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 April–May 2024

  • 6 April (1 event)
    Field Meeting to Castleton, Derbyshire looking at the limestones in Cave Dale and the sandstones and landslip on Mam Tor

    Field Meeting to Castleton, Derbyshire looking at the limestones in Cave Dale and the sandstones and landslip on Mam Tor   10.30 - 4.00

    Saturday 6 April (Field Meeting): Castleton, Derbyshire looking at the limestones in Cave Dale and the sandstones and landslip on Mam Tor. Led by Albert Benghiat (Shropshire Geological Society). Meet at 10.30 outside Castleton Visitor Centre, Buxton Road, Castleton, S33 8WN where there are toilets and a large pay and display car park. The morning walk will be around 4km through Cave Dale along good paths but sometimes uneven ground. Please wear suitable clothes and footwear. Some of the sites are quite exposed. Bring a packed lunch. There are pubs in in Castleton for refreshment at the end of the day. Finish around 4.00.
    Click here for a Google map of the location.



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  • 11 May (1 event)
    Field Meeting on the Central Malverns Complexes

    Field Meeting on the Central Malverns Complexes   10.00 - 4.00

    Saturday 11 May (Field Meeting): Central Malverns Complexes. Led by John Moseley (Gloucestershire Conservation Trust). Meet at 10.00 in Upper Tollgate Quarry (also known as Upper Wyche Quarry) which is used as a car park GR: SO7695 4395. This is the more southerly of the Tollgate Quarries. Parking costs £5.50 for the day, but covers all the Malvern Hills car parks if we need to move. Payment is by card only. Bring a packed lunch.

    At the Tollgate quarries we will look at the Upper Silurian and Llandovery/Malvernian unconformity. Here there is a good range of foliated rocks of igneous origins, mainly granitic and dioritic, and evidence of a sheared dyke, and an enigmatic feldspar-hornblende-biotite rock. Here we can open discussion on topics such as metasomatism, and brittle and ductile shearing.  From the Tollgate quarries, we will walk through the Wyche cutting, where there is evidence of mylonites and pseudotachylites. Then there will be a short walk onto Perseverance Hill to observe granitic rocks with gneissose and schistose textures.  From here there are excellent views, and a chance to put the Malvernian in its regional context. 

    After lunch there are various options: a section through Upper Silurian on the west side of the Malverns (quite close to Wyche Cutting) and/or Gullet Quarry for the Llandovery-Malvernian unconformity. Total walking: approx 4km. Aim to finish by 4.00.



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