Summer Field Programme 2026

Evening Field Excursion to Goyt’s Moss (Derbyshire Bridge)
19:00 on Thursday 18th June 2026 (26th June alternative if weather poor)

An evening field trip to explore the sedimentary Carboniferous strata of the Upper Goyt Valley at Goyt’s Moss at the head of the scenic Goyt Valley.

Please meet at the NT Derbyshire Bridge car park at 7.00 pm. Grid ref: SK 0185 7155 , W3W: exotic.bells.hinders. Access is via a minor road from the A537 Macclesfield to Buxton road. There is also access via a one way minor road travelling north from the Errwoood reservoir. There is parking but unfortunately the toilets at the site are closed (at time of writing).
Exposures date from the Langsettian c. 319 Ma, the earliest sub-stage of the Westphalian, and lie within the Goyt Syncline. Traces remain of historical small scale coal mining.

We will examine the exposures and what they reveal about changing depositional environments as well as looking at structural geology. There is even a (small) chance of finding a fossil or two.

Walking will be less than a mile in total along a mixture of tarmac road and paths (occasionally rough), approximately one half is level and the remainder up and down a moderate incline.

WGCG weekend field trip in South Shropshire, NSGGA members welcome to attend.
Friday 12th to Sunday 14th June in South Shropshire, based around Ludlow. Dr Martin Whiteley leader.

Details and booking through WGCG. Deadline for booking May 1.

Saturday 12th September at 10.30am – Bradgate Park
Leader: Dr. J Carney (BGS) 

Bradgate Park, Charnwood Forest (including Precambrian outcrops with Charnia fossils).
(Details to follow)

Please contact NSGGA Field Secretary: Steve Alcock steves261@aol.com indicating which trip(s) you plan to attend, name(s), address(es) and contact details of attendees, and those of a person to be contacted in case of emergency during the trip.

Each person attending field meetings does so at their own risk. The NSGGA has public liability insurance through a GA insurance policy that also carries limited personal accident cover for members attending meetings or field trips. Non-members pay £2 to cover temporary membership giving them insurance cover. A field fee of £2 per head is normally charged for members and non-members to cover the leader’s expenses

A field fee of £2 per head is normally charged for members and non-members to cover the leader’s expenses