Several government and public organisations provide publicly available data to access and download. These are a collection of organisations that make environmental, navigational, boundary, and other energy-related data available for the UK Continental Shelf.

  • Bathymetric data
  • Wrecks and Obstructions
  • Maritime limits
  • Ship routeing
  • And more...
BGS


Managed by BGS

BGS GeoIndex (offshore)
  • Geological maps
  • Shallow seismic
  • Backscatter
  • Grabs/cores/boreholes
  • Geology
  • Geotechnical
Crown Estate


Managed by The Crown Estate

The Crown Estate Open Data Portal
  • Offshore leases for wind farms sites
  • Tidal stream sites
  • Marine aggregates areas
  • Export cable corridors
  • Carbon capture & storage sites
Crown Estate Scotland


Managed by the Crown Estate Scotland

Crown Estate Scotland Spatial Hub
  • Offshore leases for aquaculture
  • Cables and pipelines
  • Leases for offshore wind farms
  • Wave and tidal sites
  • Wild salmon fishing
  • Carbon capture & storage sites
Emodnet


Hosted by the European Commission

European Marine Observation and Data Network
  • Human activities
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Bathymetry
  • Biology
  • Seabed habitats
  • Geology

Marine Data Exchange


Managed by The Crown Estate in collaboration with the Crown Estate Scotland

Marine data exchange
  • Geophysical surveys
  • Geotechnical surveys
  • Metocean surveys
  • Meteorology
  • Noise surveys
  • Orinthology
  • Benthic
  • Fish
  • Marine mammals
  • Archaeology
  • Shipping
  • Social impact


MEDIN hosted by National Oceanography Centre on behalf of 

  • DEFRA: Department of Environment Food and Rural Affairs
  • Scottish Government
  • NOC: National Oceanography Centre
  • NERC: Natural Environment Research Council
  • DESNZ: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
  • UKHO: UK Hydrographic Office
  • The Crown Estate
  • NRW: Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru / Natural Resources Wales
  • Met Office
  • JNCC: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
  • Crown Estate Scotland
  • MCA: Maritime and Coastguard Agency
  • AFBI: Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute
  • OceanWise
  • DAERA: Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Northern Ireland
  • Welsh Government

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NSTA Open Data Site
Managed by the NSTA

  • Offshore Wells
  • Petroleum Licence information
  • Offshore infrastructure
  • Hydrocarbon Fields
  • Carbon storage licence information
NSTA Open Data Site


UK National Data Repository
Managed by the NSTA

  • Digital Well logs
  • Geological Well logs
  • Seismic data
  • Well Operation reports
UK National Data Repository

Carbon Storage Licence Information

Offshore Leases for Aquaculture

Offshore Leases for Wind Farms sites

Offshore Petroleum Licence Information