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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • WGCG Visit to Warwickshire Museum’s Jurassic Collection

    Jurassic Monsters Warwickshire Museum's collections include many Jurassic fossils collected from local quarries. These are the remains of long-extinct creatures that lived here between 200 and 170 million years ago. Our tour will focus upon a selection of spectacular fossils and theworld that they inhabited - ichthyosaurs and plesiosaurs, dinosaurs and giant ammonites. The tour ...

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  • Solihull Urban Geology Trail – Ray Pratt

    Solihull Urban Geology trail led by Ray Pratt. Maximum number of participants 20. We will explore the geological materials of Touchstone shopping centre and the Core centre. Time and weather permitting, we will take in a couple of locations in Mell Square opposite. Meeting point: Outside Nat West Bank, High Street, SolihullWhat 3 Words ///swing.artist.same ...

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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

  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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