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  • May 13 @ 10:00 am

    WGCG Visit to Bardon Quarry, Leicestershire

    A visit is being arranged to Bardon Quarry in Charnwood, Leicestershire on Tuesday 13th May. There will be just 13 places on this trip as it is to an active hard rock quarry on a working day...

  • May 17 @ 10:00 am - May 18 @ 5:00 pm

    Cotswold Scarp Field Trip (Hawkesbury – Stroud) – Dr Nick Chidlaw

    In May 2023 (13th and 14th) we ran a Cotswold scarp 2-day field trip comprising 2 linear walks in the southern Cotswolds between the city of Bath and the village of Hawkesbury Upton. Some attendees on...

  • May 17 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

    Kenilworth Castle quarry – Geoconservation Work

    WGCG plan to carry out some much-needed conservation work at Kenilworth Castle Quarryon the afternoon of Saturday 17th May.  We need all the help you can offer – more handsma...

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WGCG has popular winter evening geology talks & summer field visits. We survey LGS & SSSI sites and run Holloway Awards.

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We aim to raise awareness of, and conserve, local rock exposures.
• Come on a local geology walk
• Join a geo talk • See: Events

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Members enjoy guided summer evening local geo field walks.
WGCG members survey over 80 ‘Local Geological Sites’ (LGS) in Warwickshire. Find out more …

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Our guided and led visits, evening or full-day, are to local or regional geologically interesting places.
Further afield, we enjoy residential UK weekend field visits. See Events & Past Events.

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Local Geological Sites (LGS)

Warwickshire’s Local Geological Sites (LGS) are important. They underpin and complement Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) – also called Triple-SI.

WGCG surveys and reports on the over 80 LGS and 20 SSSI sites in Warwickshire.

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Brandon Geo Wall

The Geology Wall at Brandon Marsh is a great way to see more than 600 million years of local geology in a one place in a few minutes.

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Brandon Geo Wall

Million years of the Earth’s history is preserved in the rocks of Warwickshire and displayed in the Brandon Wall with information boards to explain everything.

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Last Updated on 21 Jan 2025