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 2023

  • 1 April (1 event)
    Field Visit: Wroxeter Roman City

    Field Visit: Wroxeter Roman City   10.30 - 4.30

    Saturday 1 April (Field Visit): Wroxeter Roman City. Led by David Pannett (Shropshire Geological Society). Meet in the car park at Wroxeter Roman City, near Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY5 6PJ, (GR: SJ 565087, from the Black Country, follow the old A5 Watling Street), for 10.30.  We will look at the building stones used within the city, where they came from and what happened to them after the city was abandoned.  Lunch break in Atcham, followed by afternoon visits to local churches and Acton Burnell.  There is an entrance fee for Wroxeter Roman City (an English Heritage site). Bring a packed lunch and comfortable footwear. Aim to finish around 4.30.

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  • 17 April (1 event)
    The Newt Route

    The Newt Route   7.30 -

    Monday 17 April (Indoor Meeting): N.B. Change of Subject and Speaker. Speaker: Courteney Smith (Assistant Nature Reserve Warden). The speaker will talk about a new nature trail linking Barrow Hill, Fens Pools and Baggeridge Country Parks, to be called the 'Newt Route' as it is centred around the conservation of amphibian wetlands.

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  • 20 May (1 event)
    Field Visit: Little Doward and Arthur's Cave

    Field Visit: Little Doward and Arthur's Cave   10.30 - 11.30

    Saturday 20 May (Field Visit): Little Doward and Arthur's Cave. Led by Jim Handley (EHT Champion for the Dowards and Arthur's Cave). Meet for a 10.30 start in the car park near the Doward Campsite between Little and Great Doward (GR: SO 547157, Lat. 51.837872, Long. -2.6579189). Do not rely on the post code for this site. Follow the instructions from the A40 detailed here by Jim: Travelling south from Ross or Hereford, turn left off the A40 at the turning for Symonds Yat West and follow the brown signs to the Doward Campsite. In detail: having turned off the A40 at Whitchurch, turn right immediately at the small roundabout. In 250 yards go left (not over the bridge). In about a mile at Crockers Ash turn left between houses. Follow the single track road with passing places for about a mile and a half. Where the road turns sharp left, go right onto a rough track past Doward Campsite entrance. Parking in 150 yards.

    The walk will visit the Carboniferous Lordswood Quarry, and an excellent case study can be found here: https://deeptime.voyage/resources/lordswood/. We will view the Wye Gorge and think about its formation, visit a tufa covered cliff and a limestone pavement made up of a reef of colonial corals. We will also see some local heritage and spectacular scenery. The route is about 4 miles long on good tracks and paths, with some rough and inclined sections, but the gradients involved are not steep. Wear stout footwear and bring a packed lunch. Finish around 4.00.
    Click here for a Google map of the location.



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