Land Utilisation Survey of Great Britain, 1931-1938

The first systematic and comprehensive depiction of the land cover and use in Great Britain (1931-1938), under the superintendence of L. Dudley Stamp.

Browse the maps:

• As individual sheets using a zoomable map
• As a seamless layer on a modern satellite or map base.
• As a seamless layer Side by side with modern land use.

We are very grateful to Mr Giles Clark for permission to display these maps on our website.

See also:

• Guide to colouring depicting land-use
• Further information

England and Wales

View Scotland sheets.

View sheets:

Sheet Number and Name	Date of Survey	Date of Printing
Sheet 2 - Holy Island	1931 to 1935	1946
Sheet 4 - Alnwick & Rothbury	1931 to 1935	1946
Sheet 6 - Hexham	1931 to 1935	1946
Sheet 7 - Newcastle Upon Tyne	1931 to 1935	1936
Parts of Sheets 8 & 18 - Workington & Whitehaven, Part of Sheet 15 - Hartlepool	1931 to 1932	1946
Sheet 9 & Part 8 - Carlisle & Cockermouth	1931	1946
Sheet 10 - Alston & Weardale	1931 to 1932	1946
Sheet 11- Durham & Sunderland	1931 to 1933	1936
Sheet 12 - Keswick & Ambleside	1931 to 1932	1946
Sheet 13 - Kirkby Stephen & Appleby	1931 to 1933	1933
Sheet 14 & Part 15 - Middlesborough & Darlington	1931 to 1933	1946
Sheet 16 - Whitby & Saltburn	1931 to 1933	1938
Sheet 17 - Isle of Man	1932	1946
Sheet 19 & Part 18 - Windermere & Ulverston	1931 to 1932	1945
Sheet 20 - Kirkby Lonsdale & Hawes	1931 to 1937	1947
Sheet 21 - Ripon & Northallerton	1932 to 1933	1946
Sheet 22 - Pickering & Thrisk	1931 to 1933	1938
Sheet 23 - Scarborough	1931 to 1936	1944
Sheet 24 - Lancaster & Barrow	1931 to 1932	1946
Sheet 25 - Ribblesdale	1931 to 1937	1946
Sheet 26 - Harrogate	1931 to 1937	1945
Sheet 27 - York	1931 to 1937	1944
Sheet 28 - Great Driffield & Bridlington	1931 to 1933	1940
Sheet 29 - Preston, Southport & Blackpool	1931 to 1932	1936
Sheet 30 - Blackburn	1931 to 1937	1937
Sheet 31 - Leeds & Bradford	1932 to 1937	1938
Sheet 32 - Goole & Pontefract	1931 to 1936	1940
Sheet 33 and Part 34 - Hull	1931 to 1933	1938
Sheet 35 - Liverpool & Birkenhead	1931 to 1932	1933
Sheet 36 - Bolton & Manchester	1931 to 1935	1936
Sheet 37 - Barnsley & Sheffield	1931 to 1936	1937
Sheet 38 - Doncaster	1932 to 1936	1938
Sheet 39 - Scunthorpe & Market Rasen	1931 to 1933	1938
Sheets 40 & 48 - Grimsby Louth & Skegness	1931 to 1933	1942
Sheet 41 - Anglesey	1931 to 1933	1944
Sheet 42 - Llandudno & Denbigh	1932 to 1935	ca. 1942 to 1949
Sheet 43 - Chester	1931 to 1935	1937
Sheet 44 - Northwhich & Macclesfield	1931 to 1932	1935
Sheet 45 - Buxton & Matlock	1931 to 1934	1939
Sheet 46 - The Dukeries	1931 to 1935	1937
Sheet 47 - Lincoln	1931 to 1933	1940
Sheet 49 - Portmadoc & Criccieth	1932 to 1933	1944
Sheet 50 - Bala	1932 to 1934	1944
Sheet 51 - Wrexham & Oswestry	1932 to 1935	ca. 1942 to 1949
Sheet 52 - Stoke on Trent	1931 to 1935	1938
Sheet 53 - Derby	1932 to 1935	1939
Sheet 54 - Nottingham	1931 to 1934	1935
Sheet 55 - Grantham	1931 to 1933	1935
Sheet 56 - Boston	1931 to 1933	1937
Sheet 57 - Fakenham	1931 to 1932	1935
Sheet 58 - Cromer	1931 to 1932	1933
Sheet 59 & Part 68 - Barmouth, Dolgelley & Lake Vyrnwy	1932 to 1934	1945
Sheet 60 - Shrewsbury & Welshpool	1931 to 1935	1943
Sheet 61 - Wolverhampton	1932 to 1935	1938
Sheet 62 - Burton & Walsall	1931 to 1935	1937
Sheet 63 - Leicester	1931 to 1934	1935
Sheet 64 - Peterborough	1931 to 1936	1937
Sheet 65 - Wisbech & King's Lynn	1931 to 1933	1937
Sheet 66 - Swaffham & East Dereham	1931 to 1932	1935
Sheet 67 - Norwich & Great Yarmouth	1931 to 1932	1934
