GeoRecords

BGS GeoRecords provides access to the National Geoscience Data Centre archive of over nine million items.

Our most popular collection is Borehole Records.

In light of UK Government guidance concerning the Coronavirus (Covid-19) the BGS shops at Keyworth, Edinburgh and London are closed. We are also currently unable to supply all of our online products and many GeoReports are temporarily unavailable.

We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause, but will continue to monitor emails at enquiries@bgs.ac.uk if you have any questions we can help with.

Free access to scanned borehole collections

Onshore GeoIndex

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You can search BGS datasets using GeoIndex a map-based index of information that we have collected or have obtained from other sources.
The data is also available via the iGeology smartphone app for iPhone and Android.

Geology of Britain Viewer

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You are free to view, print or download the records under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced BGS materials:
"Contains British Geological Survey materials © NERC 2020".
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Confidential Borehole Records

How to access Confidential Borehole Records

Further information

Archive items not available via our webpage can be accessed by contacting enquiries@bgs.ac.uk to arrange a visit for viewing or supply of scanned records via our document delivery service. Prices on application.

More details of our Archive Collections can be found in the Records Holdings section of our website or search for BGS datasets using the Geoindex.

Materials Collections - Alongside our extensive hardcopy archive of records, we have a vast collection of material, gathered since 1835, including: core, palaeontology and petrology collections. See 'using materials collections' in order to visit the Core Store or search the Materials holdings.

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