Version: 1.0.1 | Published: 27 Feb 2026 | Updated: 0 days ago
Ordnance Survey Mining hazards
Dataset
Documentation
Description:
The BGS mining hazard (not including coal) 1 km hex grid dataset provides a generalised overview of the likelihood for mining to have occurred. It provides a national-scale summary of the presence of mining and an indication of the level of hazard associated with old workings. The data has been generalised into a vector map of interlocking hexagon cells, side length 1 km, area approximately 2.6 km². There are four classes included within the data: (i) low: localised, small-scale mining may have occurred in the area; (ii) moderate: small-scale, underground mining may have occurred in the area; (iii) significant: underground mining is known or considered likely to have occurred in the area; and (iv) NA: no record of activity.
The data has been generalised from the BGS mining hazard (not including coal) dataset. This additional, detailed dataset is also available to licence and provides further detail as well as information on the type of commodity extracted, mine names and any additional details where available, at a scale of 1:50 000. Data can be dowloaded in ESRI® Shapefile and GeoPackage formats.
Is Part Of:
Spatial Coverage:
Great Britain
Data Use Limitations:
NO RESTRICTION
Coverage
Spatial
Geographical Levels:
latitude/longitude
Access and Governance
Usage
Data Use Requirements:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT REQUIRED
Format and Standards
Languages:
ENGLISH
Data Format:
Database
Estimated Dataset Size:
<25 MB
Origin
Name:
Data Catalogue