Request environmental data

Before you request data from us, check whether you can find the data online.

You can:

• check your long-term risk of flooding from rivers and seas using the flood risk map viewer
• check river levels
• download and view environmental data on the DataMapWales and the DataMapWales map viewer
• access ecology data, such as species and habitats, on the NBN Atlas Wales
• check the public registers for permits and exemptions
• view river flow data on the National River Flow Archive
• find evidence reports online, or search the library
• view maps

Request data

If you cannot find the data you need from our online resources:

• use the library search to find other available data
• complete a data request form

It may take up to 20 working days to supply data that is not available online.

If you cannot find reports online, please contact our library: library@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk.

Open and conditional licences

We provide NRW data under the Open Government Licence (OGL) and a NRW conditional licence. We use a conditional licence for sensitive NRW data that require specific re-use restrictions.

Third party data

Data marked third party in the library catalogue are held for NRW internal re-use. Third party data usually can't be licensed to external requestors. You will need to contact the third party provider directly.