Liverpool Geological Society

08/08/2026

We had a great day out today at the Shap Pink Quarry in Cumbria hosted by Steve Elliot of Armstrongs Group. The site covers about 60-70 hectares and is quarried for road stone as well as rock armour. The granite intrusion is Devonian in age (415.6 +/-1.4 Ma) and is remarkable for its megacrysts of orthoclase feldspar which give it its pink hue. These often demonstrate Carlsbad twinning. Mafic inclusions - historically described as xenoliths - are very common and joints in the granite are often coated with pyrite.

05/08/2026

We're very much looking forward to James Hutton and the Restless Earth on BBC Radio 4 this weekend: Sunday 9th August at 19:15 (and repeated Wednesday 12th at 15:00).

With specially performed music, song and spoken word, award-winning
musician and writer Karine Polwart in collaboration with pianist Dave Milligan
and sound designer Pippa Murphy Music - explores one of James Hutton’s most radical concepts: Deep Time.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00301wk

23/07/2026

29/06/2026

Day 3 of our Jurassic Coast field excursion took us to Lulworth Cove, Stair Hole, Durdle Dor and the Fossil Forest led by Peter Burgess of Liverpool University. Spectacular scenery and geological features and ice cream as a reward at the end.

29/06/2026

We had a treat on the last day of our Jurassic Coast field excursion today as Steve Etches MBE gave us a guided tour of his award winning museum at Kimmeridge Bay. Steve is a national treasure and the museum is a must for keen fossil lovers.

02/05/2026

Fossils in Chester...

Did you know that Cheshire used to be underwater? And before that, it was a desert? And before that, a jungle?

Learn about the region’s fascinating geological history in our summer exhibition, Echoes of Ancient Lands and Seas: Fossils from Cheshire, curated by Harriet Williams, our curatorial intern from the University of Liverpool. Opens 20 June 2026 at the Grosvenor Museum.

11/02/2026

53rd Herdman Symposium 2026.
The symposium will be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday 21st in the Central Teaching Hub, University of Liverpool. LGS will be sponsoring this event and there will be subsidised attendance for LGS members.
Ticket prices:
£18.00 for general admissions
£11.00 for LGS members
£6.00 for University of Liverpool students and A Level students
£0.00 for parents, carers, and leaders of school groups.
A free buffet lunch will be provided to all attendees and is included with the ticket price
Book tickets via this link: https://www.liverpoolguild.org/events/6608/6409/
Further details about the Herdman Conference are available at:
https://geohubliverpool.org.uk/herdman-symposium-2026/

29/01/2026

LGS members might be interested in this lecture about Greenland...

Discover the untold stories of Greenland beyond what you see in the news – a journey into the heart of this unique land.

06/01/2026

LGS Members’ Evening

Apologies for the very short notice, but under the existing weather conditions which are causing disruption to local bus and train services, the LGS Members’ Evening which was due to take place on Tuesday 6th January has been cancelled.

17/12/2025

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c30j94p56d6o

The footprints date back some 210 million years and show traces of toes and claws.