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British Geological Survey
AbbreviationBGS
Formation1835
Legal statusGovernment organisation
PurposeGeoscience
Location
  • Keyworth, Nottinghamshire, England
Region served
United Kingdom
Director
Karen Hanghøj
Parent organisation
UK Research and Innovation (via NERC)[1]
Budget
£57m
around 50% from the Science Budget
Websitewww.bgs.ac.uk Edit this at Wikidata

The British Geological Survey (BGS) is a partly publicly funded body which aims to advance geoscientific knowledge of the United Kingdom landmass and its continental shelf by means of systematic surveying, monitoring and research.

The BGS headquarters are in Keyworth, Nottinghamshire, England. Its other centres are located in Edinburgh, Wallingford, Cardiff and London. The current tagline of the BGS is: Understanding our Earth.[2]

  1. ^ "About BGS – Governance". British Geological Survey. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
  2. ^ "BGS Strategy 2023 to 2028".

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