Environmental Agency offers free online services 'Web feature service (EARS WFS) for the issue of environmental spatial data', and is intended for those who wish to obtain environmental spatial data in digital form (vector format). The service consists of two parts. The first part (via applications EARS WFS) allows you to view and download all of the spatial data that are publicly available in two different formats (and GML2. Shp).
The second part gives on-line access via the WFS protocol.