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You may use the digital data downloaded from this website subject to the following terms and conditions;

1. Title, copyright and all other proprietary rights in the digital data remain vested in Northern Ireland Environment Agency and Land & Property Services (LPS)/Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland (OSNI).
2. Northern Ireland Environment Agency does not guarantee that the digital data is free of minor errors not materially affecting performance.
3. You accept the digital data as delivered. Northern Ireland Environment Agency does not guarantee that the digital data will be suitable for use with any GIS or any other computer software.
4. You are authorised to download Northern Ireland Environment Agency digital datasets from these pages, for personal use and internal use within an organisation. This is subject to the material being reproduced accurately and not used in a misleading context. However, you are not allowed to sell this digital data to a third party. If you print a map containing some of this digital data, the following statement should appear on the map: - 'This material is based upon Crown Copyright and is reproduced with the permission of Land & Property Services under delegated authority from the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, Crown copyright and database rights, EMOU206.2. Northern Ireland Environment Agency Copyright 2011'
5. Maps containing all or any part of these digital datasets may not be published in hard copy or the internet without prior written permission from the Northern Ireland Environment Agency.

By downloading the digital data, you are accepting the above terms and conditions.   Datasets

The following datasets are available for download. They are available as Irish National Grid or British National Grid. There is information about the attributes contained in each dataset in the text file included in each zip file.
Some of the datasets have links to more information on NIEA's website.
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Natural Heritage related datasets	No. Records	Last Updated
Areas of Special Scientific Interest (ASSIs)	330	04/04/11
National Nature Reserves (NNRs)	64	24/11/08
Special Areas of Conservation (SACs)	55	05/11/10
Special Protection Areas (SPAs)	17	21/09/10
Ramsar Sites	20	12/11/10
Marine Nature Reserves	1	24/11/08
Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs)	8	09/07/10
Landscape Character Areas	130	24/11/08

Built Heritage related datasets	No. Records	Last Updated
Sites and Monuments Record (SMR)	16431	24/05/11
Scheduled Zones	1,889	25/05/11
Historic Parks and Gardens (gardens)	248	25/05/11

Water related datasets	Number of records	Last updated
WFD Coastal waters (GML format)	40	10/12/2010
WFD Coastal waters (SHP format)	40	10/12/2010
WFD Lakes (GML format)	60	10/12/2010
WFD Lakes (SHP format)	60	10/12/2010
WFD Rivers (GML format)	36016	10/12/2010
WFD Rivers (SHP format)	36016	10/12/2010
WFD Groundwaters (GML format)	67	10/12/2010
WFD Groundwaters (SHP format)	67	10/12/2010
WFD Transitional waters (GML format)	14	10/12/2010
WFD Transitional waters (SHP format)	14	10/12/2010
Catchment Stakeholder Groups (SHP format)	9	08/02/2011
Catchment Stakeholder Groups (GML format)	9	08/02/2011
WMU Local Management Areas (SHP format)	52	08/02/2011
WMU Local Management Areas (GML format)	52	08/02/2011

For more information, please write to:
 

Natural Heritage related datasets	Built Heritage related datasets
Research and Development Team Northern Ireland Environment Agency Klondyke Building Gasworks Business Park Cromac Avenue Belfast BT7 2JA	MBR Enquiries Northern Ireland Environment Agency Waterman House 5-33 Hill Street Belfast BT1 2LA
or email NIEA.GIS@doeni.gov.uk	Or email mbr@doeni.gov.uk

Water related datasets
Water Management Unit
17 Antrim Road
Lisburn
BT28 3AL
or email WaterInfo@doeni.gov.uk

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