Reference System

MD_ReferenceSystem:

referenceSystemIdentifier:

RS_Identifier:

code:

http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700

code:

OSGB 1936 / British National Grid (EPSG::27700)

Identification

Data Identification:

citation:

Citation:

Title:

Heat flow United Kingdom version 1

Date:

CI_Date:

Date Type:

creation

date:

2024-02

Identifier:

RS_Identifier:

code:

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608413

Abstract:

The dataset portrays heat flow as a continuous modelled surface, interpolated between observation points. Onshore coverage is provided for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. The British Geological Survey (BGS) Heat flow dataset version 1 (United Kingdom) is derived from a catalogue of legacy heat flow observations and ground-heat modelling. Heat flow data is typically used to determine temperatures beneath the ground surface, and model how much thermal energy may be stored in or recovered from the ground. The dataset is presented as a raster model, but is also available as cellular, vector grids. The raster and square-cellular grid defines each cell by an area of c. 4km2 (2km per side). The hexagonal-cellular defines each cell by an area of c. 2.56km2 (1km per side). Heat flow values are milli-Watts per square metre (mWm-2). The data are available under BGS data licence. For more information, see the user guide: https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/539413 (BGS Open Report OR/25/013).

Point of Contact:

Responsible Party:

Individual Name:

Enquiries

Organisation Name:

British Geological Survey

Contact Info:

CI_Contact:

phone:

CI_Telephone:

voice:

0115 936 3142

facsimile:

0115 936 3276

Address:

Delivery Point:

The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South

city:

EDINBURGH

administrative Area:

LOTHIAN

Postal Code:

EH14 4AP

country:

United Kingdom

e-mail:

[email protected]

role:

distributor

Responsible Party:

Individual Name:

Enquiries

Organisation Name:

British Geological Survey

Contact Info:

CI_Contact:

phone:

CI_Telephone:

voice:

0115 936 3142

facsimile:

0115 936 3276

Address:

Delivery Point:

The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South

city:

EDINBURGH

administrative Area:

LOTHIAN

Postal Code:

EH14 4AP

country:

United Kingdom

e-mail:

[email protected]

role:

pointOfContact

Responsible Party:

Individual Name:

Enquiries

Organisation Name:

British Geological Survey

Contact Info:

CI_Contact:

phone:

CI_Telephone:

voice:

0115 936 3143

facsimile:

0115 936 3276

Address:

Delivery Point:

Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth

city:

NOTTINGHAM

administrative Area:

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE

Postal Code:

NG12 5GG

country:

United Kingdom

e-mail:

[email protected]

role:

distributor

Responsible Party:

Individual Name:

Enquiries

Organisation Name:

British Geological Survey

Contact Info:

CI_Contact:

phone:

CI_Telephone:

voice:

0115 936 3143

facsimile:

0115 936 3276

Address:

Delivery Point:

Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth

city:

NOTTINGHAM

administrative Area:

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE

Postal Code:

NG12 5GG

country:

United Kingdom

e-mail:

[email protected]

role:

pointOfContact

Resource Maintenance:

MD_MaintenanceInformation:

maint. / update frequency:

asNeeded

Graphic overview:

Browse Graphic:

File Name:

https://resources.bgs.ac.uk/images/geonetworkThumbs/352b6156-fecb-dd74-e063-3050940a3735.png

Descriptive Keywords:

Keywords:

keyword:

Geology

keyword:

https://inspire.ec.europa.eu/theme/ge

Thesaurus Name:

Citation:

Title:

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Date:

CI_Date:

date:

2008-06-01

Date Type:

publication

Keywords:

keyword:

Geothermal maps

keyword:

Geothermal heat flow

keyword:

Economic geology

Thesaurus Name:

Citation:

Title:

BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences

Date:

CI_Date:

date:

2022

Date Type:

revision

Keywords:

keyword:

UK Location (INSPIRE)

keyword:

http://www.data.gov.uk

keyword:

Scottish SDI

keyword:

http://scotgovsdi.edina.ac.uk

keyword:

Citable Data

keyword:

https://www2.bgs.ac.uk/nationalgeosciencedatacentre/citeddata/catalogue.html

keyword:

https://www.bgs.ac.uk/geological-data/datasets/

keyword:

BGS Data Products

keyword:

https://data.geoscience.earth/ncl/project/_48

keyword:

EGDI

Type:

dataCentre

Keywords:

keyword:

NERC_DDC

Resource Constraints:

MD_LegalConstraints:

Access Constraints:

otherRestrictions

Other Constraints:

license

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 ([email protected]) for advice, should the position not be clear.

Other Constraints:

http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/metadata-codelist/LimitationsOnPublicAccess/INSPIRE_Directive_Article13_1d

MD_LegalConstraints:

Use Constraints:

otherRestrictions

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:

The dataset is made available to external clients under BGS Digital Data Licence terms and conditions. Revert to the IPR Section ([email protected]) if further advice is required with regard to permitted usage.

