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 June–July 2024

  • 8 June (1 event)
    Field Meeting to the BGS open day at Keyworth

    Field Meeting to the BGS open day at Keyworth    -

    Saturday 8 June (Field Meeting): BGS open Day at Keyworth. We are planning to attend this event as a BCGS outing. Details TBC. Please let the Field Secretary know ASAP, and no later than Saturday 20 April whether you would like to attend. Entry is free, but we need to organise tickets.



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  • 3 July (1 event)
    Evening Field Meeting, Glacial Boulder Trail 2 'Around Bournville and Cotteridge Park'

    Evening Field Meeting, Glacial Boulder Trail 2 'Around Bournville and Cotteridge Park'   6.30 - 8.30

    Wednesday 3 July (Evening Field Meeting): Glacial Boulder Trail 2 'Around Bournville and Cotteridge Park'. Led by Julie Schroder. Joint meeting with Geological Society, WMRG. Meet at 6.30 on Bournville Lane, Birmingham, outside Bournville Station, SP050811. Parking available on Bournville Lane west of the railway. Learn how Louis Barrow, Cadbury's chief engineer in the early 20th century, saved numerous glacial erratic boulders found during excavation of the factory site, and created Birmingham's finest and most comprehensive collection of erratics from the Arenig Mountains in Wales. Finish around 8.30. Possible pub social afterwards (but not in 'dry' Bournville!).

    Click here for a Google map of the location.



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