Identification

Title
Anchorage Areas (buffered)
Abstract

An anchorage area is an area where vessels anchor or may achor. 

Anchorage Areas (with a buffer of 0.5km) are a soft constraint which might have implications for any future development of the following resources within the Welsh National Marine Plan area:

  • Aggregates
  • Aquaculture Bivalve Seabed
  • Aquaculture Bivalve Suspended
  • Aquaculture Seaweed Suspended
  • Tidal Range
  • Tidal Stream Seabed
  • Tidal Stream Surface-Mid
  • Wave Seabed
  • Wave Surface
  • Offshore Floating Wind

This layer was derived from data supplied by OceanWise, as well as additional areas identified by Welsh Government based on local knowledge and discussions with the ports and shipping sector.

Attribution statement

© British Crown and OceanWise, 2025. All rights reserved. License No. EK001-20120402. Not to be used for Navigation. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Data source

Oceanwise & Welsh Government

Licence
Varied / Derived

Copyright:

None

Date modified
Type
Spatial data
Category:
Oceans

Features and characteristics of salt water bodies (excluding inland waters). Examples: tides, tidal waves, coastal information, reefs

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Regions
Global
Approved
Yes
Published
Yes
Featured
No
Group
Marine & Fisheries

Information

Spatial extent
Projection system
EPSG:32630
Extension x0
338429.4375
Extension x1
521862.34375
Extension y0
5691338.0
Extension y1
5928182.0

Features

Restrictions

OceanWise Data Products Standard Terms and Conditions

Spatial Representation Type
Vector data is used to represent geographic data

Contact

Email
data@gov.wales
Organisation
Welsh Government
Department
Marine & Fisheries

References

Link online
/layers/geonode:sc_anchorages_0_5km_buf
Metadata page
/layers/geonode:sc_anchorages_0_5km_buf/metadata_detail

OWS endpoints

WMS
/capabilities/layer/7320/?ows_service=wms