This code list is used in association with the Description attribute which is present within the Land Feature Type. The code list describes the types of land features represented as polygons, such as marsh, bare earth or grass, or coniferous trees.
Label
Definition
Arable Or Grazing Land
Land whose main purpose is the growing of crops or the keeping of livestock.
Bare Earth Or Grass
Land that has a natural or semi-natural surface that is not classified as a more specialised type of vegetation, mineral surface, or arable or grazing land.
Boulder
A large conspicuous rock that is not attached to the land mass.
Boulders Or Rock
An area of large rounded rocks which are not attached to the land mass and / or an area of rock.
Boulders Or Rock And Heath Or Rough Grassland
An area including large rounded rocks which are not attached to the land mass and / or rock AND bracken, uncultivated grassland, and / or heather or bilberry.
Boulders Or Rock And Heath Or Rough Grassland And Marsh
An area including large rounded rocks which are not attached to the land mass and / or rock AND bracken, uncultivated grassland, and / or heather or bilberry AND ground that is predominantly waterlogged by freshwater throughout the year.
Boulders Or Rock And Heath Or Rough Grassland And Scattered Coniferous Trees
An area including large rounded rocks which are not attached to the land mass and / or rock AND bracken, uncultivated grassland, and / or heather or bilberry AND cone-bearing trees which are generally spaced more than 30m apart.
Boulders Or Rock And Heath Or Rough Grassland And Scattered Mixed Trees
An area including large rounded rocks which are not attached to the land mass and / or rock AND bracken, uncultivated grassland, and / or heather or bilberry AND trees which are generally spaced more than 30m apart.
Boulders Or Rock And Heath Or Rough Grassland And Scattered Non-Coniferous Trees
An area including large rounded rocks which are not attached to the land mass and / or rock AND bracken, uncultivated grassland, and / or heather or bilberry AND trees that do not bear cones which are generally spaced more than 30m apart.
Boulders Or Rock And Heath Or Rough Grassland Or Marsh
An area including large rounded rocks which are not attached to the land mass and / or rock AND bracken, uncultivated grassland, and / or heather or bilberry AND ground that is predominantly waterlogged by freshwater throughout the year.
Boulders Or Rock And Marsh
An area including large rounded rocks that are not attached to the land mass and/or rock AND ground that is predominantly waterlogged by freshwater throughout the year.
Boulders Or Rock And Mud
An area including large rounded rocks which are not attached to the land mass and / or rock AND unconsolidated rock of clay-grade often containing much water.
Boulders Or Rock And Mud And Sand Or Shingle
An area including large rounded rocks which are not attached to the land mass and / or rock AND unconsolidated rock of clay-grade often containing much water AND minute particles resulting from the wearing down of rocks and / or small water-worn pebbles up to approximately 60mm in diameter.
Boulders Or Rock And Mud And Sand Or Shingle
An area including large rounded rocks which are not attached to the land mass and / or rock AND unconsolidated rock of clay-grade often containing much water AND minute particles resulting from the wearing down of rocks and / or small water-worn pebbles up to approximately 60mm in diameter.
Boulders Or Rock And Sand Or Shingle
An area including large rounded rocks which are not attached to the land mass and / or rock AND minute particles resulting from the wearing down of rocks and / or small water-worn pebbles up to approximately 60mm in diameter.
Boulders Or Rock And Sand Or Shingle And Scattered Coniferous Trees
An area including large rounded rocks which are not attached to the land mass and / or rock AND minute particles resulting from the wearing down of rocks and / or small water-worn pebbles up to approximately 60mm in diameter AND cone-bearing trees which are generally spaced more than 30m apart.
Boulders Or Rock And Scattered Coniferous Trees
An area including large rounded rocks that are not attached to the land mass and/or rock AND cone-bearing trees which are generally spaced more than 30m apart.
Boulders Or Rock And Scattered Mixed Trees
An area including large rounded rocks that are not attached to the land mass and/or rock AND trees which are generally spaced more than 30m apart.
Boulders Or Rock And Scattered Non-Coniferous Trees
An area including large rounded rocks which are not attached to the land mass and/ or rock AND trees that do not bear cones where those trees are generally spaced more than 30m apart.
Coniferous Trees
An area of cone-bearing trees (for example, yews, pines, firs, larch) which are generally spaced not more than 30m apart.
