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Welcome to the BGS Shop

Please note - we are experiencing a high volume of orders across the services which has caused a backlog that our team are working hard to reduce. As a result, our turnaround times will be affected causing some delays on delivery. Please contact enquiries@bgs.ac.uk if you have concerns about your order. Thank you for your patience.


Online Bookshop

Order BGS printed products including maps, sheet explanations and regional guides.

Custom Geological Maps

Order your own 1:50 000 Geological Map centered on a location of your choice.

GeoRecords

BGS GeoRecords provides access to the National Geoscience Records Centre archive of over nine million items including borehole records.

GeoReports

GeoReports provides cost-effective access to unique sources of published and unpublished geological data, combined with the expertise of BGS scientists.

Inorganic geochemistry reference materials

The sample handling team routinely prepares bulk reference materials for a variety of sample matrices such as soils, peats and sediments. We have produced a suite of ten new soil reference materials as part of our BGS110 Series, with a wide range of soil chemistry and elemental concentrations to cater for different analytical needs, interests and industries.

Online access to many of our maps and publications is available at:

Publication viewer
Access to formal BGS print publications and the recent Research Reports/Open Reports series.

Maps portal
High resolution viewing of images of almost all small and medium scale maps produced by BGS since mapping started in 1832.

Borehole scans
Free search of over a million borehole records.