Appreciating, conserving and promoting Somerset's diverse geology

OUGS Wessex - Field Trip Moon's Hill Quarry, Somerset
2025-09-10
Moon’s Quarry is a SSSI in Somerset. Tour to include working faces in the recently enlarged Stoke Quarry, which extracts Andesite.
For further details: Moon’s Hill Quarry, Somerset

Tropical reefs, deserts and ice ages: The deep-time (geo)heritage of the English Riviera UNESCO Global Geopark (on YouTube!)
2025-09-06 14:00 - 17:00 (Europe/London) | Torquay Museum, 529 Babbacombe Road, Torquay, TQ1 1HG, United Kingdom
There is a trailer for a new mini-series on the English Riviera UNESCO Global Geopark, which has just gone live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-_AAZj1TDY
..and there is also a free public event on Saturday 6th September at 2pm at Torquay Museum (see attached flyer!) where we’ll be premiering the first episode of the series and the museum will be offering guests a behind-the-scenes private tour of the museum stores!
Event link: https://torquaymuseum.org/events/view/special-event-tropical-reefs-deserts-and-ice-ages-the-deep-time-geoheritage-of-the-english-riviera-unesco-geopark

Wessex OUGS Field Trip
2025-07-27
Dryhill Quarry, Sevenoaks Field Trip.
This is an introduction (or refresher) to geological mapping, and will be led by Dr Simon Drake, a former associate lecturer at Birkbeck, University of London.

Yeovil Super Saturday
2025-07-05
The Yeovil Town Trail will be officially launched.
Thanks to Yeovil Town Council for supporting the publishing costs of “Yeovil in Stone”.

Survey of the Use of Traditional Building Stones in Somerset - Maperton, Holton, Horsington,North and South Cheriton
2025-06-26
Traditional Building Stone Research – Historic environment services

Earth Science Week 2024
2024-10-13 00:00 - 2024-10-19 23:59

International Geodiversity Day
2024-10-06 00:00 - 23:59

OUGS Symposium 2024, Bath Spa University
2024-08-16 08:00 - 2024-08-18 17:00

GeoWeek 2024
2024-05-25 00:00 - 2024-06-02 23:59
GeoWeek is an established initiative that seeks to introduce geoscience to as many members of the public as possible.
If you want to learn more about the history of our planet, and learn how understanding how the Earth works helps us all live on the planet sustainably, get involved with GeoWeek activities – outdoor, indoor or virtual – taking place across the UK between 25 May and 2 June 2024.
GeoWeek Launch Event: Earth Science for Everyone!
GeoWeek 2024 will launch at an online event on Thursday 23 May. Details to follow.
