BGS soil property data layers (OGC WxS INSPIRE)

BGS soil property data layers including parent material, soil texture, group, grain size, thickness and European Soil Bureau description. These data are delivered under the terms of the Open Government Licence (http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/), subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced BGS materials: Contains British Geological Survey materials copyright NERC [year]. Contact us if you create something new and innovative that could benefi

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What's in it

Data offered docs-verified: parent material · soil texture · soil group · grain size · soil thickness · European Soil Bureau description
Coverage docs-verified: Bounding box: latitude 49.2800 to 61.4100, longitude -9.0100 to 3.3400
Update frequency docs-verified: monthly
Formats docs-verified: WMS
Access docs-verified: Open Government Licence (OGL), with BGS/NERC copyright acknowledgement required; reproduction without the copyright holder's prior permission is restricted by the access constraints. No authentication listed.

Useful for

Use cases llm-inferred: Soil texture and parent material lookup for desk study and ground conditions screening · Infiltration and SuDS suitability screening using soil group and texture · Soil thickness and grain size inputs for geotechnical or drainage assessment
Audience llm-inferred: geotechnical engineers · drainage engineers · hydrologists · environmental consultants · GIS analysts

Limitations

Constraints llm-inferred: Only a WMS service is listed, so this is a map-view service rather than a bulk download · Access constraints restrict reproduction without prior permission from the copyright holder, which may conflict with the OGL summary · Use is at the customer's own risk and NERC/BGS gives no warranty as to accuracy or suitability · Dataset reference date (creation) is 2012-07-11, so the age of the underlying data should be checked · No authentication requirement is stated in the entry metadata

Licence: ["The copyright of materials derived from the British Geological Survey's work is vested in the Natural Environment Research Council [NERC]. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in an
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Provenance & evidence

Listed in data.gov.uk public catalogue API on 2026-10-16; relevance/value screened (haiku).

Metadata observed 14/10/2026 · research sweep: sweep-2026-10-16 (data.gov.uk)