dataset · United Kingdom
Borehole Records Collection.
Records of all onshore (or near shore) boreholes, trial pits, shafts and wells held in the BGS archives in either paper, microfilm or digital format. The records range from simple single page lithological logs through to hydrocarbon completion reports. Spatial coverage will vary considerably depending on drilling activity, collecting activity and donations. The majority of new data is from site investigation reports with concentrations in urban areas and along transport routes. Current collectio
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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
Evidence quality: 39.1
Listed in data.gov.uk public catalogue API on 2026-10-16; relevance/value screened (haiku).
Metadata checked: 2026-10-14T13:20:00.000Z
What's in it
- Data offered docs-verified
- borehole records · trial pit records · shaft records · well records · lithological logs · hydrocarbon completion reports
- Coverage docs-verified
- Great Britain · some records from 1600; majority from 1900 onwards
- Update frequency docs-verified
- continual
- Formats docs-verified
- hard copy · digital (file format not specified)
- Access docs-verified
- Copies available in hard copy or digital formats, subject to confidentiality. Copyright vested in NERC; reproduction needs prior permission from the BGS copyright holder. Licence not set on the dataset page.
Useful for
- Use cases llm-inferred
- Desk study: retrieve historic borehole and trial pit logs near a site to build a preliminary ground model · Geotechnical risk review in urban areas using nearby site investigation logs · Groundwater context for a Phase 1 review using well and borehole records along a route corridor
- Audience llm-inferred
- geotechnical engineers · engineering geologists · civils engineers · hydrogeologists · environmental consultants
Limitations
- Constraints docs-verified
- Spatial coverage is uneven, concentrated in urban areas and along transport routes · Copies are subject to confidentiality · BGS/NERC gives no warranty on accuracy or suitability; use is at the customer's own risk · Reproduction requires prior permission from the copyright holder · Licence not set on the dataset page
Evidence
- https://www.bgs.ac.uk/
- https://www.data.gov.uk/dataset/10e66187-e514-4b21-a436-748b58a9fdf4/borehole-records-collection
Check upstream coverage, uncertainty and licence before use. Station observations are not forecasts or design levels.