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Environment and health mapping for England and Wales

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Environment and health mapping for England and Wales

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Home page | The Environment and Health Atlas

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These maps have been developed as a resource for the public, researchers and anyone working in public health and policy to better understand the geographic distribution of environmental agents and health conditions in England and Wales. The health condition maps show the relative risk so there must always be some wards above average and some wards below average.

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Royal Geographical Society - Geography resources for teachers

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The Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) supports teaching in the classroom and field by providing award-winning geographical teaching and learning resources.

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Whole host of historical maps that can be overlaid with present day

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National Library of Scotland - Map Images

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Access high-resolution zoomable images of over 200,000 maps of Scotland, England, Wales and beyond

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Lots of Maps looking at population, deprivation, health and more!

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parallel | mapping and data visualisation

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Parallel are design-led web application developers specialising in mapping and data visualisation, particularly for clients within the UK healthcare sector.

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Interactive map of UK geology

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As part of our ongoing programme of application upgrades and redevelopment, the Geology of Britain map viewer was retired on 1 August 2022.
If you are looking for an interactive geological map of Great Britain then you may be interested in one of our newer online map viewers listed below:

BGS Geology Viewer is a lightweight viewer designed to provide geology enthusiasts and the general public with bedrock and superficial geology maps of Great Britain

BGS GeoIndex, which is recommended for professional users and provides access to a wide range of data, including both borehole scans, fault information and interactive 3D models

For more information about the retirement of the Geology of Britain viewer please see our FAQ section below

Geology of Britain update FAQs

The Geology of Britain map viewer was retired on 1 August 2022 and is no longer available. This includes both the classic 2D Geology of Britain and the 3D version.

Why was the Geology of Britain map viewer retired?

Is there an alternative to the Geology of Britain viewer?

Where can I download the 3D cross sections?

Where can I view earthquakes data?

Where can I view borehole data?

If you have any comments or questions about this change that is not covered by this page, please contact the BGS Enquiries team.

What was the Geology of Britain viewer?

The Geology of Britain viewer was a simple tool, aimed at the general public, which allowed users to explore the geology of Great Britain.

Terms of use

These data are delivered under the terms of the Open Government Licence, subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced BGS materials: "Contains British Geological Survey materials © UKRI [year]". Contact us if you create something new and innovative that could benefit others.

We encourage users to use OpenGeoscience material with their own data.

The BGS provides no warranty as to the quality, accuracy or completeness of this free map data or the medium on which it is supplied. This includes any warranty as to the continued provision of material or that the material taken from this site is compatible with your computer system and/or any other data with which the material is to be used.

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Geology of Britain viewer - British Geological Survey

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The Geology of Britain viewer has been designed to help the general public explore the local geology around where they live.

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Online mapping of the last glacial ice age