SGG - Visit to Cleeve Abbey and Dunster
2025-10-09
As part of the building stones survey, these are the second and third locations that SGG is documenting for English Heritage.

Sidmouth Science Festival
2025-10-11
Several events as part of Sidmouth Science Week

GEOFFEST
2025-10-18 10:00 - 15:00 (Europe/London) | United Church, 29 South St, Dorchester, DT1 1BY, United Kingdom
For details see here
SGG will be exhibiting.

Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society Field Trip to Ham Hill
2025-11-01 10:00 - 17:00 | Private: Ham Hill, Stoke Sub Hamdon, TA14 6RW, United Kingdom
Details are here

DGAG Building Stone Field Trip - Blandford Forum
2025-11-15 10:45 - 13:45 | ST Peter’s annd St Paul’s Church
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 will be issued to those wishing to join this great trip.
Leaders: Kelvin Huff, Sheila Alderman, John Scott
Time: 10:45 am start. 13:45 pm approx. finish
Meet location: St Peter’s and St Paul’s Church at 10:45 am. ST 885 062 ///recent.typical.relegate.
Car Parks: Stour Meadows car park is free (behind Brewery), short walk to meet location above.
Closest Car Park, Marsh and Ham Car Park £2:40 or £3:70 for 3 or 4 hours respectively. Toilets are located here.

Entry Cost: Fieldtrip free to DGAG members. Parking fee options as above.
Booking: email Jonathan Stiby at fieldtrips@dorsetgeologistsassociation.org

Local Geological Site Clearance - Shepton Mallet
2026-01-06 11:00 - 14:00
An existing LGS (there are 232 in Somerset) is being cleared for better exposure with assistance by Somerset Council

The Ussher Society - Geoscience in South-West England 63rd Annual Conference
2026-01-08 - 2026-01-10
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 (who are attending).

Bath Geological Society - Zoom Meeting on "The Complex Geology of the Somerset Coalfield"
2026-01-08 19:30 - 20:30 | Zoom
Talk by Andy Gordon, SGG, at the request of Bath Geological Society.

OUGS WESSEX FIELD TRIP to the West Compton/ Shepton Mallet area of Somerset in the vicinity of the Mendip Hills.
2026-02-27 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 unconformity against it, a large fault behind displaces them. There is a walk up a thrust faulted hill which gives very good views of the area.
Some of the walk is on private land which our leader has permission to use with the group. Total distance is 1.5 miles mainly level except the gentle slope up the hill
Our leader Stephen Thompson is a volunteer at the Mendip Earth Science Centre and has lived in the area for many years that has given him insight into the local geology. He will show us samples of the different rock types he has found in the area including “potato stones/ Bristol diamonds”.
If you wish to attend, please contact:
Sheila Alderman OUGS Wessex.
alderman.sm@gmail.com
