Programme of Events
The Black Country Geological Society’s indoor meetings are now held at The Lamp Tavern. The room is on the top floor and there is a lift. The address of The Lamp Tavern is 16 High Street, Dudley, DY1 1QT.
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 17 June 2025.
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 June–July 2025
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7 June (1 event)
Field Weekend -Yorkshire Museum of Natural History & Biddulph Grange Geological Gallery and Gardens. Field Weekend -Yorkshire Museum of Natural History & Biddulph Grange Geological Gallery and Gardens. -
This trip involves an overnight stay.
Those who have registered will have received details from Andy. If you are not registered but If
you are still interested, please contact Andy: fieldsecretary@bcgs.info
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6 July (1 event)
50th Anniversary Celebration Weekend 50th Anniversary Celebration Weekend 10.00 - 4.30
Sunday 6 July 10.00 – 4.30
BCGS 50th Anniversary Field ExcursionThe second day of our celebration weekend will recreate parts of the first BCGS field trip as far as we can. The first two trips provided a basic introduction to Black Country geology in roughly stratigraphic order. This trip will include: Lickey Hills and Rubery Cutting, Wren's Nest NNR, Saltwells NNR, and Portway Hill (Blue Rock Quarry), Rowley. Led by Malcolm Coghill (Lickey Hills Geo-Champions, Graham Worton and Andy Harrison (BCGS).
Meet at the Lickey Hills Country Park Visitor Centre, Warren Lane, Birmingham B45 8ER for a 10.00 o'clock start. Park in the public car park uphill a bit beyond the VC: GR: SO 9986 7537. Wear strong shoes or boots and appropriate outdoor clothes. We will begin with an introduction to the day and take a look at the oldest (Ordovician) rocks in the Birmingham/Black Country stratigraphic sequence.
Proceed (by car) to Wren's Nest NNR. Park in Fossil View, off Wren's Hill Road (GR: SO 937 922). We will look at the mid-Silurian Wenlock limestone with an opportunity for some fossil hunting.
Continuing on to Saltwells NNR for lunch we park and meet in the Nature Reserve car park on Saltwells Lane, DY2 0AP (GR: SO 934 869). Lunch at the Saltwells Inn or bring your own. After lunch we will look at the Coal Measures sedimentation in Doulton's Clay Pit.
The excursion will finish at the Wildlife Trust's Blue Rock Quarry site on Portway Hill, Rowley. Park in St. Brades Close, off Tower Road, nearest PC: B69 1NH, GR: SO 975 893. Here we will look at the Carboniferous dolerite intrusions and summarise the day's excursion. We will aim to finish about 4.30.
Click here for a Google map for Lickey Hills Visitor Centre. New tab
Click here for a Google map for Wren's Nest. New tab
Click here for a Google map for Saltwells. New tab
Click here for a Google map for Blue Rock Quarry, Rowley. New tab
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