Coniferous Trees And Scattered Boulders Or Scattered Rock
An area including cone-bearing trees which are generally spaced not more than 30m apart AND large rounded rocks over 20m apart which are not attached to the land mass OR minerals that are part of the land mass and that covers less than 25% of the area.
Coniferous Trees And Scattered Boulders Or Scattered Rock And Scrub
An area including cone-bearing trees which are generally spaced not more than 30m apart AND large rounded rocks over 20m apart which are not attached to the land mass OR minerals that are part of the land mass and that covers less than 25% of the area AND shrubs and bushes.
Coniferous Trees And Scrub
An area including cone-bearing trees which are generally spaced not more than 30m apart AND shrubs and bushes.
Construction Site
An area undergoing change where the final nature and / or extent of the feature is unknown.
Firing Point
The area at a range where weapons are discharged.
Floral Clock
A device for indicating the time that includes floral decoration
Gallops
An area of land for horses to run at speed, typically whilst training for racing.
Games Court
An area of land dedicated to general sporting activities.
Heath
An area of heather or bilberry.
Heath Or Rough Grassland
An area of bracken, uncultivated grassland, and / or heather or bilberry.
Heath Or Rough Grassland And Boulders Or Rock And Scattered Mixed Trees
No definition available.
Heath Or Rough Grassland And Marsh
An area including heather or bilberry and /or bracken, uncultivated grassland AND ground that is predominantly waterlogged by freshwater throughout the year.
Heath Or Rough Grassland And Marsh And Scattered Coniferous Trees
An area including heather or bilberry and / or bracken, uncultivated grassland AND ground that is predominantly waterlogged by freshwater throughout the year AND cone-bearing trees which are generally spaced more than 30m apart.
Heath Or Rough Grassland And Marsh And Scattered Mixed Trees
An area including heather or bilberry and / or bracken, uncultivated grassland AND ground that is predominantly waterlogged by freshwater throughout the year AND trees which are generally spaced more than 30m apart.
Heath Or Rough Grassland And Marsh And Scattered Non-Coniferous Trees
An area including heather or bilberry and / or bracken, uncultivated grassland AND ground that is predominantly waterlogged by freshwater throughout the year AND trees that do not bear cones, where those trees are generally spaced more than 30m apart.
Heath Or Rough Grassland And Marsh And Scrub
An area including heather or bilberry and / or bracken, uncultivated grassland AND ground that is predominantly waterlogged by freshwater throughout the year AND shrubs and bushes.
Heath Or Rough Grassland And Sand Or Shingle
An area including heather or bilberry and / or bracken, uncultivated grassland AND minute particles resulting from the wearing down of rocks and / or small water-worn pebbles up to approximately 60mm in diameter.
Heath Or Rough Grassland And Scattered Boulders Or Scattered Rock
An area including heather or bilberry and / or bracken, uncultivated grassland AND large rounded rocks over 20m apart which are not attached to the land mass OR minerals that are part of the land mass and that cover less than 25% of the area.
Heath Or Rough Grassland And Scattered Boulders Or Scattered Rock And Scrub
An area including heather or bilberry and / or bracken, uncultivated grassland AND large rounded rocks over 20m apart that are not attached to the land mass OR minerals that are part of the land mass and that cover less than 25% of the area AND shrubs or bushes.
Heath Or Rough Grassland And Scattered Coniferous Trees
An area including heather or bilberry and / or bracken, uncultivated grassland AND cone-bearing trees which are generally spaced more than 30m apart.
Heath Or Rough Grassland And Scattered Coniferous Trees And Scrub
An area including heather or bilberry and / or bracken, uncultivated grassland AND cone-bearing trees which are generally spaced more than 30m apart AND shrubs or bushes.
Heath Or Rough Grassland And Scattered Mixed Trees
An area including heather or bilberry and / or bracken, uncultivated grassland AND trees which are generally spaced more than 30m apart
Heath Or Rough Grassland And Scattered Mixed Trees And Scrub
An area including heather or bilberry and / or bracken, uncultivated grassland AND trees which are generally spaced more than 30m apart AND shrubs or bushes.
Heath Or Rough Grassland And Scattered Non-Coniferous Trees
An area including heather or bilberry and / or bracken, uncultivated grassland AND trees that do not bear cones, where those trees are generally spaced more than 30m apart.
Heath Or Rough Grassland And Scattered Non-Coniferous Trees And Scrub
An area including heather or bilberry and / or bracken, uncultivated grassland AND trees that do not bear cones, where those trees are generally spaced more than 30m apart AND shrubs or bushes.
