Events from May 25, 2024 – September 25, 2025 – Appreciating, conserving and promoting Somerset's diverse geology https://somersetgeology.org.uk Somerset Geology Group Wed, 19 Aug 2026 08:51:49 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://somersetgeology.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/SGG-Logo-150x150.jpg Events from May 25, 2024 – September 25, 2025 – Appreciating, conserving and promoting Somerset's diverse geology https://somersetgeology.org.uk 32 32 Geological Walk: Eastern Mendips near Frome https://somersetgeology.org.uk/event/geological-walk-eastern-mendips-near-frome/ Wed, 16 Sep 2026 23:00:00 +0000 https://somersetgeology.org.uk/?post_type=tribe_events&p=7224 Sept 2026 Nunney and Vallis Vale advert

]]> Mendip Rocks Festival October 2026 https://somersetgeology.org.uk/event/mendip-rocks-festival-october-2026/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 17:30:00 +0000 https://somersetgeology.org.uk/?post_type=tribe_events&p=7351

Tickets can be booked at https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/mendip-rocks-2026-4839691

]]> Somerset Geology Group – Annual Meeting https://somersetgeology.org.uk/event/somerset-geology-group-annual-meeting/ Mon, 05 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://somersetgeology.org.uk/?post_type=tribe_events&p=6808 Continue reading Somerset Geology Group – Annual Meeting]]> All are welcome to attend – just email us at somersetgeology@gmail.com to let us know you are coming and if you want to attend the quarry – places on the quarry visit are limited and will be reserved on a first-come first-served basis.

Please bring a packed lunch.

Agenda:

1000 – Arrive and refreshments

1015 – Welcome and programme for day – Garry Dawson

1030 – SESC Activity – Adel Avery

1100 – SGG’s year and future

1115 – Break

1130 – Ham Hill – Geoff Rowland

1215 – Building stone survey, town trails and EH work

1230 – Lunch

1330 – Field Trip – New andesite quarry exposure 

1500 – Finish

]]> International Geodiversity Day https://somersetgeology.org.uk/event/international-geodiversity-day-3/ Mon, 05 Oct 2026 23:00:00 +0000 https://somersetgeology.org.uk/?post_type=tribe_events&p=6817 Mendip Rocks! Festival – Talk / Field Trip on “Digging Deep: Discovering the Mendip Coalfields” https://somersetgeology.org.uk/event/mendip-rocks-festival-talk-field-trip-on-the-complex-geology-of-the-somerset-coalfield-date-tbc/ Tue, 06 Oct 2026 10:00:00 +0000 https://somersetgeology.org.uk/?post_type=tribe_events&p=6812 Continue reading Mendip Rocks! Festival – Talk / Field Trip on “Digging Deep: Discovering the Mendip Coalfields”]]> The talk – by Andy Gordon of SGG –  will cover an overview of Somerset’s geology, the fossils, history and geology of the Somerset coalfield. The field trip will be an opportunity to look for fossil plants.

Tickets can be booked here

 

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