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Environment in United Kingdom

Country

England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. 69,483,939 people in 244,378 square kilometres.

9 layers about environment for United Kingdom, each at the level its publisher released it, with its own date and source.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

There is no people in radon Affected Area squares figure for United Kingdom’s wards yet.

Radon potential

1 km grid

Published as points, so there is no single figure for United Kingdom. The map shows each one.

Road and rail noise by postcode

PostcodeEngland only

Published as points, so there is no single figure for United Kingdom. The map shows each one.

People in radon Affected Area squares

United Kingdom
44%
Worked out by Open Index · 2022

About 44% of people in United Kingdom live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas.

People in loud road or rail noise

United KingdomEngland only
3.6%
Worked out by Open Index · 2021

About 3.6% of people in United Kingdom live where road or rail noise is modelled at 65 decibels or more.

Worked out by Open Index from Defra's strategic noise maps and census output areas.

Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)

1 km grid

Published as points, so there is no single figure for United Kingdom. The map shows each one.

Fine particles (PM2.5)

1 km grid

Published as points, so there is no single figure for United Kingdom. The map shows each one.

Green space

OutlineGreat Britain only

Published as points, so there is no single figure for United Kingdom. The map shows each one.

Flood zones

OutlineEngland and Wales only

Published as points, so there is no single figure for United Kingdom. The map shows each one.

Flood risk by postcode

PostcodeEngland only

Published as points, so there is no single figure for United Kingdom. The map shows each one.