Accessible waterside by PRoW and ANG (inland)

This layer uses data to identify the location of the total waterside resource that is more likely to be publicly accessible because it is either in proximity to a Public Right of Way (within 10m) and/or is a waterbody adjacent to Accessible Green Infrastructure (within 1m). The Ordnance Survey (OS) OpenMap Local Surface Water (polygon and line) and Tidal Water (polygon) datasets were used to define the Blue Infrastructure (BI) to which access is measured. This includes rivers, streams, lakes, reservoirs, canals and tidal waters. The access to waterside layer only maps the likelihood that the edges of water bodies and course are accessible. The accessibility is created purely by proximity of water edge to publicly accessible green infrastructure and/or a Public Right of Way. Circumstances on the ground might mean that some sections marked as likely to be accessible are in fact not. The identification of waterside as accessible is thus indicative not definite The data has been taken from Natural England's GI portal. More information regarding this data layer can be found here: https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/GreenInfrastructure/UserGuide/Section03.aspx