Aquifer Designation Dataset for England and Wales
Simple
- Date (Creation)
- 2010
0115 936 3276
0115 936 3276
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01491 692345
01491 692345
- Maintenance and update frequency
- asNeeded As needed
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
- BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences
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- Aquifers
- UK Location (INSPIRE)
- dataCentre
- Keywords
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- NERC_DDC
- Access constraints
- otherRestrictions Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- license
- Other constraints
- Licensed dataset. BGS not responsible for supplying the data direct to local authorities/public bodies without the permission of the EA.
- Use constraints
- otherRestrictions Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- 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 any form or by any means, or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the prior permission of the copyright holder, via the BGS Intellectual Property Rights Manager. Use by customers of information provided by the BGS, is at the customer's own risk. In view of the disparate sources of information at BGS's disposal, including such material donated to BGS, that BGS accepts in good faith as being accurate, the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the quality or accuracy of the information supplied, or to the information's suitability for any use. NERC/BGS accepts no liability whatever in respect of loss, damage, injury or other occurence however caused.
- Other constraints
- Either: (i) the dataset is made freely available, e.g. via the Internet, for a restricted category of use (e.g. educational use only); or (ii) the dataset has not been formally approved by BGS for access and use by external clients under licence, but its use may be permitted under alternative formal arrangements; or (iii) the dataset contains 3rd party data or information obtained by BGS under terms and conditions that must be consulted in order to determine the permitted usage of the dataset. Refer to the BGS staff member responsible for the creation of the dataset if further advice is required. He / she should be familiar with the composition of the dataset, particularly with regard to 3rd party IPR contained in it, and any resultant use restrictions. This staff member should revert to the IPR Section (ipr@bgs.ac.uk ) for advice, should the position not be clear.
- Other constraints
- The dataset is made available to external clients under BGS Digital Data Licence terms and conditions. Revert to the IPR Section (iprdigital@bgs.ac.uk ) if further advice is required with regard to permitted usage.
- Spatial representation type
- vector Vector
- Denominator
- 50000
- Metadata language
- EnglishEnglish
- Topic category
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- Geoscientific information
- Geographic identifier
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ENG
- Date (Revision)
- 2009
- Geographic identifier
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ENGLAND [id=150000]
- Date (Creation)
- 1979
- Geographic identifier
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WALES [id=170000]
- Date (Creation)
- 1979
- Geographic identifier
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WLS
- Date (Revision)
- 2009
- End date
- 2010 Before
- Unique resource identifier
- OSGB 1936 / British National Grid (EPSG::27700)
- Distribution format
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ESRI Shapefile
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Current BGS version
)
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MapInfo Files
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Current BGS version
)
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ESRI Shapefile
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Current BGS version
)
0115 936 3276
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- OnLine resource
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Aquifer designation data
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WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
)
The aquifer designation dataset has been created by the Environment Agency (EA), Natural Resources Wales (NRW) and the BGS, and identifies the different aquifers of England and Wales.
- Hierarchy level
- dataset Dataset
Conformance result
- Date (Publication)
- 2011
- Explanation
- See the referenced specification
- Pass
- No
Conformance result
- Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
- Explanation
- See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF
- Pass
- No
- Statement
- Dataset derived from DiGMapGB-50 v5.18 linework. Aquifer designation status attributed to linework by BGS and Environment Agency staff. BGS responsible for final geoprocessing steps (removing DiGMap attribution and merging shared boundaries).
- File identifier
- 9df8df53-2aca-37a8-e044-0003ba9b0d98 XML
- Metadata language
- EnglishEnglish
- Hierarchy level
- dataset Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2025-11-13
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
- 2.3
- Dataset URI
- http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13605520
Overviews
Spatial extent
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NERC Data Catalogue Service