British Geological Survey offices - timeline 1836–

London

1836	Craig's Court, London (a cul–de–sac on the south side of Whitehall, about 100 yards from Trafalgar Square)
1841	Craig's Court Museum was opened to the public in 1841 with Richard Phillips as Curator.
1845	Office based in Museum of Economic Geology
1851	12 May 1851 – Opening of The Museum of Practical Geology in Jermyn Street with frontage also on Piccadilly.
1872	Departments of Chemistry, Physics and Natural History, Royal School of Mines moved to South Kensington
1880	Geology, Royal School of Mines, moved to South Kensington
1934	Exhibition Road. New Museum of Practical Geology, later known as the Geological Museum, Exhibition Road
1956-1971	Young Street, Kensington. A disused Post Office was rented in 1956 to house the Atomic Energy
1966	64 Gray's Inn Road London. WC1X 8NG Geochemical Division from Young Street moved there over the period 1968–71
1967–1981	5 Princes Gate. Housed the London–based field units, the Drawing Office, the Geophysics Unit and, for a time, the Overseas Division.
1969	Gorst Road. Stores/workshops. Gorst Road was acquired because the development of the Engineering Geology Unit had forced the evacuation of 'The Tank' in 1969 to make way for laboratories.
	Bashley Road Acton. Stores/workshops
1970–1976	199 Knightsbridge. Mineral Assessment Unit, which had started in Princes Gate but had rapidly outgrown available space there, was installed in a conventional office block at 199 Knightsbridge, opposite the Cavalry Barracks. 1976 moved to Keyworth
1973	154 Clerkenwell Road, London EC1R 5DU. Geochemical Division had outgrown the Grays Inn Road building and had expanded into a converted warehouse at 154 Clerkenwell Road, where it was joined by the Overseas Division in 1974.
1985	Geological Museum passes to the Natural History Museum

Keyworth

1976–

First occupancy of the Keyworth site

Edinburgh

????	Industrial Museum Scotland — later renamed the Museum of Science and Art — in Edinburgh Temporary store for maps and specimens.
1867–1869	Argyle Square. In 1867.the Geological Survey in Scotland was given a separate identity and a headquarters was established in the Museum, in Argyle Square.
1869–1879	The Survey moved to No. 1 India Buildings, Victoria Street where it remained until 1879 when it moved to the Sheriff Court Building across the road.
1879–1906, 1921–1928	Moved to the Sheriff Court Buildings (across the road from the India Buildings).
1906–1928	33 George Square – some staff moved back to Sheriff's Court in the 1921–1928.
1928–????	"Southpark" 19 Grange Terrace, Edinburgh EH9 3LF.
1967–1975	5 South Oswald Road – Geomagnetism Unit and the Global Seismology Unit.
1969–1976	Government Training Centre Granton – Continental Shelf Unit.
????–1977	Buccleuch Place, University of Edinburgh BGS Computer Unit.
	Peffermill Road, Loanhead. Offshore engineering and overflow of Library collection.
1973–1975	13 Braefoot Terrace and later overflow accommodation at 9 South St David's Street – Marine Geophysics Unit.
1976	Murchison House, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3LA.
	Eskdalemuir Observatory, Langholm DG13 0QW.
	The Lyell Centre Research Avenue South Edinburgh EH14 4AP.

Newcastle upon Tyne

1921–1959	33 Eskdale Terrace Newcastle–upon–Tyne. Housed in a terraced house at 33 Eskdale Terrace, close to the University. Closed 1959.
1981–????	Newcastle–upon–Tyne Windsor Court, Windsor Terrace, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE2 4HE

Aberystwyth

1981–1994

Aberystwyth Bryn Eithyn Hall, Llanfarian, Aberystwyth, Dyfed. SY23 4BY

Whitehaven

1921–1927

Whitehaven

York

1929–1938

York " rooms over the 'Labour Exchange' at 14A Parliament Street and moving in 1935 to St Marys, a terrace house where one of the staff, Edwards, inhabited the old basement kitchen."

Manchester

1921–1959

Manchester Had three locations: 21 Albion Street, Gaythorne, over the Customs and Excise Office, it moved first to 250 Oxford Road and finally to 102 High Street.

Exeter

1968	Exeter St. Just, First in a building owned by the University at Hoopern House. Housed the Southwestern Field Unit
1979	Exeter Office moved to 30 Pennsylvania Road, Exeter EX4 6BX

Leeds

1959–1984	Leeds, Halton. Closed June 1984. To be a central 'regional' office to house the three field units then covering the north of England and a nucleus of palaeontological, petrological and photographic staff to service them.
????	Leeds Kippax Store

Cardiff

????	Cardiff Columbus House, Greemeadow Springs, Tongwynlais Cardiff CF15 7NE
2016	Cardiff. School of Earth and Environmental Sciences in Cardiff University’s Main Building

Wallingford

????	Wallingford Maclean Building Crowmarsh Gifford Wallingford Oxfordshire OX10 8BB

Eskdalemuir

????–

Eskdalemuir Observatory – shared with Met Office

Hartland

????–

Magnetic Observatory, Hartland, Bideford, Devon EX39 6BH

Lerwick

The Observatory, Lerwick, Shetland ZE1 0RR

Ireland

	Museum of Economic Geology in St Stephens Green East,
1870	The Survey moved to an independent office at No. 14 Hume Street in 1870 where it remained, unchanged for 114 years.
1984	Ballsbridge
	Geological Survey of Northern Ireland, Colby House, Stranmillis Court, Belfast BT9 5BF
	Geological Survey of Northern Ireland Dundonald House, Upper Newtonards Road, Belfast BT4 3SB