Land use trade-offs across Great Britain

Britain has 23 million hectares of land – how should we use it? Explore where land is suitable for food, energy or nature across the country.

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Independent reconstruction of land-use analysis referenced in DEFRA's Land Use Framework: specifically the Analytical Annex to the initial consultation published in January 2025. This tool has not been endorsed by DEFRA. It was created independently and the author is in no way affiliated with DEFRA.

Built by Tom Gegg · tom@gegg.uk

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Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right; © Natural England copyright; Forestry Commission, Welsh Government, Natural Resources Wales, James Hutton Institute and ONS information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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