New GiGL address
GiGL has a new address. We’re now based at Dean Bradley House, 52 Horseferry Road, SW1P 2AF. We’re just down the road from the Houses of Parliament, St. James’s Park and Victoria.
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About GiGL
We work with service level agreement holders, customers and the public to meet a range of data needs. Our ongoing development has been shaped by our users since 1996.
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Our Data Holdings
Data is the core of everything we do. It is our life blood and our reason for being. Find out more about the data we hold, what you can do with it and how you can contribute to it.
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Submit Records
We encourage everyone to submit records knowing that not only will they be securely managed, but also that they will help inform decisions in London.
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Access our Data
Our data is available to all - whether you want to know what wildlife is in your back yard, need comprehensive data for a single site or you need to know everything about everything.
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Planning
Many of the datasets GiGL manage inform the planning process. Protected and notable species observations and designated sites information provide baseline data to consult as part of local decision making. These and other datasets can also feed into strategic planning at the landscape level.
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Surveying & Recording
GiGL's work would not be possible without the many recorders in London. These pages explain what happens to your records at GiGL and include some practical recording guidance.
Greenspace Information for Greater London (GiGL) is the capital’s environmental records centre – we collate, manage and make available detailed information on London’s wildlife, parks, nature reserves, gardens and other open spaces.
Image of the Week
London ♥ stag beetles
Keep your eyes peeled at this time of year on streets and pavements and in the gardens and parks of London; there’s a good chance of an encounter with Britain’s largest (and London’s favourite) beetle. It’s stag beetle season and London hosts a nationally significant population of this unusual creature (read more and see a video here from […]
