British Geological Survey. (2025). BGS Geology 50k Mass Movement version 9. British Geological Survey. (Dataset). https://doi.org/10.5285/5e8c3db0-2454-456f-a886-d996c80140f9
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Data identifying landscape areas (shown as polygons) attributed with type of mass movement e.g. landslip. The data is presented at 1:50 000 scale. Onshore coverage is provided for England, Scotland, Wales and the Isle of Man. Approximately 99% coverage is available and BGS is committed to completing the coverage, and ongoing updates as part of its ongoing national survey. Mass movement describes areas where deposits have moved down slope under gravity to form landslips. These landslips can affect bedrock, superficial or artificial ground. Mass movement deposits are described in the BGS Rock Classification Scheme Volume 4. However, the data also includes foundered strata, where ground has collapsed due to subsidence (this is not described in the Rock Classification Scheme). Caution should be exercised with this data; historically BGS has not always recorded mass movement events and due to the dynamic nature of occurrence significant changes may have occurred since the data was released. The data are available in vector format (containing the geometry of each feature linked to a database record describing their attributes) as ESRI shapefiles and are available under BGS data licence.
British Geological Survey. 2025 User Guide : BGS Geology 50k v9 (OR/24/041)
BGS Geology: onshore digital geological map of Great Britain data