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Aquifer Designation Dataset for England and Wales

Joint BGS/Environment Agency dataset of aquifer designations for England and Wales at 1:50 000. The dataset identifies different types of aquifer - underground layers of water-bearing permeable rock or drift deposits from which groundwater can be extracted. These designations reflect the importance of aquifers in terms of groundwater as a resource (drinking water supply) but also their role in supporting surface water flows and wetland ecosystems. The maps are split into two different type of aquifer designation: superficial - permeable unconsolidated (loose) deposits (for example, sands and gravels), and bedrock - solid permeable formations e.g. sandstone, chalk and limestone.

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Date (Creation)
2010
Identifier
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13605520
Distributor
  British Geological Survey - Enquiries
Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth , NOTTINGHAM , NOTTINGHAMSHIRE , NG12 5GG , United Kingdom
0115 936 3143
0115 936 3276
Point of contact
  British Geological Survey - Enquiries
Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth , NOTTINGHAM , NOTTINGHAMSHIRE , NG12 5GG , United Kingdom
0115 936 3143
0115 936 3276
Distributor
  British Geological Survey - Enquiries
Maclean Building, Crowmarsh Gifford , WALLINGFORD , OXON , OX10 8BB , United Kingdom
01491 838800
01491 692345
Point of contact
  British Geological Survey - Enquiries
Maclean Building, Crowmarsh Gifford , WALLINGFORD , OXON , OX10 8BB , United Kingdom
01491 838800
01491 692345
Custodian
  British Geological Survey - Enquiries
Maclean Building, Crowmarsh Gifford , WALLINGFORD , OXON , OX10 8BB , United Kingdom
01491 838800
01491 692345
Maintenance and update frequency
asNeeded As needed
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • Geology
BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences
  • Aquifers
  • UK Location (INSPIRE)
dataCentre
  • UK Location (INSPIRE)
Keywords
  • 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.
Other constraints
Either : (i) the dataset has not been formally approved by BGS for access and use by external clients under license; and / or (ii) the dataset contains 3rd party data or information obtained by BGS under terms and conditions that must be consulted before the dataset can be provided to, or accessed by, BGS staff or external clients. 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 access restrictions. This staff member should revert to the IPR Section (IPR@bgs.ac.uk) for advice, should the position not be clear.
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
  • Geoscientific information
Geographic identifier
ENG

Date (Revision)
2009

Geographic identifier
ENGLAND [id=150000]

Date (Creation)
1979

Geographic identifier
WALES [id=170000]

Date (Creation)
1979

Geographic identifier
WLS

Date (Revision)
2009

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End date
2010 Before
Unique resource identifier
OSGB 1936 / British National Grid (EPSG::27700)
Distribution format
  • ESRI Shapefile ( Current BGS version )

  • MapInfo Files ( Current BGS version )

Distributor
  British Geological Survey - Enquiries
Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth , NOTTINGHAM , NOTTINGHAMSHIRE , NG12 5GG , United Kingdom
0115 936 3143
0115 936 3276
Distributor
  British Geological Survey - Enquiries
Maclean Building, Crowmarsh Gifford , WALLINGFORD , OXON , OX10 8BB , United Kingdom
01491 838800
01491 692345
OnLine resource
Aquifer designation data ( 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
Point of contact
  British Geological Survey
Environmental Science Centre, Keyworth , NOTTINGHAM , NOTTINGHAMSHIRE , NG12 5GG , United Kingdom
+44 115 936 3100
Dataset URI
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13605520
 
 

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