As many members will know, Haydon Bailey of the Hertfordshire Geological Society (HGS) has given several talks to WGCG over the years, so when he reached out to WGCG to assist in planning a weekend field trip to Warwickshire we were keen to assist. After discussing several options forwarded by WGCG, HGS decided that a …
The problem with inland exposures is they require regular maintenance otherwise they become quickly overgrown and lost. This LGS exposure along the Kenilworth greenway is an importnat outcrop of Early Permian Kenilworth sandstone which we plan to use for field excursions during 2024.
by Jane Allum Towards the end of the Palaeozoic (c.290m years ago), the north south trending Severn Basin began to form between what is now the Malverns, the Birmingham area and the Gloucestershire Oxfordshire border. Subsidence of the basin continued as sediments were deposited through the Triassic and early Jurassic. At that time the UK …
Despite a very gloomy weather forecast, a full party of 16 turned up at the museum for this public engagement event. We were very fortunate that the weather stayed dry for our building stones trip. This trip took a different and shorter tour than the tour in June, finishing with a guided tour of the …
The GFYS monthly circulation was initiated by the Geologists Association (GA) during the Covid lockdown period when normal activities were suspended. This has proved very popular and highlights the large amount of diverse geoscience material available on the internet. With the return of field trips and meetings the GA decided to cease circulating the GFYS …
Members of the public are invited to come and talk with WGCG geologist Gareth Jenkins at a drop in session at the museum. Gareth will have a number of local samples available and participants will be invited to bring along their samples which they wish know more about.
The AGM is a members only event held in Kenilworth and will not be available online.
Condition surveys have been undertaken at Waverley Wood Farm SSSI and Harbury Quarries SSSI in partnership with The Geology Trusts. The purpose of the visits are to determine the current condition of selected SSSI for Natural England. Waveley Wood Farm (naturalengland.org.uk) SSSI is located in Bubbenhall Wood and was visited on the 6th September by …
This excursion examines two sites offering perhaps the best exposures of the late Carboniferous Red-Beds of the “Warwickshire Group” currently available in the north of the county. They are located on opposite sides of the Warwickshire Coalfield (an uplifted area known as the Coventry Horst) and both display outcrops of current-bedded sandstone delivered by large …
On Saturday 30th September Kathrin Schütrumpf and Ray Pratt held a “Ask a Geologist” session at Warwick museum from 10:30 to 12:30. This event, a suggestion from Julie Harrald, was months in the planning and well advertised by the Museum. The museum set us up with a table on the ground floor where we laid …