Spatial Representation Type:

vector

language:

eng

topicCategory:

geoscientificInformation

Extent:

Geographic Element:

Geographic Bounding Box:

westBoundLongitude:

-8.2000

eastBoundLongitude:

1.9000

southBoundLatitude:

49.9000

northBoundLatitude:

61.0000

Geographic Description:

Geographic Identifier:

RS_Identifier:

authority:

Citation:

Title:

ISO 3166_1 alpha-3

Date:

CI_Date:

Date Type:

revision

date:

2009

code:

Geographic Description:

Geographic Identifier:

RS_Identifier:

authority:

Citation:

Title:

British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus

Date:

CI_Date:

Date Type:

creation

date:

1979

code:

UK [id=139300]

Geographic Description:

Geographic Identifier:

RS_Identifier:

authority:

Citation:

Title:

ISO 3166_2

Date:

CI_Date:

Date Type:

revision

date:

2009

code:

UKM

Temporal Element:

TemporalExtent:

extent:

begin / end:

begin:

unknown

end:

<2025

Distribution

Distribution:

Distribution Format:

Format:

Format Name:

ESRI Shapefile

version:

1994

Format:

Format Name:

Image (GeoTIFF)

version:

Distributor:

Distributor Contact:

Responsible Party:

Individual Name:

Enquiries

Organisation Name:

British Geological Survey

Contact Info:

CI_Contact:

phone:

CI_Telephone:

voice:

0115 936 3142

facsimile:

0115 936 3276

Address:

Delivery Point:

The Lyell Centre, Research Avenue South

city:

EDINBURGH

administrative Area:

LOTHIAN

Postal Code:

EH14 4AP

country:

United Kingdom

e-mail:

[email protected]

role:

distributor

Distributor:

Distributor Contact:

Responsible Party:

Individual Name:

Enquiries

Organisation Name:

British Geological Survey

Contact Info:

CI_Contact:

phone:

CI_Telephone:

voice:

0115 936 3143

facsimile:

0115 936 3276

Address:

Delivery Point:

Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth

city:

NOTTINGHAM

administrative Area:

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE

Postal Code:

NG12 5GG

country:

United Kingdom

e-mail:

[email protected]

role:

distributor

Transfer Options:

Digital Transfer Options:

onLine:

CI_OnlineResource:

linkage:

https://doi.org/10.5285/800d6734-2dd5-4ed0-a698-972594800042

protocol:

WWW:LINK-1.0-http--related

name:

Citation Information - Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

description:

British Geological Survey. (2025). Heat flow United Kingdom version 1. NERC EDS National Geoscience Data Centre. (Dataset). https://doi.org/10.5285/800d6734-2dd5-4ed0-a698-972594800042

function:

information

Digital Transfer Options:

onLine:

CI_OnlineResource:

linkage:

https://www.bgs.ac.uk/geological-data/datasets/

protocol:

WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

name:

BGS Datasets Homepage

description:

A curated list of our most popular and impactful datasets

function:

Digital Transfer Options:

onLine:

CI_OnlineResource:

linkage:

https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/539413/

protocol:

WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

name:

User guide

description:

User Guide: BGS Heat Flow V1 (United Kingdom). BGS Open report OR/25/013.

function:

information

Digital Transfer Options:

onLine:

CI_OnlineResource:

linkage:

https://ukgtp.bgs.ac.uk

protocol:

WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

name:

UK Geothermal Platform Web Map

description:

An interactive Web map for exploring geothermal energy potential, assessing constraints, and making informed exploration decisions.

function:

information

Digital Transfer Options:

onLine:

CI_OnlineResource:

linkage:

https://ukgeothermalplatform.org

protocol:

WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

name:

UK Geothermal Platform

description:

An online platform for exploring geothermal energy potential, assessing constraints, and making informed exploration decisions.

function:

information

Data Quality

Data Quality:

Scope:

DQ_Scope:

level:

dataset

Level Description:

MD_ScopeDescription:

other:

dataset

Report:

Domain Consistency:

Result:

Conformance Result:

specification:

Citation:

Title:

INSPIRE Implementing rules laying down technical arrangements for the interoperability and harmonisation of Geology

Date:

CI_Date:

Date Type:

publication

date:

2011

explanation:

See the referenced specification

pass:

Domain Consistency:

Result:

Conformance Result:

specification:

Citation:

Title:

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

Date:

CI_Date:

Date Type:

publication

date:

2010-12-08

explanation:

See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF

pass:

Lineage:

LI_Lineage:

statement:

The heat flow version 1 is an interpolated model from 212 heat flow measurements (augmented by 504 heat flow estimates) previously published by BGS. Estimations of temperatures with depth were made from the heat flow values contained the BGS Geothermal catalogue (version 1). The heat flow data set was created in ESRI’s Arcview GIS, using the spatial analyst extension to interpolate the input data (via an Inverse Distance-Weighted model). The raster grid is based on a 2km x/y dimension (originally using a British National Grid projection). The raster grid was converted to a vector cellular grids using ESRI’s ArcPro3.2 GIS. The square vector cell mimics the 2km x/y/ dimensions of the original raster (and retains the British National Grid projection). The hexagonal vector cell has side length of 1km (and retains the British National Grid projection). All versions of the data are provided with a WGS84 projection (which will affect the reported area of the cells).

Metadata

File Identifier:

352b6156-fecb-dd74-e063-3050940a3735

language:

eng

Resource type:

dataset

Metadata Contact:

Responsible Party:

Organisation Name:

British Geological Survey

Contact Info:

CI_Contact:

phone:

CI_Telephone:

voice:

+44 115 936 3100

Address:

Delivery Point:

Environmental Science Centre,Keyworth

city:

NOTTINGHAM

administrative Area:

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE

Postal Code:

NG12 5GG

country:

United Kingdom

e-mail:

[email protected]

role:

pointOfContact

Date Stamp:

2026-09-01

Metadata Standard Name:

http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/M25/current/GEMINI/

Metadata Standard Name:

UK GEMINI

Metadata Standard Version:

2.3

Dataset URI:

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608413