Heath Or Rough Grassland And Scattered Rock
An area including heather or bilberry AND large rounded rocks over 20m apart that are not attached to the land mass and / or minerals that are part of the land mass and that cover less than 25% of the area.
Heath Or Rough Grassland And Scattered Rock And Scrub
An area including heather or bilberry AND large rounded rocks over 20m apart that are not attached to the land mass and / or minerals that are part of the land mass and that cover less than 25% of the area AND shrubs or bushes.
Heath Or Rough Grassland And Scrub
An area including heather or bilberry and / or bracken, uncultivated grassland AND shrubs or bushes.
Helipad
A designated area from which helicopters can take off and land.
Inspection Cover
A metal, plastic, or concrete cover which can be raised to view cables or pipes below the ground.
Landfill
An area where rubbish or refuse is being deposited.
Livestock Pen
An enclosure for domesticated animals.
Made Surface
A manmade surface that may be either sealed or unsealed.
Marsh
An area of ground that is predominantly waterlogged by freshwater throughout the year.
Marsh And Heath Or Rough Grassland
No definition available.
Marsh And Heath Or Rough Grassland And Scattered Coniferous Trees
No definition available.
Marsh And Heath Or Rough Grassland And Scattered Mixed Trees
No definition available.
Marsh And Heath Or Rough Grassland And Scattered Non-Coniferous Trees
No definition available.
Marsh And Heath Or Rough Grassland And Scrub
No definition available.
Marsh And Non-Coniferous Trees
An area including ground that is predominantly waterlogged by freshwater throughout the year AND trees that do not bear cones, where those trees are generally spaced less than 30m apart.
Marsh And Non-Coniferous Trees And Scrub
An area including ground that is predominantly waterlogged by freshwater throughout the year AND trees that do not bear cones, where those trees are generally less than 30m apart AND shrubs or bushes.
Marsh And Scattered Boulders Or Scattered Rock
An area including ground that is predominantly waterlogged by freshwater throughout the year AND large rounded rocks over 20m apart which are not attached to the land mass OR minerals that are part of the land mass and that cover less than 25% of the area.
Marsh And Scrub
An area including ground that is predominantly waterlogged by freshwater throughout the year AND shrubs or bushes.
Mixed Trees
An area of trees where the trees are generally spaced less than 30m apart.
Mixed Trees And Scattered Boulders Or Scattered Rock
An area containing trees which are generally spaced less than 30m apart AND large rounded rocks over 20m apart which are not attached to the land mass and / or minerals that are part of the land mass and that cover less than 25% of the area.
Mixed Trees And Scattered Boulders Or Scattered Rock And Scrub
An area containing trees which are generally spaced less than 30m apart AND large rounded rocks over 20m apart which are not attached to the land mass and / or minerals that are part of the land mass and that cover less than 25% of the area AND shrubs or bushes.
Mixed Trees And Scrub
An area containing trees which are generally less than 30m apart AND shrubs or bushes.
Mud
An area of unconsolidated rock of clay-grade often containing much water.
Mud And Boulders Or Rock
No definition available.
Mud And Boulders Or Rock And Sand Or Shingle
No definition available.
Mud And Sand Or Shingle
An area including unconsolidated rock of clay-grade often containing much water AND minute particles resulting from the wearing down of rocks and / or small water-worn pebbles up to approximately 60mm in diameter.
Natural Chimney
A vertical or near-vertical fissure in a rock face.
Non-Coniferous Trees
An area of trees that do not bear cones and where the trees are generally spaced less than 30m apart.
Non-Coniferous Trees And Scattered Boulders Or Scattered Rock
An area including trees that do not bear cones and which are generally spaced less than 30m apart AND large rounded rocks over 20m apart which are not attached to the land mass and / or minerals that are part of the land mass and that cover less than 25% of the area.
Non-Coniferous Trees And Scattered Boulders Or Scattered Rock And Scrub
An area including trees that do not bear cones, where those trees are generally spaced less than 30m apart, AND large rounded rocks over 20m apart which are not attached to the land mass and / or minerals that are part of the land mass and that cover less than 25% of the area AND shrubs or bushes.
Non-Coniferous Trees And Scrub
An area including trees that do not bear cones and which are generally spaced less than 30m apart AND shrubs or bushes.
Orchard
An area of land where cultivated fruit trees are grown for commercial gain.
