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Scale:
Approximately one observation per 1.6 km2Coverage:
Onshore Great BritainAvailability:
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Free for commercial, research and public use under the Open Government Licence. Please acknowledge the material
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Download dataView index onlineWeb service (OGC WMS) – Geophysics themeThis dataset comprises over 165 000 gravity observations on onshore Great Britain. Most of the surveys were carried out by the BGS but the dataset includes data originally acquired by other organisations. This was subsequently given to the BGS and integrated into a consistent dataset that became a national archive.

Great Britain land gravity survey points sample. BGS © UKRI.

Great Britain land gravity survey coloured shaded/contoured sample. BGS © UKRI – Contains OS data © Crown copyright 2020.

Great Britain land gravity surveycoverage. BGS © UKRI – Contains OS data © Crown copyright 2020.
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