After the first Stronger South Cotswolds event, Greening Tetbury asked us if we could share any useful links to online maps of local watercourses. Here’s what we came up with.
Water, Sewage, and Floods
- GOV.UK
- Check Flood Risk
- Flood Map for Planning - shows Flood Zones 2 and 3
- Environment Agency
- Statutory main river map
- Hydrology explorer - Rainfall, river, and groundwater measurements
- Catchment explorer
- Water Quality explorer
- Rainfall monitoring stations
- RPA Land Data - field/hedge stewardship payments (farmers and land agents only)
- Ordnance Survey
- Open Rivers Network
- Network map - all rivers as a topologically connected network
- Network map with Catchment Partnership data
- Wessex Water
- Coast and River watch
- Network maps - water mains and sewers
- Top of the Poops
- Rivers Trust
General purpose maps
- DEFRA
- National Library of Scotland - the best source of historical mapping, including:
- British Geological Survey (BGS)
- Source to Stream - catchment explorer
- Geology Viewer
- Ordnance Survey
- Explore OS Maps
- OS Boundary Line - county/authority boundaries
- Office for National Statistics (ONS)
- LIDAR Map UK - unofficial map built using Environment Agency data
- Britain from Above - historical photos from WW2
- UK Met Office maps and charts
Local Authority maps
Other
- Flood Radar - unofficial aggregator and flood warnings
- River Levels - unofficial aggregator and flood warnings
- Open Infrastructure Map - power lines and solar farms
- Historic England Aerial Archaeology
- Natural England Peat Map
- Natural England Green Infrastructure - green spaces
- UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - land use map
Contact us to suggest updates to this list. 😇