This dataset has now been replaced with the following single national layer service - Priority Habitats Inventory (England).  If you were using this layer in your desktop or web GIS application please switch over to the new layer as soon as possible. This is a spatial dataset that describes the geographic extent and location of Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act (2006) Section 41 habitats of principal importance. This inventory replaces Natural England's previous separate BAP habitat inventories: blanket bog, coastal and floodplain grazing marsh, coastal sand dunes, coastal vegetated shingle, deciduous woodland, fens, lowland calcareous grassland, lowland dry acid grassland, lowland heathland, lowland meadows, lowland raised bog, limestone pavements, maritime cliff and slope, mudflats, purple moor grass and rush pastures, reedbeds, saline lagoons, traditional orchards, undetermined grassland, upland calcareous grassland, upland hay meadows and upland heathland. These earlier inventories were produced from 1999 onwards and derived from habitat datasets collated from across the country, prioritising areas outside of designated sites. This dataset covers Northern England. Separate datasets that cover Central and Southern England are also available: Priority Habitat Inventory (Central) (England) Priority Habitat Inventory (South) (England) By merging all three datasets together you can create a full coverage dataset of England. These datasets do not overlap to facilitate this.Full metadata can be viewed on data.gov.uk.