Name: OUGS WESSEX FIELD TRIP to the West Compton/ Shepton Mallet area of Somerset in the vicinity of the Mendip Hills.
Start: 2026-02-27T10:30:00+00:00
End: 2026-02-27T15:00:00+00:00

January 2026
January 6 @ 11:00 - 14:00

Local Geological Site Clearance – Shepton Mallet

An existing LGS (there are 232 in Somerset) is being cleared for better exposure with assistance by Somerset Council
January 8 - January 10

The Ussher Society – Geoscience in South-West England 63rd Annual Conference

USSHER 63 Exeter Conference Circular_Jan26 Friday agenda item "Open Workshop Discussion – Geosites in SW England Recording, storing and accessing RIGS/CGS/LGS site Information" will be of interest to SGG… Continue reading The Ussher Society – Geoscience in South-West England 63rd Annual Conference
January 8 @ 19:30 - 20:30

Bath Geological Society – Zoom Meeting on “The Complex Geology of the Somerset Coalfield”

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Talk by Andy Gordon, SGG, at the request of Bath Geological Society.
February 2026
February 27 @ 10:30 - 15:00

OUGS WESSEX FIELD TRIP to the West Compton/ Shepton Mallet area of Somerset in the vicinity of the Mendip Hills.

A walk to study the underlying Geology of the area. There is a disused Railway cutting through the Carboniferous Limestone. Each end of the cutting shows the Triassic and Jurassic… Continue reading OUGS WESSEX FIELD TRIP to the West Compton/ Shepton Mallet area of Somerset in the vicinity of the Mendip Hills.