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.
Event
Kenilworth Cutting Field Visit – Ray Pratt
Ray Pratt will lead a field outing, around the Kenilworth area, visiting 3 sites exposing early Permian rocks, each of which is designated as a Local Geological Site (LGS). We plan to start at 11:00 hrs with an examination of the recently cleared exposure at Kenilworth Cutting on Kenilworth Greenway (LGS 97). Here we will …
Rugby cement plant & quarry
Details to follow
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.
Ask a Geologist
Members of the public are invited to come and engage with WGCG geologists to discuss anything geologically of interest to them. We will have a number of samples and teaching material availabl. Visitors are encouraged to bring along any samples they wish to discuss.
Ask a Geologist
WGCG will hold a stall within Warwick Museum for the general public to come along and chat with a geologist. We will have a number of specimens and slides available from the WGCG collection. Visitors are encouraged to bring along a sample or two they have collected and would like to discuss. Supported by wherecanwego.com & …
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.
Minerals, Rocks & Fossils Workshop-‘Identifying Specimens’
10:00 – 11:00 Introductionary presentations on the petrology and classifications of each of the major groups 11:30 – 15:00 rotating sessions of practical hands on specimen inspection and identification. There will be 5 tables each exhibiting one of the following; Fossils, Minerals, Igneous rocks, Sedimentary rocks or Metamorphic rocks. The WGCG specimen collection will be …
Ask a Geologist – Warwick Museum
WGCG held its second “Ask a Geologist” event at Warwick Museum on Saturday 16th December 2023. Members of the public were able to engage with geologists Gareth Jenkins and Joe Mazgajczyk on local geology, their own samples or WGCG specimens on display. This is to be a quarterly event with the next session to be …
Oct 14th Earth Science Week – Geo-conservation at Kenilworth Cutting
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.