Metadata Date
- 2025-12-03T10:44:31.128Z
- Metadata Standard Name
- NRW
- Metadata Standard Version
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1.0