BGS Geology - 625k Linear Faults: UK Geological Fault Lines
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Description
Geological faults across the United Kingdom, including England, Wales, Scotland, the Isle of Man, and Northern Ireland, mapped at a 1:625,000 scale. The data from the British Geological Survey represent simplified interpretations of major faults, categorized as faults at rockhead or thrust faults. This version 5 dataset is available as vector data in OGC GeoPackage format under the Open Government Licence.
Use Cases
Regional geological hazard modeling based on fault line locations.
National-scale geological mapping and analysis based on simplified fault interpretations.
Educational or illustrative mapping of major UK geological structures based on generalized data.
Strengths
Covers onshore areas of all UK constituent countries.
Attributes data by fault type (fault at rockhead and thrust fault).
Available in a standard geospatial vector format (OGC GeoPackage).
Limitations
Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Scale is generalized (1:625,000) and not suitable for local geology studies.
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Provenance
Source
British Geological Survey (BGS)
Freshness
Last updated 2026-05-28 14:04:20.527630; freshness should be verified.
Geography
Onshore coverage for England, Wales, Scotland, the Isle of Man, and Northern Ireland.
Data is delivered free of charge under the terms of the Open Government Licence.