Kenilworth Castle Quarry - Geoconservation Work
2026-07-04 10:30 - 13:00 (Europe/London)
Details to follow.

Day Field Meeting: Burton Dasset - Ray Pratt
2026-07-05 10:30 - 14:00
Day field meeting at Burton Dassett which will be a joint field trip with BCGS.

More details to follow.

Evening field meeting at Kenilworth Castle Quarry
2026-07-08 18:00 - 20:00
Evening field meeting at Kenilworth Castle Quarry led by Stuart Burley, Jane Allum and Ray Pratt.

More details to follow.

Evening field meeting at Gibbets Hill
2026-07-15 18:00 - 20:30
More details to follow.

WGCG: Ask a Geologist
2026-09-05 10:30 - 13:30, 2026-12-05 10:30 - 13:30 | Market Hall Museum, Market Hall Museum, Market Pl, Warwick,, CV34 4SA, 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 number of rocks, minerals and fossils on hand to be viewed and discussed, a number of posters, geological references and free brochures of nearby geology trails.

This is a drop in event, no need to book ahead.

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EMGS and WGCG Joint Residential Field Trip - Nick Chidlaw
2026-09-11 14:00 - 2026-09-13 15:30
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 views of the Welsh Borderland and Severn Valley / Cotswold landscapes(subject to weather conditions). (approx. 3-4km.)

Saturday a.m. p.m. (timings t.b.c)Visit two contrasting Severn River cliff exposures in the Severn Valelate Triassic at Garden Cliff, Westbury (approx. 1km.)early Jurassic at Hock Cliff (approx. 2km.)picnic lunch taken en route (details t.b.c.)

Sunday 9:30 a.m. finish about 3:30 p.m.Traverse of Cleeve Hill to examine mid-Jurassic limestones (approx. 3km.)This will involve transferring all participants using some vehicles from our assembly point finish about at the golf clubhouse (north side of hill) to a car park by the radio masts on Cleeve Common(south side of hill)picnic lunch en route with further use of the clubhouse facilities nearby

Participants will be expected to be suitably prepared for whatever weather conditions arise, and sufficiently mobile / fit for the walking involved……mostly on rough tracks and footpaths. In wet conditions Hock Cliff can get very muddy; Garden Cliff and the Malverns less so. Malvern terrain includes some steep sections.

Participants will also be required to make their own travel and accommodation arrangements.

Late Carboniferous - Dr Bernard Besley
2026-09-17 19:15 - 21:00
A talk from Dr Bernard Besley on the Late Carboniferous.

More details to follow.

Venue:St Francis Of Assisi RC Church, 110 Warwick Rd, Kenilworth CV8 1HLhttps://maps.app.goo.gl/9CGWRNdgFfttDKtd7

Geology & Industrial Archaeology of Harlech – Allison Barraclough
2026-10-15 19:15 - 21:00
More details to follow.

Venue:St Francis Of Assisi RC Church, 110 Warwick Rd, Kenilworth CV8 1HLhttps://maps.app.goo.gl/9CGWRNdgFfttDKtd7

Ask a Geologist - Under Dippy!
2026-10-17 10:00 - 16:00
To celebrate Earth Science Week 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 science in general. Come along and examine specimens in super detail with our blue tooth microscope. We will have a number of rocks, minerals and fossils on hand to be viewed and discussed, a number of posters, geological references and free brochures of nearby geology trails.

This is a drop in event, no need to book ahead.

Venue:Herbert Art Gallery & Museumhttps://maps.app.goo.gl/3w57Gv8vonQH8sxT9

Geology of Stonehenge - Peter Worsley
2026-11-19 19:15 - 21:00
A talk on the geology of Stonehenge by Peter Worsley.

More details to follow.

Venue:St Francis Of Assisi RC Church, 110 Warwick Rd, Kenilworth CV8 1HLhttps://maps.app.goo.gl/9CGWRNdgFfttDKtd7
