Datasets

The aquifer designation dataset reflects the importance of aquifers in England and Wales as a resource and their role in supporting surface water flows and wetland ecosystems.

• Open / Premium
• 1:50 000
• England and Wales

Data outputs from 3D geological framework models are available at three different scales for parts of the onshore area of Great Britain.

• Open / Premium
• Varied
• Great Britain (partial coverage)

Buried valleys are ancient river or subglacial (beneath a glacier) drainage networks that are now abandoned and have become either partly or completely buried by more recent sediment.

• Open
• 1:250 000
• Great Britain

The BGS depth to groundwater product is a national scale dataset of probable maximum depth to the phreatic water table.

• Premium
• 1:50 000
• Great Britain

BGS has produced the geological indicators of flooding dataset from geological maps detailing the floodplains and coastal plains in Britain.

• Premium
• 1:50 000
• Great Britain

Our groundwater vulnerability maps provide an assessment of the vulnerability of groundwater in overlying superficial rocks and those that comprise the underlying bedrock.

• Premium
• 1:50 000
• England and Wales

The BGS has produced a suite of hydrogeological maps of Scotland. The suite includes layers with groundwater vulnerability and aquifer productivity data.

• Premium
• 1:100 000
• Scotland

The hydrogeological map indicates aquifer potential in generalised term.

• Open
• 1:625 000
• UK

The BGS Infiltration SuDS map dataset is suitable for those involved in the design of sustainable drainage systems and approving SuDS planning applications.

• Premium
• 1:50 000
• Great Britain

Permeability data is often used in studies of groundwater. Our permeability information is based on BGS Geology 50K data.

• Premium
• 1:50 000
• Great Britain

Our digital version of the water well archive. Index level data is available for all water boreholes known to the BGS.

• Open / Premium
• Great Britain