Urban Geology tour of Warwick
Market Place, Warwick Market Place, Warwick, United KingdomDr John Radley will give a guided tour of historic Warwick town centre looking at the building stones used in its construction. Jon will enlighten participants with his historical snippits of information, which have literally "shaken" the town. This is a popular gentle walk commencing from the museum entrance over a distance of about 1.5 ...
Dawn of the Modern World: Life, Death and Rain in the late Triassic – Mike Simms
In November 1987 two young geologists stumbled upon evidence that the prevailing aridityof the Late Triassic was interrupted, for about a million years, by an interval of greatlyincreased rainfall that appeared synchronous with mass extinction and diversificationevents in both marine and terrestrial environments. This key episode in the evolution oftaxa from dinosaurs to dinoflagellates, coccoliths ...
Ask a Geologist
Market Hall Museum Market Hall Museum, Market Pl, Warwick,, United KingdomKicking off Earth Science Week we shall be holding a special Ask a Geologist session at Warwick Museum. WCG geological experts will be at hand to discuss geology in our everyday lives, geological careers, and geological science in general. Come along and examin specimens in super detail with our blue tooth microscope. We will have ...
Charnwood Forest Field Trip – Nick Chidlaw
Note the date: Nick Chidlaw will lead a field weekend around Charnwood commencing Friday September 20 ending Sunday 22 September 2024. Base likely to be in Loughborough. Details to follow.
Bones and Badlands – Phil Manning
Dinosaurs in some cases were awkwardly large. This led to some incredible adaptations to overcome the challenge of vast size but makes them particularly difficult to excavate and study! Some of the largest dinosaurs were the sauropods, growing up to 37 metres in length…if we are to believe some of the skeletons in museums, which ...
Ask a Geologist
Market Hall Museum Market Hall Museum, Market Pl, Warwick,, United Kingdom'Ask a Geologist' with the Warwickshire Geological Conservation Group at the Market Hall Museum in Warwick is back!!Don't miss your chance to speak to real geologists and view an incredible collection of minerals, rocks and fossils. You can even bring your own rock samples to learn more about them. To view the flyer for this ...
Moorwood Cutting and area near Nuneaton – Mike Allen
A 'Geowalk' from Hartshill Hayes Country Park, via Mancetter (Oldbury) Quarry viewpoint, to Moorwood Cutting (approx. 3km) & return (approx. 2km) unless provision is made to leave car(s) at Moorwood. For more information please read the flyer. To view the flyer for this event please click here
Tardebigge reservoir circular walk (near Bromsgrove) – Mike Allen
Joint field trip with BCGS. Please arrive a little earlier if you wish to attend a picnic beforehand which is to be arranged by Mike Allen (weather dependant). Details to follow.
Warwick Folk Festival – fringe event
Market Place, Warwick Market Place, Warwick, United KingdomWGCG will have a stall in the Market Place by the Museum in Warwick to promote WGCG and Earth Sciences in general to the general public. Members and friends are invited to come along, bringing friends and family to say hello and take a look at some of the exhibits and leaflets we will be ...
Castleton (Peak District) Field Trip – Martin Whiteley
Discounted rates have been agreed at the Bike and Boots inn located in Hope Valley for participants not wishing to arrange their own accommodation. Full details to follow.