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Cockermouth U3A field trip to Sale Fell September 21st
Cockermouth U3A have spaces on their field trip to Sale Fell on September 21st and would be happy for CGS members to join them. This is a repeat of an earlier CGS trip in 2022.
If you’re interested in attending please contact Phil Davies at email hidden; JavaScript is required.
Further details below:
WGS field trip – Shap Pink Quarry, Saturday 12th September
Members are welcome to attend Westmorland Geological Society field trips.
Saturday 12th September  Â
Shap Pink Quarry
Visit to Shap Pink Quarry to view the current workings, granite petrology, features and minerals. The foreman Steve Elliott will meet us in the car park to tell us briefly about the current extraction plan and will accompany us along our route through the quarry.
Further details and booking at:
Binsey – field trip booking opened
Please book via the website at https://www.cumberland-geol-soc.org.uk/events/binsey/
When
Wednesday, 5 August, 2026
12:00 – 16:00
WHERE
Bewaldeth Road End
NY 23549 35104 / W3W factoring.pulps.salon, Bassenthwaite
DETAILS
Leader: Ian Francis
Afternoon excursion to explore the Eycott Volcanic Group on Binsey, and its relationship to the underlying Skiddaw Group. Starting point: 12 Noon at roadside carparking at Bewaldeth road end, Bassenthwaite NY 23549 35104 (W3W factoring.pulps.salon).
If there are no spaces to Bewaldeth road end there is a wide grass verge on the east side of the road that leads south from the road end (towards Whitefield cottage/Overwater) at NY 23638 35087 (W3W rebounder.bronzes.daring).
The route will take us around the southwestern foot of Binsey then steeply up the western flank of the fell to West Crag, returning to start point via Binsey top.
Please note: A moderate level of fitness and leg strength is required. Participants are advised to carry walking poles if they feel uncertain. Stout footwear required.
Car parking is limited so please consider car-sharing.
WGS field trips
Members are reminded they are welcome to attend Westmorland Geological Society field trips.
Friday 3 July
Ruskin’s geological collection at Brantwood
Including a talk by Roy Starkey, author of The Mineral World of John Ruskin
2pm Further details available on WGS Website.
Grade G.
Please book your place on the WGS website as soon as possible as numbers are limited. Note that the usual charges will apply for entry to Brantwood as per their website https://www.brantwood.org.uk/visit/
Thursday 9 July
Far Arnside Fossils and Faults
Leader: Tim Tranter
1.45pm Holgates Leisure Park, Middlebarrow Plain, Cove Rd, Silverdale.
Grade G.
For further details and to book a place go to WGS Website.
Monday 27 July
Geology around Millom
Leader: Dave Kelly
The Hodbarrow Mine was one of the largest iron ore mines in south and west Cumbria. See how the form of the ore body influenced the method of mining and how the ingress of sea water into the mine was prevented. Also view the lower Carboniferous Martin Red Hill Limestone Formations.
10.00am start at Hodbarrow, parking at SD163786
Grade G.
For further details and to book a place go to WGS Website.
CGS Shropshire Field trip 2026 – last minute availability.
On account of a cancellation there is an opportunity to join the CGS Shropshire field trip 2026.
If you are interested in joining please contact Helen James to check if there is still availability.
Arrangements
- Dates: Sunday 23 August to Friday 28 August 2026 (finishing about 1500h).
- ‘Official’ start will be 1300h on 24 August. People staying the night before have a free morning on Monday (Shrewsbury is nearby).
- Location: Field Studies Centre, Preston Montford.
- Leader: David Cronshaw, who led the very successful 2025 trip to Snowdonia (Geology and Scenery). Provisional itinerary.
- Cost: £600 per attendee which includes:
- In-course minibus transport for all trips.
- Full board including picnic lunches.
- Single and twin rooms most with en suite
- Travel: rail travel is possible, subject to Sunday schedules. There is a bus from Shrewsbury bus station to Montford Bridge, which is then a 15-minute walk from Preston Montford. Shrewsbury Railway Station has a taxi rank outside and Preston Montford is a 10-minute journey.
- Taster info: