Events
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GeoWeek: Walk 600 million years in 20-minutes at the Brandon Marsh GeoWall – Sunday 5 May
Warwickshire Wildlife Trust Brandon March Visitor CentreGeoWeek: Walk 600 million years in 20-minutes at the Brandon Marsh GeoWall. In just a few paces, visitors can walk through time from local volcanic rocks of 600 million years ago to newer limestone of only 145 million years old. Warwickshire’s varied geology tells a good story. It is collected together in the Geology Wall ...
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April 2019 Talk – The Geology of Norway – Senior Citizens Club
The Geology of Norway – Chris Darmon (Chris Darmon – editor ‘Down to Earth’ magazine & proprietor of ‘Geosupplies’) PLEASE NOTE – as it is Easter week, the usual church hall venue is not available, so we will be meeting at Kenilworth Senior Citizens’ Club at the top end of the main road through town, ...
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April 2019 Walk: Warwick Town Walk and Warwick Museum
Warwick Town & Museum (led by Jon Radley) (max.20)
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November 2018 talk: The secret life of your mobile phone: metal supply and digital devices
St Francis of Assisi R C ChurchThe secret life of your mobile phone: metal supply and digital devices. Andrew Bloodworth, Science Director for Minerals and Waste, British Geological Survey [email protected] Up until the mid 20th Century, very few metallic elements in the periodic table had any practical use. Since then, mankind has broadened its pallet of useful metals enormously to take ...
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Sept2018 talk: “Doctors in Geology” by Dr. Albert Benghiat
St Francis of Assisi R C Church“Doctors in Geology” – Dr. Albert Benghiat Gentleman medical personalities from the 19th century history of geology.
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Sept 2018, Visit Residential, Lake District: Borrowdale Volcanics & Ordovician-Silurian boundary rocks, Led by Dr Simon Drake
Lake District, Coniston area Led by Dr Simon Drake, Birkbeck College, London. We will examine the Borrowdale Volcanics and the Ordovician / Silurian boundary rocks and landscape development. Participants will be required to arrange their own accommodation but it is hoped to arrange a group dinner on the Saturday, and possibly the Sunday, evenings. To ...
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July 2018, Visit, Ecton Copper Mine, Led by Ecton Ed. Trust staff
Ecton Copper Mine, Manifold Valley between Hulme End and Wardlow Led by Ecton Educational Trust staff. Ecton mine was formerly the largest copper mine in the world. The visit includes underground and hillside tours and “mining-related” indoor activities. Details for the day & registration form here.
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June 2018: Walk: Wolstonian Clay Pit, led by Brian Ellis & Ian Fenwick
Wolstonian Clay Pit, Burton Hastings Led by Brian Ellis, Ian Fenwick. Quaternary clay deposit. Meet in the car park for a 7.00pm start. It is a clay pit so expect it to be muddy, but there are access roads. Burton Farm lies to the north-east of Bedworth and south of the village of Burton Hastings. ...
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May 2018: Walk: Leamington Building Stones and Geology, Leader John Crossling
Sunday 13th May, Leamington Building Stones and Geology. Start 11.00am from top of The Parade, B4087 junction with Clarendon Ave. Leader John Crossling. Royal Leamington Spa, its geology and building stones This leaflet will guide you on a walk through the centre of Leamington to see the fascinating array of stones that have been used ...
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May 2018, Walk, Kenilworth Cutting & Common
There will be a WGCG evening field outing to Kenilworth Cutting and Common on Wednesday 9th May, led by Ian Fenwick. The trip will start with a visit to the Local Geological Site and then proceed to the Common via the Cutting. We will rendezvous at c. 6.45pm in the Princes Drive Industrial Estate, CV8 ...