Events
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Ask a Geologist – Under Dippy!
To celebrate GeoWeek 2026, the Warwickshire Geological Conservation Group (WGCG) is hosting a special "Ask a Geologist" session. Join us right beneath the tail of Dippy the Diplodocus at the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum in Coventry. WGCG geological experts will be at hand to discuss geology in our everyday lives, geological careers, and geological ...
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WGCG: Ask a Geologist
Market Hall Museum Market Hall Museum, Market Pl, Warwick,, United KingdomThe WGCG shall be holding a special Ask a Geologist session at Market Hall Museum in Warwick. WGCG geological experts will be at hand to discuss geology in our everyday lives, geological careers, and geological science in general. Come along and examine specimens in super detail with our blue tooth microscope. We will have a ...
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WGCG Field Trip to South Shropshire – Led by Dr Martin
This field trip follows on from the WGCG weekend field trip led by Martin Whiteley to the north part of Shropshire in June 2025, when we looked at Precambrian to Silurian rocks. It is not needful for you to have attended last year’s trip in order to come on this trip, which will visit late ...
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Kenilworth Castle Quarry – Geoconservation Work
Details to follow.
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Day Field Meeting: Burton Dasset – Ray Pratt
WGCG & BCGC Field Trip to Burton Dassett. Field trip Leader: Ray Pratt The Burton Dassett Country Park, part of the Cotswolds, is located in Southern Warwickshire just off the M40. This is a popular upland leisure area for walkers and picknickers with good parking and toilet facilities. The park has been created in 1972 ...
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Evening field meeting at Kenilworth Castle Quarry
Evening field meeting at Kenilworth Castle Quarry led by Stuart Burley and Jane Allum. (W3W:///entry.songs.down, Grid Reference SP278 719) For more information, please view the flyer by clicking here Note that access down into the quarry is steep and is not recommended for anyone who isnot confident on their feet. No geological knowledge is necessary ...
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Evening field meeting at Gibbets Hill
Evening field meeting at Kenilworth Castle Quarry led by Stuart Burley and Jane Allum. W3W: larger.waving.ages, SP 305 751 For more information, please view the flyer by clicking here Extreme caution is required when crossing the busy Gibbet Hill Road to access these sites. If you have a high visibility vest or jacket, we recommend it ...
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WGCG Summer Social field walk in Leek Wooton
Evening field meeting at Kenilworth Castle Quarry led by Jane Allum, Stuart Burley, and Ray Pratt This is a gentle summer evening walk along the Millenium Way footpath on the western side of Leek Wooton golf course to visit North Woodloes Quarry, recently cleaned by WGCG Conservation Committee, and to examine exposures in the village ...
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WGCG: Ask a Geologist
Market Hall Museum Market Hall Museum, Market Pl, Warwick,, United KingdomThe WGCG shall be holding a special Ask a Geologist session at Market Hall Museum in Warwick. WGCG geological experts will be at hand to discuss geology in our everyday lives, geological careers, and geological science in general. Come along and examine specimens in super detail with our blue tooth microscope. We will have a ...
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EMGS and WGCG Joint Residential Field Trip – Nick Chidlaw
EMGS: Residential Field Trip: Friday 11th – Sunday13th September 2026 Conducted Jointly with WGCG: Led by Nick Chidlaw‘South Malverns to Cleeve Hill’ Itinerary (provisional): Friday p.m c.2 - 5 p.m.Circular walk viewing Gullet Quarry, along crest of Swinyard Hill, to Hangman’s Hillto see aspects of the late Pre-Cambrian Malverns Complex & Warren House Volcanicsand contrasting ...