057370e3-c7ca-49f4-e054-002128a47908 English dataset British Geological Survey +44 115 936 3100 Environmental Science Centre,Keyworth NOTTINGHAM NOTTINGHAMSHIRE NG12 5GG United Kingdom enquiries@bgs.ac.uk pointOfContact 2026-03-10 UK GEMINI 2.3 http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13606338 OSGB 1936 / British National Grid (EPSG::27700) WGS 84 (EPSG::4326) BGS Geology - 625k (DiGMapGB-625) Linear (Faults) version 5 2008 publication http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13606338 Data identifying linear features (shown as polylines) representing geological faults at the ground or bedrock surface (beneath superficial deposits). The scale of the data is 1:625 000 scale, providing a simplified interpretation of the linear features which may be used as a guide at a regional or national level, but should not be relied on for local geology. Onshore coverage is provided for all of England, Wales, Scotland, the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland. Geological faults occur where a body of bedrock has been fractured and displaced by large scale processes affecting the Earth's crust (tectonic forces). The digital data are attributed by fault type; two categories of fault are described in the data: fault at rockhead (representing normal dip-slip and strike-slip faults) and thrust fault (representing faults caused by compressive forces). The data have been generalised and show only the locations of major faults. The data are available in vector format (containing the geometry of each feature linked to a database record describing their attributes) as an OGC GeoPackage and are delivered free of charge under the terms of the Open Government Licence. Enquiries British Geological Survey 0115 936 3143 0115 936 3276 Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth NOTTINGHAM NOTTINGHAMSHIRE NG12 5GG United Kingdom enquiries@bgs.ac.uk distributor Enquiries British Geological Survey 0115 936 3143 0115 936 3276 Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth NOTTINGHAM NOTTINGHAMSHIRE NG12 5GG United Kingdom enquiries@bgs.ac.uk originator Enquiries British Geological Survey 0115 936 3143 0115 936 3276 Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth NOTTINGHAM NOTTINGHAMSHIRE NG12 5GG United Kingdom enquiries@bgs.ac.uk pointOfContact irregular https://resources.bgs.ac.uk/images/geonetworkThumbs/057370e3-c7ca-49f4-e054-002128a47908.png Geology GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication Geology Maps Data Digital maps GIS BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences 2022 revision UK Location (INSPIRE) EGDI Citable Data dataCentre NERC_DDC otherRestrictions no limitations The dataset is made freely available for access, e.g. via the Internet. 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Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced NERC materials "Contains NERC materials ©NERC [year]" vector 625000 English geoscientificInformation ISO 3166_1 alpha-3 2009 revision GB British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus 1979 creation UK [id=139300] ISO 3166_2 2009 revision UKM -8.6500 1.7800 49.8500 60.8800 2008 OGC GeoPackage (GPKG) ESRI Shapefile 1994 Enquiries British Geological Survey 0115 936 3143 0115 936 3276 Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth NOTTINGHAM NOTTINGHAMSHIRE NG12 5GG United Kingdom enquiries@bgs.ac.uk distributor https://www.bgs.ac.uk/datasets/bgs-geology-625k/ WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download BGS Geology 625K download https://doi.org/10.5285/170bae4c-dd20-4899-96be-299880e7f972 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--related Citation Information - Digital Object Identifier (DOI) Digital Geological Map Data of Great Britain - 625k (DiGMapGB-625) Linear version 5 British Geological Survey 2008 information https://www.bgs.ac.uk/datasets/bgs-geology/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link BGS Geology: onshore digital geological map of Great Britain data The BGS Geology datasets are digital geological maps of Great Britain based on the different series of published BGS geological maps. information dataset dataset INSPIRE Implementing rules laying down technical arrangements for the interoperability and harmonisation of Geology 2011 publication See the referenced specification false Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 publication See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF false Version 5 of the 1:625 000 linear features data was created primarily from the 1:50 000 scale Digital Geological Map of Great Britain (DiGMapGB-50) version 3 dataset (released in 2006) by generalisation involving cartographic selection, modification, simplification or exaggeration and matches that shown on the BGS poster maps of the UK (North and South) published in 2008. The attributes and nomenclature used follow those on the printed maps. The linear features were fitted to a relevant topographic base at the time of production.