Sheet 69 & Part 68 - Llanidnoes & Aberystwyt	1932 to 1935	1945
Sheet 70 - Bishop's Castle	1932 to 1936	1942
Sheet 71 - Kidderminster	1932 to 1935	1939
Sheet 72 - Birmingham	1931 to 1934	1934
Sheet 73 - Rugby	1931 to 1939	1940
Sheet 74 - Kettering & Huntingdon	1931 to 1939	1942
Sheet 75 - Ely	1932 to 1937	1940
Sheet 76 - Thetford	1931 to 1932	ca. 1935 to 1940
Sheet 77 - Lowestoft & Waveney Valley	1931 to 1932	1937
Sheet 78 - Lampeter	1933 to 1936	1946
Sheet 79 - Llandrndod Wells	1931 to 1936	1947
Sheet 80 - Kington	1932 to 1937	1942
Sheet 81 - Worcester	1933 to 1936	1937
Sheet 82 - Stratford on Avon	1931 to 1933	1937
Sheet 83 - Southampton	1931 to 1937	1942
Sheet 84 - Bedford	1931 to 1933	1937
Sheet 85 - Cambridge	1932 to 1937	1928
Sheet 86 - Bury St Edmunds & Sudbury	1931 to 1936	1939
Sheet 87 - Ipswich	1931 to 1932	1933
Sheet 88 - St David's & Cardigan	1931 to 1936	1936
Sheet 89 - Carmarthen	1931 to 1936	1947
Sheet 90 - Brecon & Llandovery	1931 to 1936	1947
Sheet 91 - Abergavenny	1931 to 1937	1945
Sheet 92 - Gloucester & Forest of Dean	1931 to 1933	1942
Sheet 93 - Stow on the Wold	1932 to 1936	1942
Sheet 94 - Bicester	1937	1942
Sheet 95 - Luton	1931 to 1933	1934
Sheet 96 - Hertfordshrie & Bishop's Strotford	1931 to 1936	1937
Sheet 97 & 98 - Colchester & Clacton on Sea	1931 to 1936	1939
Sheet 99 - Pembroke & Tenby	1931 to 1935	ca. 1935 to 1940
Sheet 100 - Llanelly	1932 to 1934	1937
Sheet 101 - Swansea & Aberdare	1932 to 1935	1938
Sheet 102 - Newport	1932 to 1934	1936
Sheet 103 - Stroud & Chepstow	1931 to 1934	1935
Sheet 104 - Swindon & Cirenchester	1932 to 1936	1942
Sheet 105 - Oxford & Henley on Thames	1932 to 1936	1940
Sheet 106 - Watford	1931 to 1934	1942
Sheet 107 - N.E. London & Epping Forest	1931 to 1934	1942
Sheet 108 - Southend & District	1933 to 1934	1937
Sheet 109 - Pontypridd & Barry	1932 to 1935	1936
Sheet 111 and part 110- Bath & Bristol	1931 to 1936	1939
Sheet 112 - Marlborough	1931 to 1932	1935
Sheet 113 - Reading & Newbury	1931 to 1935	1936
Sheet 114 - Windsor	1931 to 1932	1932
Sheet 115 - S.E. London & Sevenoaks	1931 to 1935	1935
Sheet 116 - Chatham & Maidstone	1931 to 1934	1938
Sheet 117 - East Kent	1931 to 1934	1936
Sheet 118 & 119 - Barnstaple & Exmoor	1932 to 1934	1945
Sheet 120 - Bridgwater & Quantock Hills	1931 to 1934	1936
Sheet 121 - Wells & Frome	1931 to 1936	1940
Sheet 122 - Salisbury & Bulford	1931 to 1936	1939
Sheet 123 - Winchester	1931 to 1932	1936
Sheet 124 - Guildfrod & Horsham	1931 to 1935	1938
Sheet 125 - Turnbridge Wells	1931 to 1936	1938
Sheet 126 & 135 - Weald of Kent & Hastings	1931 to 1937	1939
Sheet 127 - River Torridge	1932 to 1938	1945
Sheet 128 - Tiverton	1932 to 1934	1945
Sheet 129 & 139 - Chard, Axminster & Sidmouth	1931 to 1937	1943
Sheet 130 - Yeovil & Blandford	1931 to 1934	ca. 1942 to 1947
Sheet 131 - Ringwood	1931 to 1934	1943
Sheet 132 - Portsmouth & Southampton	1931 to 1933	1937
Sheet 133 - Chichester & Worthing	1931 to 1934	1936
Sheet 134 - Brighton & Eastbourne	1931 to 1935	1936
Sheet 136 - Boscastle & Padstow	1936 to 1938	1946
Sheet 137 - Dartmoor, Tavistock & Launceton	1932 to 1938	1942
Sheet 138 - Dartmoor & Exeter	1932 to 1934	1938
Sheet 140 - Weymouth & Dorchester	1931 to 1932	1943
Sheet 141 - Bournemouth & Swanage	1931 to 1934	1936
Sheet 142 - Isle of White	1931 to 1932	1932
Sheet 143 - Truro & St Austel	1936 to 1937	1946
Sheet 144 - Plymouth	1932 to 1938	1942
Sheet 145 - Torquay & Dartmouth	1932 to 1934	1946
Sheet 146 - Land's End & Lizard	1933	1935

