What's in your backyard?

Use our interactive maps to find out more about the environment where you live.

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Find out more about our data

You can discover more about how we gather our data and what we use it for from our subject-specific pages:

Aquifers
Understanding the new aquifer designation maps.
Bathing water quality
Environment Agency offices
How do we work?
Flood maps
What do the flood maps show?
Flood warning areas
How do we issue flood warnings?
Groundwater source protection zones
How we help to make sure your drinking water is safe and clean.
Hi-flows (high flood levels)
Read about the UK-wide Hi-flows project.
Historic Landfill
What are historic landfill sites?
Industrial Pollution
How we regulate and record polluting emissions.
Landfill sites
What are landfill sites?
Pollution Incidents
Understanding reported pollution incidents
Pollution hazards (EP OPRA)
How we regulate pollution
River quality
How do we assess the quality of rivers?
Urban waste water treatment
Find out more on urban waste water treatment, how we monitor it and the directive.
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