| The Catchment Today |
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| Housing today - house prices |
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| Today: This shows the average house prices across the catchment. The darker the green the higher the average. Prices are higher in the more remote rural areas, but that also partly reflect the influence of demand for housing in the surrounding areas, which have been designated as a National Park or an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. |
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| Housing today - second home ownership |
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| Today: This is the proportion of second homes ownership. The darker the green the higher the percentage. The influence of Exmoor National Park, and the AONBs of the Quantocks, Blackdown and Dorset can be seen. |
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Food and Farming today |
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| Today livestock farming is found throughout the catchment, and so grassland is an important land cover type. The darker areas show where is it most extensive. However, arable crops are also often found in the centre of the catchment - in the lighter green areas |
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| Environment today- flood risk |
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Today: Flood risk is an issue in the catchment today – without protection the light blue areas stand a change of flooding once in a 100 years, while the pink areas may flood once in a 1000 years. |
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| Environment today - ecosystem services |
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Today: We can map the ability of the Levels to provide benefits to people, through such things as water regulation, conservation and recreation. These are called ecosystem services - the darker the green on the map the more services the different parts of the the Levels provide. |
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