Data
As a result of our annual price review BGS will apply, in most cases, a 5 per cent increase* to our direct licence fees for our data products from 1st April 2025.This means that any direct licence issued or renewed on or after 1 April 2025 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 2025. BGS undertakes annual price reviews and will communicate any future licence fee changes (from 2026) as appropriate.
If you have any queries regarding this matter, please contact the IPR digital team (iprdigital@bgs.ac.uk).
* Due to the specific pricing of individual datasets please note not all price changes will equate exactly to 5%.
The BGS is a data-rich organisation with thousands of datasets in its care, including environmental monitoring data, geotechnical data, digital databases, physical collections (borehole core, rocks, minerals and fossils), records and archives.
Please contact BGS Enquiries (enquiries@bgs.ac.uk) should you have a data enquiry.
Explore our data
Map viewers
Data published through map viewers allowing you to reveal more about the ground beneath your feet.
Information hub
Data collections, publications, scanned records and other data gathered by BGS and provided by external organisations.
Technologies
Applications, software and online services created by the BGS and our collaborators.
Digital geoscience
The BGS is a data-rich organisation. Our data science and data infrastructure are fundamental to our future research and underpin our strategic challenges.
Digital data licensing and resellers
Providing a wide range of licences for the use and utilisation of our information products by for those interested in an information product and the Open Government Licence is not applicable.
National Geoscience Data Centre
Collecting and preserving geoscientific data, making it available to a wide range of users and communities.
National Geological Repository
Hosting BGS’s collections of borehole cores, cuttings, samples, specimens, and related subsurface information from the UK landmass and continental shelf.
OpenGeoscience
Accessing maps and downloading data, scans, photos and other information via BGS’s free OpenGeoscience service.