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  • North Woodloes Quarry – Geoconservation Work

    Help us preserve a stunning exposure of the Helsby Sandstone Formation. This hands-on event focuses on maintaining the clarity of the rock face by removing encroaching saplings and clearing moss to reveal the geological detail beneath. Access & Arrival: Warwickshire Gold Club Greenkeepers Compound: We have permission to park at the Greenkeepers compound (///keep.stored.coasting) but ...

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  • Blackford Hill, Henley-in-Arden – Geoconservation Work

    We’re organising a mid‑week conservation trip to Henley‑in‑Arden to help preserve a beautiful exposure of the Arden Sandstone Formation. Students from the University of Birmingham have kindly volunteered to assist with the heavier tasks (mainly soil removal and wheelbarrowing), but we’re still looking for additional volunteers to help carefully clean and uncover the rock face. ...

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  • WGCG: Ask a Geologist

    Market Hall Museum Market Hall Museum, Market Pl, Warwick,, United Kingdom

    The 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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  • Gibbets Hill – Geoconservation Work

    Geoconservation work at the former Gibbet Hill Middle Quarry LoGS 22 to uncover the Gibbet Hill Congolmerate of the Kenilworth Sandstone Formation. Instructions:Park on a university road off Gibbett Hill Road W3W is ///pool.fortunate.thank. The first exposure is on the other side of side of Gibbett Hill Road W3W ///losses.jumpy.safety. Trip to be lead by ...

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  • Mineralisation of the Malvern Hills – Adrian Wyatt

    On walking or driving through Malvern town the visitor will find it hard not to notice the many drab, grey boundary walls and house frontages made of a jumble of angular blocks of rock, each block cemented in place with lime mortar. These rocks were sold by many local quarries and were described as ‘Malvern ...

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  • Kenilworth Cutting – Geoconservation Work

    Geoconservation work at Kenilworth Cutting (Coventry Road) LoGS 97 to uncover an impressive outcrop of the Kenilworth Sandstone Formation. Instructions:Meet at the bridge across the Coventry Road W3W ///metro.backed.eagle at 10am and we will walk along the Freeway. Lead by Jane Allum.  Please bring secateurs, trowels, spade, wire brush if possible. If you wish to ...

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  • Geoconservation – Dr Colin Prosser

    In 1949, Great Britain became the first place to enact national legislation with the explicit aim of conserving important geological sites and features and has been a leader in geoconservation ever since.  The profile of, and resources available for geoconservation, have, however, always lagged well behind those afforded to the conservation of wildlife.  Despite this, ...

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  • The Geology of Shropshire – Martin Whiteley

    The Geology of Shropshire presented by Martin Whiteley. More details to follow. Please note that this will be a Zoom only event. Register in advance to attend virtually:https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Os2Uk9kjR6ycXftvk69QWA

  • Evening Field Meeting at SSSI Guys Cliffe – Stuart Burley

    We will explore the spectacular Guy’s Cliffe exposures of the Helsby Sandstone on the banks of the river Avon, recently conserved by the Friends of Guys Cliffe volunteers. The Helsby Sandstone, (formally the Warwick, or Bromsgrove Sandstone), exhibits outstanding examples of cross-bedding giving participants the opportunity to unravel the type and size of the rivers ...

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