Mendip Rocks is an annual festival that hosts a series of geological events during the autumn in October to celebrate the fascinating 450-million-year history of the Mendip Hills. The festival involves the local community in experiencing our beautiful landscape and understanding the story of the Mendips.       ​Whatever your level of interest, there… Continue reading Mendip Rocks 2025

Celebrating Devon’s World-Class Heritage: Discovery Days This year, the Devonshire Association is ‘Celebrating Devon’s World-Class Heritage’ in a project supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund which aims to raise awareness of our county’s UNESCO designated natural and cultural heritage and the Devonshire Association’s role in promoting that heritage over the past 163 years. See… Continue reading Celebrating the English Riviera UNESCO Global Geopark (Discovery Days)

The theme for this year’s International Geodiversity Day, to be held on Monday 6th October 2025, will be ‘One Earth, Many Stories’. For more information visit International Geodiversity Day

As part of the building stones survey, these are the second and third locations that SGG is documenting for English Heritage.

For details see here SGG will be  exhibiting.

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This trip will introduce the local geology setting and guide you round the variety of stone used in Blandford’s buildings.  There are many fossils visible and we recommend you bring a hand lens.  The trip will be a guided walk round the building stone trail (guide booklet available to buy if you wish). Full details… Continue reading DGAG Building Stone Field Trip – Blandford Forum