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UK digital geothermal catalogue, version 2

This is the second digital release of the UK geothermal catalogue of temperature measurements, thermal conductivity measurements and heat flow calculations. This second release contains 1098 new sites alongside 36 sites from the legacy geothermal catalogue. These 36 sites from the legacy catalogue were not included in the first digital release in 2024 due to IPR considerations. This is a 150% increase in the number of sites in the second digital geothermal catalogue release compared to first release. The majority of the new sites are derived from three sources: - New thermal conductivity data collected by the BGS Thermal Conductivity Lab - Datasets synthesised in BGS publications on heat pumps and for subsurface temperature maps - Bottom hole temperature dataset compiled by the UK Onshore Geophysical Library In addition to the new sites, work has been undertaken to better attribute the data source. This indicates where the data came from, be it a report, personal communication, paper etc. Further details can be found in the accompanying report: https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/541614 Dataset DOI: https://doi.org/10.5285/9c324699-abf1-4412-abf9-39308507082d
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Citation Information - Digital Object Identifier (DOI) - British Geological Survey. (2026). UK digital geothermal catalogue, version 2. NERC EDS National Geoscience Data Centre. (Dataset). https://doi.org/10.5285/9c324699-abf1-4412-abf9-39308507082d
: http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608709
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Geoscientific information
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0:
BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences:
Temperature
Thermal conductivity
Geothermal heat flow
Geothermal surveys
Laboratory tests
Free:
NERC_DDC
-8.08, 54.15, -5.7, 55.21
-5.339, 50.178, 2.273, 58.897
GBN, GREAT BRITAIN [id=139600], NIR, NORTHERN IRELAND [id=181000]
creation: 2026-05-12
1986-01-01 - 2025-09-30
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British Geological Survey
Enquiries
Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth, NOTTINGHAM, NG12 5GG, United Kingdom
tel: 0115 936 3143
Role: point of contact

Data Quality

This dataset is derived from both new and legacy data. The legacy data is sourced from four published report versions (1978-1987) of the UK geothermal catalogue and their component reports. Most of the new data are derived from three sources: - New thermal conductivity data collected by the BGS Thermal Conductivity Lab - Datasets synthesised in BGS publications on heat pumps and for subsurface temperature maps - Bottom hole temperature dataset compiled by the UK Onshore Geophysical Library The second digital release contains data that has an identified data source, been spatially located and IPR checked, before releasing under Open Government Licence V3. Validation of the IPR and copyright status of the incorporated datasets was challenging and a take down policy is in operation. More information is available in the accompanying report https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/541614
INSPIRE Implementing rules laying down technical arrangements for the interoperability and harmonisation of Geology
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

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.
There are no restrictions on the use that may be made of the dataset, although an appropriate copyright acknowledgement must be made when any part of the dataset is reproduced. Either no third party data / information is contained in the dataset or BGS has secured written permission from the owner of any third party data / information contained in the dataset to make the dataset freely available without any use constraints - inclusion of any third party data / information will affect the copyright acknowledgement that needs to be made.
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522bb34b-524d-f8d3-e063-3050940ae3b0
British Geological Survey
Environmental Science Centre, Keyworth, NOTTINGHAM, NG12 5GG, United Kingdom
tel: +44 115 936 3100
Role: point of contact
2026-06-01

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