Programme of Events

Due to Council cuts, the Black Country Geological Society’s indoor meetings will no longer be held at the Abbey Room at the Dudley Archives. Our meetings will be held at The Lamp Tavern. The room is on the top floor and there is a lift.

Unless otherwise stated, the indoor and Zoom meetings will normally open at 7.30 and lectures commence at 8.00.

Those wishing to attend field or geoconservation meetings please contact our Field Secretary (email address on the Contacts page).

Any non-members wishing to attend our virtual meetings should contact our Meetings Secretary for instructions (email address on the Contacts page).

Other contact details are also available on our Contact us page.

Updated 12 Octoberber 2024.

Members please check your email for any last minute changes.

Recordings of some of our virtual talks can be found on our YouTube channel.

Events in December 2024–January 2025

  • 14 December (1 event)
    Geoconservation day at Portway Hill, Rowley

    Geoconservation day at Portway Hill, Rowley   10.00 - 2.30

    With the Friends of Rowley Hills and the B&BC Wildlife Trust. To work at the dolerite exposure in the former quarry

    Meet at St Brades Close, off Tower Road for 10.00 (Grid ref: SO974893, nearest PC: B69 1NH). Directions: from Birmingham New Road (A4123) Turn left on to Tower Road if coming from Birmingham, right if coming from Wolverhampton. Just after Bury Hill Park, turn left onto St Brades Close. Wear old clothes, waterproofs and strong footwear. Please bring gloves. Tools provided, or bring your own. Bring a packed lunch, hot drinks provided. Finish around 2.30.

    Click here for a Google map of the location.



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  • 16 December (1 event)
    Members' Evening and Christmas Social.

    Members' Evening and Christmas Social.   7.00 -

    This is our annual chance for members to share their geological experiences in a
    friendly atmosphere with a Christmas buffet provided by the Society.

    Contributions are needed from members!

    We need a few members to volunteer to do a short presentation - on any topic with geological connections; or perhaps bring some of your specimens for admiration, discussion and identification.

    Don't hesitate to get in touch with Mark Jeffs if you can contribute to this event, whose email can be found on the Contact Us page

    Click here for a Google map of the location.



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  • 20 January (1 event)
    Revealing the Geology of the Lickey Hills - The Continuing Importance of the Amateur Geologist

    Revealing the Geology of the Lickey Hills - The Continuing Importance of the Amateur Geologist   7.30 -

    Speaker: Alan Richardson (BCGS, OUGS and Lickey Hills Geo-Champions).
    To the south of Birmingham, an inlier of Ordovician quartzite rises through the cover of Carboniferous and Permo-Triassic rocks to form a prominent north-south ridge. Several disused quarries offer snapshots of the geology, but in spite of its proximity to Birmingham, and the work of many prominent academic geologists, the hills have held on to many of their secrets.  In the last decade, the work of local conservation volunteers has been revealing previously unrecognised clues to the geological history of the area.  This talk will describe the geological and historical contexts and explain how the new discoveries are being interpreted.
    Click here for a Google map of the location.



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