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 12 October 2026.

Members please check your email for any last minute changes.

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

Wren’s Nest Mid-week Geoconservation Days
The dates below on Tuesdays and Wednesdays in November and December have been sent to Andy by Wren’s Nest Senior Warden Ian Beech. These are sessions when BCGS members are invited to take part in geoconservation work at the Wren’s Nest. This is a new venture to try and get around the problem of warden availability at the weekends. Please just turn up if you are available at any of these times.
Directed by the reserve wardens. Meet at 9.30 at the wardens’ office, at the end of Fossil View (the road into the new housing estate, site of the former Mons Hill College). (GR: SO 93699 92118). Park along Fossil View. The day will involve scrub clearance. Bring gloves, stout footwear and a packed lunch. Wardens will provide tools, hard hats if necessary and a hot drink. Finish around 2.30.
Click here for a Google map for the wardens’ house at the Wren’s Nest.

Events in October–November 2026

  • 19 October
    'The Ediacaran Biota of Charnwood Forest: the behind the scenes story'.

    'The Ediacaran Biota of Charnwood Forest: the behind the scenes story'.   8.00 -

    Monday 19 October (Indoor Meeting): 'The Ediacaran Biota of Charnwood Forest: the behind the scenes story'. Speaker: Dr. Mike Howe (Chief Curator and Head of the National Geological Repository at the British Geological Survey). There are several speakers talking on the results of the work and the implications for the origins of multicellular organisms, but I believe that original discovery of the fossils around 1849 and their subsequent erroneous discrediting, plus the pivotal role played by a local society – Section C, LLPS (Leicester Literary & Philosophical Society) – in reinvigorating Ediacaran research in the UK, makes an equally interesting story.
    Click here for a Google map for The Lamp Tavern.



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  • 16 November
    'Bringing Forward the Past: Black Country Geology, Past, Present and Future' - Part 2

    'Bringing Forward the Past: Black Country Geology, Past, Present and Future' - Part 2   8.00 -

    Monday 16 November (Indoor Meeting): 'Bringing Forward the Past: Black Country Geology, Past, Present and Future' - Part 2'. Speaker: Graham Worton (BCGS Chair and Keeper of Geology for Dudley). This talk will complete Graham's fascinating insight into the Geology of the Black Country. Part 1 was delivered to the Society on 19 January under the title: 'Geological Knowledge and the Geology of the Black Country up to 1900'. If you missed it, or want to refresh you memory before Part 2, it is available on our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76Pi2HbQU-c
    Click here for a Google map for The Lamp Tavern.



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