The datasets below are made available as Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Web Map Services (WMS). View in compatible software.
They can also be accessed by websites that use a map-based interface to connect to WMS services, allowing data from different providers to be visualised spatially and compared.
Two prototype websites provide access to BGS datasets:
Connect to the WMS format data services from the links below:
British geology onshore digital maps (1:50000 scale)
UK onshore and offshore bedrock and superficial geology (1:625000 scale)
Samples of high resolution ground stability data (1:50000 scale)
Geological indicators of flooding (generalised version)