Programme of Events

Black Country Geological Society’s indoor meetings will be held during the winter months at the Abbey Room at the Dudley Archives, Tipton Road, Dudley, DY1 4SQ.

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

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 14 April 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 February–March 2023

  • 20 February (1 event)
    'The early Anthropocene: our lifetimes'

    'The early Anthropocene: our lifetimes'   7.30 -

    Monday 20 February (Indoor Meeting): Please note change of talk. 'The early Anthropocene: our lifetimes'. Speaker: Ian Fairchild (Emeritus Professor, University of Birmingham and Chair, H&W EHT). Ian is a member of the Working Group on the Anthropocene, a sub-group of the Subcommission on Quaternary Stratigraphy (part of the International Commission on Stratigraphy). We are grateful to Prof. Fairchild for stepping in at short notice.

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  • 20 March (1 event)
    AGM followed by: Celebrating the Origins of Animal Life: Building a UNESCO Global Geopark in Charnwood Forest, UK

    AGM followed by: Celebrating the Origins of Animal Life: Building a UNESCO Global Geopark in Charnwood Forest, UK   7.00 -

    Monday 20 March (Indoor Meeting, 7.00 for 7.30 start): AGM followed by: 'Celebrating the Origins of Animal Life: Building a UNESCO Global Geopark in Charnwood Forest, UK'. Speaker: Jack Matthews (Geoheritage Conservation and Interpretation Officer for the Charnwood Forest Geopark, UK). Charnwood Forest in Leicestershire is host to some of the oldest animal fossils in the world. This presentation will outline the internationally significant geodiversity of Charnwood Forest - including the outstanding ancient fossils - and the ways it has shaped the landscape, communities, and people of Britain's 'unexpected upland'.

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