BGS offshore small-scale digital mapping Web service

This Web service provides layers containing offshore digital mapping datasets compiled by the British Geological Survey which have coverage across the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS), mostly at scales smaller than 1:250 000. It provides view and download services for the following datasets: - BGS Offshore Bedrock 250k - BGS Seabed Sediments 250k (including the Marine Hard Substrate Dataset) - BGS Offshore Quaternary 250k - 1:1 000 000 scale geological factor map: bedrock summary lithology - 1:1 000 000 scale geological factor map: Quaternary deposit summary lithology - 1:1 000 000 scale geological factor map: Quaternary deposit thickness - BGS Predictive Seabed Sediments (UK) For more information, contact BGS Marine Enquiries (offshoredata@bgs.ac.uk).

Data and Resources

  • The BGS Homepage is an entry point to the BGS data services.

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Last Updated December 24, 2025, 13:38 (UTC)
Created December 24, 2025, 13:38 (UTC)