Name: Mendip Rocks! Festival – Talk / Field Trip on the Complex Geology of the Somerset Coalfield
Start: 2026-10-06T10:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-10-06T17:00:00+01:00
Location: Somerset Earth Science Centre

February 2026
OUGS WESSEX FIELD TRIP to the West Compton/ Shepton Mallet area of Somerset in the vicinity of the Mendip Hills.

February 27 @ 10:30 - 15:00

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.
May 2026
Barnstaple u3a Geology Group – Talk on the Complex Geology of the Somerset Coalfield

May 8 @ 14:00 - 15:30

Fremington Methodist Church Old School Lane, Fremington, Devon, United Kingdom

Talk being given by Andy Gordon, SGG at the kind invitation of David Dickinson, Barnstaple u3a
Somerset Geology Display at Ham Hill Visitor Centre

May 20 - June 8

Ham Hill Stoke Sub Hamdon, United Kingdom

Details to follow
October 2026
Somerset Geology Group – Annual Meeting

October 5 @ 10:00 - 16:00

Somerset Earth Science Centre Moons Hill Quarry, Radstock
International Geodiversity Day

October 6
Mendip Rocks! Festival – Talk / Field Trip on the Complex Geology of the Somerset Coalfield

October 6 @ 10:00 - 17:00

Somerset Earth Science Centre Moons Hill Quarry, Radstock

The talk 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.… Continue reading Mendip Rocks! Festival – Talk / Field Trip on the Complex Geology of the Somerset Coalfield

February 2026

May 2026

October 2026