BGS small-scale non-series maps
type: Dataset
description: A collection of small-scale non-series maps which offer whole-country coverage of the United Kingdom 1856-2013. Included in the collection are geological, tectonic, structural, mineral resource and geophysical maps, together with a small number of historical facsimile maps. Key geological maps included in the collection which ran to many editions are Geology of the British Islands 1:584 000 and the Geological Map of Great Britain 1:625 000. These maps are hard-copy paper records stored in the National Geoscience Data Centre (NGDC) and are delivered as digital scans through the BGS website.
keyword: Geological mapping
keyword: Geological maps
keyword: Geological surveys
keyword: Geology
keyword: Geophysical maps
keyword: Gravity anomalies
keyword: Groundwater
keyword: Magnetic surveys
keyword: Mineralogy
keyword: Minerals
keyword: NERC_DDC
keyword: Seismology
issued: 2025-06-02T20:15:37.878616
modified: 2026-07-30T19:21:21.591499
spatial: Location
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British Geological Survey (BGS)
type: Organization

BGS Maps Portal
type: Distribution
description: The BGS Maps Portal provides access to over 45 000 high-resolution viewing images of almost all the small, medium and large scale maps produced by the BGS since mapping started in 1832 right up to the most recent maps released in 2020. It incorporates all the earlier maps and history pages that were previously made available through the BGS ‘Historical maps of the Geological Survey of Great Britain and Ireland’ web resource.
access URL: https://webapps.bgs.ac.uk/data/MapsPortal/
issued: 2026-07-30T19:21:21.718870
modified: 2026-07-30T19:21:21.598565