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Aughton and Ormskirk

Geology

Status:Active, open to new members
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When: Monthly on Friday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
3rd Friday, except July and August
Venue: Scout & Guide HQ

Are you curious about the planet we live on, how it has evolved, how we exploit it and how it affects our lives? If you have an interest in the subject, come and join us. You don’t need to be already knowledgeable.

Next meeting

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19th June 2026
2:00 pm
General
North Cumbria, an account of the geology and industrial history of the Cumberland Coalfield
North Cumbria, an account of the geology and industrial history of the Cumberland Coalfield  that covers an area extending about 30 miles from the coast at Whitehaven to Maryport, Aspatria, […]

Previous events

17th April 2026
2:00 pm
General
West Cumbria, An account of the geology and industrial history of the country between Ravenglass in the south and Maryport  in the north.
West Cumbria is known to have produced more than 100 million tons of high grade haematite iron-ore from the limestone strata and lesser quantities from the Eskdale granite and Skiddaw […]
20th March 2026
2:00 pm
General
An account of the geology and history of the South Cumbrian metalliferous mining industry
An account of the geology and history of the metalliferous mining industry of the Carboniferous Limestone country between Kendal and Carnforth in the east and Millom in the west.   […]
20th February 2026
General
Middle East water resources
Around two million years ago, the Jordan valley at the northern end of the East African Rift System, was part of a long embayment of the Mediterranean Sea. A million […]
16th January 2026
2:00 pm
General
History of Mining in Britain From Prehistory to the Early Modern Period
An overview of mining history from the Neolithic (c. 4000 BC) to the Early Modern Period (ending late 18th C).
19th December 2025
2:00 pm
General
Geology Christmas Special
Friday December 19th   - Special performance of "The Furnaces of the Earth"  a DVD about how the creation of new volcanic land at the bottom of the ocean provides the […]
21st November 2025
2:00 pm
General
Geology of Ethiopia  and the Rift Valley
The complex geological history of Ethiopia is represented in three major geological terrains. (i) The Proterozoic basement rocks; (ii) Mesozoic and Cenozoic continental and marine sediments;. (iii) Cenozoic and Tertiary […]
17th October 2025
2:00 pm
Meeting
Geology of Nile Valley and ancient Egypt
A talk by Richard, Details to follow.
19th September 2025
2:00 pm
General
Geology of the Craven inlier
The Craven Inlier is on the southern margin of the Askrigg Block, immediately north of the North Craven Fault.  These ancient roots of the Yorkshire Dales are exposed in Crummack […]
20th June 2025
2:00 pm
Meeting
Application of Geospacial Terrain Analysis in the Ormskirk Area
The surface of the earth is scarred by the events of the past and humans have always tried to to read this "history" in order to better understand their environment. […]