Scotland

View sheets:

Sheet Number and Name	Date of Survey	Date of Publication
Sheet 1 - Yell & Unst (Manuscript)	ca.1931-1935
Sheet 2 - North Mainland (Manuscript)	ca.1931-1935
Sheet 3 - Central Mainland (Manuscript)	ca.1931-1935
Sheet 4 - South Mainland (Printed)	1932	1933
Sheet 5 - Orkney Islands (Manuscript)	ca.1931-1935
Sheet 6 - Orkney Islands (Printed)	1932	1939
Sheet 7 - Orkney Islands (Manuscript)	ca.1931-1935
Sheet 8 - Butt of Lewis (Manuscript)	ca.1931-1935
Sheet 9 - Cape Wrath (Manuscript)	ca.1931-1935
Sheet 10 - Tongue (Manuscript)	ca.1931-1935
Sheet 11 - Thurso & Reay (Manuscript)	ca.1931-1935
Sheet 12 - Wick (Printed)	1931-1933	1936
Sheet 13 - Loch Roag & Tarbert (Manuscript)	ca.1931-1935
Sheet 14 - Stornoway (Manuscript)	ca.1931-1935
Sheet 15 - Lochinver & Loch Assynt (Manuscript)	ca.1931-1935
Sheet 16 - Lairg & Loch Shin (Manuscript)	ca.1931-1935
Sheet 17 - Helmsdale (Manuscript)	ca.1931-1935
Sheet 18 - Harris (Manuscript)	ca.1931-1935
Sheet 19 - Ullapool & Loch Ewe (Manuscript)	ca.1931-1935
Sheet 20 - Strath Oykell (Manuscript)	ca.1931-1935
Sheet 21 - Dornoch (Manuscript)	ca.1931-1935
Sheet 22 - Sollas (Manuscript)	ca.1931-1935
Sheet 23 - Benbecula (Manuscript)	ca.1931-1935
Sheet 24 - Portree & Dunvegan (Manuscript)	ca.1931-1935
Sheet 25 - Raasay & Applecross (Manuscript)	ca.1931-1935
Sheet 26 - Loch Maree & Achnasheen (Manuscript)	ca.1931-1935
Sheet 27 - Strathpeffer & Invergordon (Manuscript)	ca.1931-1935
Sheet 28 - Nairn & Cromarty (Printed)	1932-1934	1940
Sheet 29 - Elgin & Keith (Manuscript)	ca.1931-1935
Sheet 30 - Banff & Fraserburgh (Printed)	1932-1934	1951
Sheet 32 - Lochboisdale & Eriskay (Manuscript)	ca.1931-1935
Sheet 33 - Barra & Mingulay (Manuscript)	ca.1931-1935
Sheet 34 - The Cuillins, Rhum & Canna (Manuscript)	ca.1931-1935
Sheet 35 - Sound of Sleat (Manuscript)	ca.1931-1935
Sheet 36 - Lochcarron & Dornie (Manuscript)	ca.1931-1935
Sheet 37 - Inverness (Manuscript)	ca.1931-1935
Sheet 38 - Granton-on-Spey & Strath Dearn (Manuscript)	ca.1931-1935
Sheet 39 - Dufftown & Huntly (Manuscript)	ca.1931-1935
Sheet 40 - Inverurie & Ellon (Printed)	1932-1934	1951
Sheet 41 - Glen Shiel & Glen Garry (Manuscript)	ca.1931-1935
Sheet 42 - Fort Augustus (Manuscript)	ca.1931-1935
Sheet 43 - Kingussie (Manuscript)	ca.1931-1935
Sheet 44 - Ballater & Strathdon (Manuscript)	ca.1931-1935
Sheet 45 - Aberdeen (Printed)	1932-1934	1936
Sheet 46 - Ardnamurchan & Loch Shiel (Manuscript)	ca.1931-1935
