Data search
BGS is a data-rich organisation with over 400 datasets in its care.
Datasets
BGS GeoScour Open
The BGS GeoScour Open datasets provide a generalised overview of the natural characteristics and properties of catchment and riverine environments for the assessment of river scour in Great Britain.
BGS GeoScour Premium
The BGS GeoScour datasets provide a generalised overview of the natural characteristics and properties of catchment and riverine environments for the assessment of river scour in Great Britain.
GeoCoast Premium
GeoCoast is an integrated GIS package of datasets designed to inform and support coastal management and adaptation.
GeoCoast Open
GeoCoast Open provides a range of historic images and diagrams extracted from our archives, memoirs and other publications, which can provide a reference for coastal change.
Map Viewers
BGS Geology Viewer
The BGS Geology Viewer has been designed to provide geology enthusiasts and the general public with bedrock and superficial geology maps of Great Britain.
GeoIndex (onshore)
Search BGS datasets using GeoIndex, a map-based index of a wealth of information that we have collected or have obtained from other sources.
GeoIndex (offshore)
The offshore GeoIndex shows the range of marine geoscience data held by the BGS within the National Geoscience Data Centre (NGDC).
UK Soil Observatory
The UK Soil Observatory is a collaboration of institutions providing and delivering information about the diverse soil types of the UK.
Information Hub
BGS Mineral Index card catalogue
The BGS Mineral Index is card catalogue of mineral intelligence references covering the years 1917–1980.
Vocabularies web service
The vocabulary service has been implemented as a RESTful web service delivering lists of standardised terms covering a range of geoscience topics.
Vocabularies
BGS geoscience vocabularies provide consistency in our classification systems by controlling the spelling and terms used in our data holdings.
Library online card catalogue: UDC
Universal Decimal Classification (UDC) sequence for geographic areas.
Technologies
AquiMod download form
Download Aquimod 2
AquiMod 2 download form
Download Aquimod 2
Application programming interfaces (APIs)
A standard software interface offering data access or data processing services between computers or computer programs.
Coordinate converter
Convert British National Grid to latitude and longitude (WGS84) via online form, web service or bulk conversion.