WHEN
Wednesday, 12 November, 2025 starts at 19:30
WHERE
Crosthwaite Parish Rooms
Main Street
Keswick
CA12 5NN
DETAILS
Jon Merritt (BGS) will give a talk on “Glacial readvances of western Cumbria; their relevance to hydrogeological modelling.”
Q&A: Query regarding record of coal shaft at Egremont
Updated Winter lecture series
Please note the following amendments and additions to the winter lecture series.
November 12th 2025 will now be “Glacial readvances of western Cumbria; their relevance to hydrogeological modelling.” by Jon Merritt (BGS) at Crosthwaite Parish Rooms.
December 10th 2025 will now be “The Windermere Supergroup: what does it tell us about the evolution of Avalonia?” by Emeritus Professor Ben Kneller (Aberdeen University) at Crosthwaite Parish Rooms.
An additional talk is now scheduled for April 22nd 2026 : “Supergene mineralisation in the Lake District – are the Caldbeck Fells a special case?” by Brian Young (Hon. Res. Fellow, Durham University). Crosthwaite Parish Rooms (tbc).
Full details of the winter lecture series are on the Events page.
Event Reminder: The Acadian Orogeny
WHEN
Wednesday, 8 October, 2025 starts at 19:30
WHERE
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84686626847?pwd=wXBNaoaOAGT0pfX7gA13A1eC6eLvpv.1
DETAILS
Dr Nigel Woodcock, Cambridge University, will give a talk on “The Acadian Orogeny – British & Irish slate belts and their relationship to Devonian granite emplacement.”
This meeting will be on Zoom.
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84686626847?pwd=wXBNaoaOAGT0pfX7gA13A1eC6eLvpv.1
Meeting ID: 846 8662 6847
Passcode: 921084
Event Reminder: The Acadian Orogeny
WHEN
Wednesday, 8 October, 2025 starts at 19:30
WHERE
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84686626847?pwd=wXBNaoaOAGT0pfX7gA13A1eC6eLvpv.1
DETAILS
Dr Nigel Woodcock, Cambridge University, will give a talk on “The Acadian Orogeny – British & Irish slate belts and their relationship to Devonian granite emplacement.”
This meeting will be on Zoom.
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84686626847?pwd=wXBNaoaOAGT0pfX7gA13A1eC6eLvpv.1
Meeting ID: 846 8662 6847
Passcode: 921084
Event Reminder: Introduction to the Winter programme, followed by a talk on “Current interpretations of the Borrowdale Volcanics”.
WHEN
Wednesday, 24 September, 2025 starts at 19:30
WHERE
Crosthwaite Parish Rooms
Main Street
Keswick
CA12 5NN
DETAILS
Dr Danny Clark-Lowes (CGS) introduces the Winter Programme, a themed set of talks on Lakeland Geology.
David Haselden (CGS) will give a talk on “Current interpretations of the Borrowdale Volcanics”.