Sheet 47 - Ben Nevis & Fort William (Manuscript)	ca.1931-1935
Sheet 48 - Loch Ericht & Loch Laggan (Manuscript)	ca.1931-1935
Sheet 49 - Grampian Mountains & Blair Atholl (Manuscript)	ca.1931-1935
Sheet 50 - Glen Clova & Lochnagar (Manuscript)	ca.1931-1935
Sheet 51 - Stonehaven & Brechin (Printed)	1932-1933	1950
Sheet 52 - Coll & Tiree (Manuscript)	ca.1931-1935
Sheet 53 - Sound of Mull (Printed)	1933-1933	1935
Sheet 54 - Loch Etive & Glen Coe (Manuscript)	ca.1931-1935
Sheet 55 - Killin & Loch Rannoch (Manuscript)	ca.1931-1935
Sheet 56 - Dunkeld & Pitlochry (Manuscript)	ca.1931-1935
Sheet 57 - Forfar & Dundee (Manuscript)	ca.1931-1935
Sheet 58 - Arbroath & Montrose (Printed)	1932	1950
Sheet 59 - Iona & Colonsay (Printed)	1933	1935
Sheet 60 - North Jura & Firth of Lorne (Printed)	1933	1935
Sheet 61 - Oban & Loch Awe (Manuscript)	ca.1931-1935
Sheet 62 - Loch Katrine & Loch Earn (Manuscript)	ca.1931-1935
Sheet 63 - Perth & Strath Earn (Printed)	1932-1933	1950
Sheet 64 - Dundee & St Andrews (Printed)	1932-1933	1950
Sheet 65 - Dunoon & Loch Fyne (Manuscript)	ca.1931-1935
Sheet 66 - Loch Lomond (Printed)	1932-1933	1950
Sheet 67 - Stirling & Dunfermline (Printed)	1931-1933	1948
Sheet 68 - Firth of Forth (Printed)	1932-1933	1935
Sheet 69 - Islay (Manuscript)	ca.1931-1935
Sheet 70 - Sound of Jura (Manuscript)	ca.1931-1935
Sheet 71 - Island of Bute (Manuscript)	ca.1931-1935
Sheet 72 - Glasgow (Printed)	1932-1937	1940
Sheet 73 - Falkirk & Motherwell (Printed)	1932-1934	1940
Sheet 74 - Edinburgh (Printed)	1931-1935	1936
Sheet 75 - Dunbar & Lammermuir (Printed)	1932-1935	1944
Sheet 76 - Kintyre (Manuscript)	ca.1931-1935
Sheet 77 - Island of Arran (Manuscript)	ca.1931-1935
Sheet 78 - Kilmarnock & Ayr (Printed)	1932-1933	1937
Sheet 79 - Lanark (Printed)	1932-1933	1945
Sheet 80 - Peebles & Galashiels (Printed)	1931-1935	1945
Sheet 81 - Kelso & The Cheviot (Printed)	1932-1935	1950
Sheet 82 - Ailsa Craig & Girvan (Printed)	1932-1933	1950
Sheet 83 - Loch Doon (Printed)	1932-1934	1950
Sheet 84 - Nithsdale & Moffat (Printed)	1932-1933	1944
Sheet 85 - Hawick & Eskdale (Printed)	1933-1935	1945
Sheet 86 - The Cheviot Hills (Printed)	1931-1935	1947
Sheet 87 - Newton Stewart (Printed)	1932-1935	1950
Sheet 88 - Dumfries (Printed)	1933-1934	1950
Sheet 89 - Solway Firth & River Esk (Printed)	1933-1935	1950
Sheet 90 - Stranraer (Printed)	1933-1934	1950
Sheet 91 - Wigtown (Manuscript)	ca.1931-1935
Sheet 92 - Castle Douglas & Kirkcudbright (Manuscript)	ca.1931-1935