The British Geological Survey (BGS) Boreholes Index lists the locations of boreholes in the UK. The dataset should be used in conjunction with the BGS's online borehole scans service:
http://www.bgs.ac.uk/data/boreholescans/home.html
Here you can view a scan of the Borehole log you have selected where available and not confidential. When using the downloaded index, the final attribute for each point is the BGS_ID. You can link to the online scan by adding the ID to the end of the following weblink:
http://scans.bgs.ac.uk/sobi_scans/boreholes/[insert BGS_ID here]
Remember that not all scans are available.
The Boreholes Index has over 1.3 million entries each with the following attributes:
Attribute |
Explanation (where known) |
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QS |
The map tile the Borehole is located on. |
NUMB |
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BSUFF |
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REGNO | A concatenation of the previous three attributes. |
RT |
Either BJ or SE |
GRID_REFER |
The Grid Reference of the Borehole Location |
EASTING |
Metres east on the British National Grid, has leading Zeros |
NORTHING | Metres North on the British National Grid, has leading Zeros |
CONFIDENTI | Y if the borehole is confidential, N if it is not. |
STRTHEIGHT |
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NAME |
The full name of the Borehole |
LENGTH | The length of the borehole in metres. This is entered as -1 if the borehole log is confidential. |
BGS_ID | Unique ID number used in the web address for the actual borehole scan. |