Datasets

Title: Themes: Scale: Coverage: Availability:
Aquifer designation data Hydrogeology 1:50 000 England and Wales Free / Licensed
BGS Civils: bulking volume Engineering geology 1:50 000 Great Britain Licensed
BGS Civils: corrosivity ferrous Engineering geology 1:50 000 Great Britain Licensed
BGS Civils: discontinuities Engineering geology 1:50 000 Great Britain Licensed
BGS Civils: engineered fill Engineering geology 1:50 000 Great Britain Licensed
BGS Civils: excavatability Engineering geology 1:50 000 Great Britain Licensed
BGS Civils: foundation conditions Engineering geology 1:50 000 Great Britain Licensed
BGS Civils: strength Engineering geology 1:50 000 Great Britain Licensed
BGS Civils: sulfate/sulfide potential Engineering geology 1:50 000 Great Britain Licensed
BGS Geology Geology NA
BGS Geology 10K Geology 1:10 000 Partial Great Britain coverage Licensed
BGS Geology 250K Geology 1:250 000 Great Britain Licensed
BGS Geology 50K Geology 1:50 000 Most of Great Britain Free / Licensed
BGS Geology 625K Geology 1:625 000 Great Britain and Northern Ireland Free
BGS GeoScour Open Hazards Tier 1: 1:625 000
Tier 2: 1:250 000
Great Britain Free
BGS GeoScour Premium Hazards Tier 1: 1:625 000
Tier 2: 1:250 000
Tier 3: 1:50 000
Great Britain Licensed
BGS GeoSure Hazards 1:50 000 Great Britain Licensed
BGS GeoSure 5 km hex grid Hazards 5 km hex grid (approx. 1:5 000 000) Great Britain Free
BGS GeoSure: collapsible deposits Hazards 1:50 000 Great Britain Licensed
BGS GeoSure: compressible ground Hazards 1:50 000 Great Britain Licensed
BGS GeoSure: debris flow susceptibility model Hazards 1:50 000 Great Britain Licensed
BGS GeoSure: landslides Hazards 1:50 000 Great Britain Licensed
BGS GeoSure: running sand Hazards 1:50 000 Great Britain Licensed
BGS GeoSure: shrink–swell Hazards 1:50 000 Great Britain Licensed
BGS GeoSure: shrink–swell 3D for London and Thames Valley Hazards 1:50 000 London and Thames Valley Licensed
BGS GeoSure: shrink–swell subsurface Hazards 1:625 000 Great Britain Licensed
BGS GeoSure: soluble rocks Hazards 1:50 000 Great Britain Licensed
BGS LithoFrame Geology Varied Great Britain (partial coverage) Licensed
BGS National Landslide Database Hazards N/A Great Britain Free / Licensed
BGS Resistivity Built environment 1:50 000 Great Britain Licensed
BGS Seabed Geology Geology 1:10 000 – 1:50 000 Regional Free
Biosphere isotope domains (Great Britain) Geochemistry The dataset is represented by 1 km hexagon cells Great Britain Free
BritPits Mining and minerals N/A Great Britain, Northern Ireland, Isle of Man and Channel Islands Free / Licensed
Buried valleys 1:250 000 Great Britain Free
Coal Authority geophysical borehole logs Geophysics N/A Various areas in the UK Licensed
Coal Authority seismic survey Geophysics N/A Various areas in the UK Licensed
Coal resources for new technologies Mining and minerals 1:1 000 000 UK Free
Depth to groundwater Hydrogeology 1:50 000 Great Britain Licensed
G-BASE for south-west England Geochemistry N/A SW England Free
G-BASE for the UK: geochemistry Geochemistry N/A Partial UK Coverage Free / Licensed
GeoClimate UKCP09 and UKCP18 Hazards NA
GeoClimate UKCP09 Open Hazards 2 km gridded dataset Great Britain Free
GeoClimate UKCP09 Premium Hazards Quasi-1:50 000 Great Britain Licensed
GeoClimate UKCP18 Open Hazards 2km gridded dataset Great Britain Free
GeoClimate UKCP18 Premium Hazards Quasi-1:50 000 Great Britain Licensed
GeoCoast Open Environmental change Multiple Great Britain Free
GeoCoast Premium Hazards 1:50 000 Great Britain Licensed
Geological indicators of flooding Hydrogeology 1:50 000 Great Britain Licensed
Geophysical borehole logs Geophysics N/A Various areas in the UK Licensed
GeoSure insurance product Hazards 1:50 000 Great Britain via BGS Data Resellers
Great Britain aeromagnetic survey Geoscience information Mostly at 2 km flight line separation 400 m in South West England Onshore GB and adjacent seas Free
