Land Explorer

Land shapes everything: our housing, our food, our shared future. But, across much of the UK, information about who owns land remains locked away and difficult to understand.

Land Explorer makes land data open, accessible, and actionable. It’s a free mapping tool that helps communities, campaigners, and cooperatives understand who owns land, plan projects, and build campaigns for change.

Go here to start using it for free. No GIS experience needed.

Why Land Explorer?

Over 500 people and organisations have already used Land Explorer to turboboost their campaigns. Our users are fighting for housing justice, restoring local ecosystems, building local energy projects, and beyond.

Access to land data shouldn’t depend on who can afford it. Land Explorer exists so that communities everywhere can use data to take action.

What you can do with Land Explorer

• Explore land ownership and public data layers, including commercial land ownership data, Ordnance Survey maps, flood zones, agricultural classifications, sites of special scientific interest, and more.
• Understand the land around you with integrated Ordnance Survey mapping and contextual environmental layers.
• Annotate and measure your maps using drawing tools to mark features, measure distance and area, and save highlights for future reference.
• Share and collaborate with your community or group in one shared mapping space.
• Export your maps and data in a range of formats for reporting, planning, or use with other software tools.

A Quick Guide to Using Land Explorer

We’ve put together a simple, no-nonsense user guide to help you get up and running quickly. It walks you through the basics so you can start using Land Explorer easily. You can find it here.

If you have any questions, please reach out to us.