Peat
An area of land that has had soil consisting of decomposed vegetable matter extracted for fuel or fertiliser.
Quarry
An area of land that has had or is actively having minerals extracted, usually for construction or fuel.
Residential Garden
An area of potentially mixed surfaces immediately surrounding residential properties and generally used exclusively by the residents.
Runway
A specially prepared long strip of ground with a level surface used by aeroplanes for taking off and landing.
Saltmarsh
An area of reeds or other plants that can tolerate saline conditions where the land is predominantly waterlogged by saltwater through regular inundation by normal or spring tides.
Sand Or Shingle
An area of minute particles resulting from the wearing down of rocks and / or small water-worn pebbles up to approximately 60mm in diameter.
Scattered Boulders Or Scattered Rock
An area of large rounded rocks over 20m apart which are not attached to the land mass and / or minerals that are part of the land mass and that cover less than 25% of the area.
Scattered Boulders Or Scattered Rock And Scattered Coniferous Trees
An area including large rounded rocks over 20m apart which are not attached to the land mass and / or minerals that are part of the land mass and that cover less than 25% of the area AND cone-bearing trees which are generally spaced more than 30m apart.
Scattered Boulders Or Scattered Rock And Scattered Mixed Trees And Scrub
An area including large rounded rocks over 20m apart which are not attached to the land mass and / or minerals that are part of the land mass and that cover less than 25% of the area AND trees which are generally spaced more than 30m apart AND shrubs or bushes.
Scattered Boulders Or Scattered Rock And Scattered Non-Coniferous Trees And Scrub
An area including large rounded rocks over 20m apart that are not attached to the land mass and / or minerals that are part of the land mass and that cover less than 25% of the area AND trees that do not bear cones, where those trees are generally spaced more than 30m apart AND shrubs or bushes.
Scattered Boulders Or Scattered Rock And Scrub
An area including large rounded rocks over 20m apart that are not attached to the land mass and / or minerals that are part of the land mass and that cover less than 25% of the area AND shrubs or bushes.
Scattered Coniferous Trees
An area of cone-bearing trees which are generally spaced more than 30m apart.
Scattered Coniferous Trees And Scrub
An area including cone-bearing trees which are generally spaced more than 30m apart AND shrubs or bushes.
Scattered Mixed Trees
An area of trees where the trees are generally spaced more than 30m apart.
Scattered Mixed Trees And Scrub
An area including trees which are generally spaced more than 30m apart AND shrubs or bushes.
Scattered Non-Coniferous Trees
An area of trees that do not bear cones where those trees are generally spaced more than 30m apart.
Scattered Non-Coniferous Trees And Scrub
An area including trees that do not bear cones where the trees are generally spaced more than 30m apart AND shrubs or bushes.
Scree
An apron of naturally occurring fragmented rocks of varying size on the steep side of a mountain. This will have a typical rest angle of between 25 and 40 degrees.
Scrub
An area of shrubs or bushes.
Shellfish Farming on Mud And Sand Or Shingle
An area including unconsolidated rock of clay-grade often containing much water AND minute particles resulting from the wearing down of rocks and / or small water-worn pebbles up to approximately 60mm in diameter where shellfish such as mussels, clams and oysters are bred for commercial enterprise, typically located in an estuary or bay.
Shellfish Farming on Sand Or Shingle
An area including an area of minute particles resulting from the wearing down of rocks and / or small water-worn pebbles up to approximately 60mm in diameter where shellfish such as mussels, clams and oysters are bred for commercial enterprise, typically located in an estuary or bay.
Slipway
A large platform or made area that slopes down into the water from which boats can be launched.
Sloping Masonry
A made sealed surface constructed along the ground and that is at an angle to the horizontal, for example, a flood defence wall.
Slurry Bed
An area constructed to hold livestock effluent.
Spoil Heap
An area of waste material from mining activity.
Spreads
A place where a stream diverges into multiple courses, dissipating into marsh, sand, shingle, or rough grassland across a wide area.
Steps
A series of manmade raised areas linking surfaces at different heights.
Target
A structure or area used for the testing of armaments.
Taxiway
The part of an airport used for the surface movement of aircraft, associated with take-off and landing.
Tennis Court
A specially prepared area where the sport of tennis can be played.
Vineyard
Land given over to the commercial cultivation of grape vines.
Watercress Bed
An area set out for the commercial cultivation of watercress.