Terms of use
The data collections listed here are all delivered under the Open Government Licence, subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced BGS materials: “Contains British Geological Survey materials © UKRI [year]“.
Browse our publications
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Publications viewer
Access formal BGS print publications and the recent Research Reports and Open Reports series.
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BGS TextViewer
View the text of key BGS memoirs integrated with the digital geological map.
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NERC Open Research Archive (NORA)
Browse the NERC Open Research Archive of BGS reports.
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OpenGeoscience
OpenGeoscience is a free service where you can view maps, download data, scans, photos and other information.
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BGS Library
We have extensive collections of books, maps, journals and BGS publications. We also hold special collections of British geological photographs and archive material, chiefly the historical archives of the BGS.
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BGS maps portal
High-resolution viewing of images of almost all the small- and medium-scale geological maps produced by the BGS since mapping started in 1832.
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Regional Geochemical Atlas series
Sampling and analytical methodologies are described in detail and each element is present as a gridded image classified and coloured by percentile classes.
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GeoReports
GeoReports provides cost-effective access to unique sources of published and unpublished geological data, combined with expert advice from BGS scientists who know about your local area.
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Data collections
Scans, photos and publications that are stored and managed by the BGS
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Library services: online card catalogue
The card catalogue records items added to the BGS Library service from 1970 to the mid 1980s, when the computerised catalogue ENVIROLIB began