Geological Walk: Eastern Mendips near Frome
2026-09-17 | Nunney, Nunney Castle parking at Old Quarry Gardens, Nunney, Somerset, BA11 4NL, United Kingdom
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Mendip Rocks Festival October 2026
2026-10-02 18:30 - 2026-10-24 16:30 (Europe/London) | Somerset Earth Science Centre, Moons Hill Quarry, Radstock, ba35ju
Tickets can be booked at https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/mendip-rocks-2026-4839691

Somerset Geology Group - Annual Meeting
2026-10-05 10:00 - 16:00 | Somerset Earth Science Centre, Moons Hill Quarry, Radstock, ba35ju
All are welcome to attend – just email us at somersetgeology@gmail.com to let us know you are coming and if you want to attend the quarry – places on the quarry visit are limited and will be reserved on a first-come first-served basis.
Please bring a packed lunch.
Agenda:
1000 – Arrive and refreshments
1015 – Welcome and programme for day – Garry Dawson
1030 – SESC Activity – Adel Avery
1100 – SGG’s year and future
1115 – Break
1130 – Ham Hill – Geoff Rowland
1215 – Building stone survey, town trails and EH work
1230 – Lunch
1330 – Field Trip – New andesite quarry exposure
1500 – Finish

International Geodiversity Day
2026-10-06

Mendip Rocks! Festival - Talk / Field Trip on "Digging Deep: Discovering the Mendip Coalfields"
2026-10-06 11:00 - 14:30 | Somerset Earth Science Centre, Moons Hill Quarry, Radstock, ba35ju
The talk – by Andy Gordon of SGG – 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.
Tickets can be booked here
