This walk celebrates the physical and human geography of this industrial part of western Charnwood Forest, which has been extensively quarried for hundreds of years.
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Using only the evidence from local placenames, we'll take you back in time more than a thousand years to explore the British, Anglo-Saxon and Viking communities of Charnwood Forest.
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Discovery some of the oldest rocks in England, and travel back in time to when Leicestershire lay at the centre of a giant sandy desert!
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This hike will take you through more than half a billion year’s of earth history, using the outstanding geological heritage of Charnwood Forest to tell stories of ancient fossils, continental collisions, and icy glaciers.
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Join the Geopark for a free public talk by Prof. Carenza Lewis
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Join us for live commentary and coverage of the UNESCO Executive Board as they approve 18 new Global Geoparks!
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Leicestershire County Council are running two workshops in March, covering the topics of designing an orchard and tree planting.
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Join Charnwood Forest Geopark for a special online public talk by Professors Helen Bennion and Carl Sayer of University College London. They will introduce you to the wonderful world of palaeoecology, and the dynamic series of changes in the Groby Pool ecosystem their research has revealed... from looking at the mud!
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A workshop aimed at helping you to recruit more volunteers.
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