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Warren Lane Quarry, November 2015

Community Conservation Champions Posted on 3 January 2016 by admin26 May 2016

Warren Lane Quarry is a working yard, used by the Parks Ranger Team and so we only started doing conservation sessions here in September 2015 (read the article here: opens in a new tab). The back wall of the quarry … Continue reading →

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Kendal End 2015

Community Conservation Champions Posted on 3 January 2016 by admin26 May 2016

As part of Earth Science Week every October, we hold an ‘open conservation’ session in Kendal End Quarry – there is a footpath above the quarry so it enables us to catch people as they pass by and then we … Continue reading →

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Warren Lane Quarry gets its first Champions-led facelift

Community Conservation Champions Posted on 12 September 2015 by Julie Schroder26 May 2016

Warren Lane Quarry complements the features shown in the Barnt Green Road Quarry, but has been unavailable for conservation work since it became an EHT designated ‘Champions’ site, in 2011. This was because it was being used as a wood … Continue reading →

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Third Rose Hill Day of the Year!

Community Conservation Champions Posted on 16 May 2015 by admin26 May 2016

Rose Hill quarry has become our new place of work recently – our three most recent clearance days have been at the site. The reason for this is the prospect of uncovering a thrust fault that was described by Professor … Continue reading →

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Boulders or Bedrock?

Community Conservation Champions Posted on 12 May 2015 by admin12 May 2015

Visitors who have joined us on our public ‘walk and talk’ events will know the ‘boulders’ on the Champions Trail near the viewpoint. These lumps of quartzite lend themselves well to a game of ‘spot the feature’ that was devised … Continue reading →

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Rose Hill Work Day, March 2015

Community Conservation Champions Posted on 5 April 2015 by admin26 May 2016

Following our day in Rose Hill Quarry in February, we returned to this site in mid-March to continue the good work. With help from the Duke of Edinburgh team, the Ranger Team, members from BCGS and a team from our … Continue reading →

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Rose Hill Clearance Session – February 2015

Community Conservation Champions Posted on 26 February 2015 by admin26 May 2016

As part of our ongoing work as Geo-Champions, some of the group went to Rose Hill Quarry to carry out a clearance session, led by the Lickey Hills Ranger team and with the assistance of a few Duke of Edinburgh … Continue reading →

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Celebrating Earth Science Week at the Lickey Hills

Community Conservation Champions Posted on 24 October 2014 by admin26 May 2016

This year’s Earth Science Week had the theme of Our Geo-heritage, and we decided to hold an event to celebrate the quarrying heritage of the Lickey Hills. In conjunction with the West Midlands Regional Branch of the Geological Society and … Continue reading →

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Geoconservation goes public at Kendal End Quarry

Community Conservation Champions Posted on 13 October 2014 by Julie Schroder26 May 2016

Geoconservation clearance work with a public face at Kendal End Quarry, 12th October 2014. For our third visit to improve the geological exposure at this most southerly of the Lickey Hills quarries, we decided to try something new. Why not … Continue reading →

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Clearance day report, 24th November 2013

Community Conservation Champions Posted on 27 November 2013 by Adrian Wyatt26 May 2016

By 10.30 on Sunday 24th November the regulars at the Lickey Hills Visitor Centre were momentarily outnumbered by volunteers eager to start the 2nd conservation day of the season. An amazing 25 people signed the attendance register! After collecting the … Continue reading →

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