Great Britain land gravity survey Geophysics Approximately one observation per 1.6 km2 Onshore Great Britain Free
Groundwater flooding Hazards 1:50 000 Great Britain Licensed
Groundwater vulnerability data Hydrogeology 1:50 000 England and Wales Licensed
Hi-RES1 survey Geoscience information 400 m flight line separation North Midlands of England into Welsh Borderland Free
Historical planning permission database Mining and minerals 1:50 000 England and Wales Licensed
Hutton hydrocarbon field data Mining and minerals N/A The Hutton Field, East Shetlands Basin Free
Hydrogeological maps of Scotland Hydrogeology 1:100 000 Scotland Licensed
Hydrogeology 625K digital hydrogeological map of the UK Hydrogeology 1:625 000 UK Free
Indicative Atlas of Radon Hazards 1 km grid size (approx. 1:1 000 000) Great Britain and Northern Ireland Free
Infiltration SuDS map Hydrogeology 1:50 000 Great Britain Licensed
London Earth Geochemistry Greater London and surrounding area Licensed
Marine gravity survey Geoscience information N/A UK continental shelf Licensed
Marine magnetic survey Geophysics N/A UK continental shelf Licensed
Mineral resources Mining and minerals 1:50 000 England, Wales, central belt of Scotland Licensed
Mining hazard (not including coal) 1 km hex grid Hazards 1 km hex grid (approx. 1:1 000 000) Great Britain Free
Mining hazard (not including coal) coverage Hazards 1:50 000 Great Britain Licensed
Offshore bedrock 250K Marine geoscience 1:250 000 UK and adjacent European waters Free / Licensed
Permeability Hydrogeology 1:50 000 Great Britain Licensed
Property subsidence assessment Built environment PSA buildings: 1:50 000; PSA postcodes England & Wales via BGS Data Resellers
Radon potential Hazards 1:50 000 Great Britain and Northern Ireland Licensed
Seabed sediments 250K Marine geoscience 1:250 000 UK and adjacent European waters Free / Licensed
Single Onshore Borehole Index (SOBI) Geology N/A Great Britain Free
Soil chemistry for environmental assessments Geochemistry 1:50 000 (or as defined below) Great Britain Licensed
Soil chemistry for environmental assessments FAQs Geochemistry NA
Soil Parent Material Model Geology 1:50 000 Great Britain Licensed
South-west England rare earth element stream sediments Geochemistry N/A Partial Great Britain coverage: south-west England Free / Licensed
Superficial thickness 1 km hex grid Geology 1 km hex grid (approx. 1:1 000 000) Great Britain Free
Superficial thickness model Geology 1:50 000 Great Britain Licensed
Total organic carbon Energy N/A Great Britain Licensed
UK and world mineral statistics datasets Mining and minerals N/A Worldwide Free
UK Atlantic frontier aeromagnetic survey Geoscience information Flight line varies between surveys but many at 2 km UK Atlantic margin Licensed
UK3D Geology 1:625 000 UK Free
Vitrinite reflectance Geoscience information N/A Great Britain Licensed
WellMaster hydrogeological database Hydrogeology N/A Great Britain Free / Licensed

From 1 April 2024, BGS will apply a 5 per cent increase to its direct licence fees for all data products. This means that any direct licence issued or renewed on or after 1 April 2024 will reflect this increased price. Existing data licensees will not be affected until such time as their licence is next due for renewal, after 1 April 2024..

BGS has not increased its data product licence fees for many years: this 2024 increase takes into account inflationary and cost pressures faced by BGS, including increased staff costs, and follows a review of Office for National Statistics guidance with regard to inflation and price indices. Going forwards, BGS will undertake annual price reviews and will communicate any future licence fee changes (from 2025) as appropriate.

If you have any queries regarding this matter, please contact the IPR digital team (iprdigital@bgs.ac.uk).

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