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A man walks through the autumn trees at Beacon Hill
  • Geopark Events
  • May 21, 2025 10:00 am

Guided Walk – Beacon Hill Nature Bumble for Beginners

A guided gentle stroll around some younger woodland at Beacon Hill.

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A rock face in a quarry.
  • Geopark Events
  • May 21, 2025 10:00 am

Guided Walk – Forest Industry: Shaping People and Landscape

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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A guided tour group walks through the green woodland at Beacon Hill
  • Geopark Events
  • May 20, 2025 2:00 pm

Guided Walk – Forest Place-names, Forest People

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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A late evening view of a rocky face of an old quarry.
  • Geopark Events
  • May 16, 2025 2:00 pm

Guided Walk – Geological Treasures of Shepshed

Discover 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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Wildlife Trust volunteer holding two moths.
  • Geopark Events
  • April 23, 2025 9:00 am

Beginners’ Wildlife Monitoring Training

Join the Geopark and friends for a free beginners training session in wildlife monitoring

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Images of archaeological test pitting, a group, and portrait of Prof Carenza Lewis
  • Geopark Events
  • December 11, 2024 7:30 pm

Unearthing Beaumanor’s Past: the Results from Test-Pit Excavation

Join Prof Carenza Lewis for a free evening lecture and discover some of the finds that were unearthed this summer at Beaumanor Hall

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A set of floor tiles produced in Coalville. Image by Rob Higgins.
  • Geopark Events
  • October 10, 2024 6:00 pm

Free Public Talk – Decorative Tiles From Coalville: Victorian Excellence

Join us for a free talk by Rob Higgins exploring the amazing history of Coalville's tile-making past.

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An instructor demonstrates to three children how to start a fire using a fire stick, as part of a Forest School
  • Geopark Events
  • October 8, 2024 4:00 pm

Outdoor Learning Networking for Charnwood Forest Schools

We are delighted to announce the first in a series of free networking events for educational practitioners working within or close to Charnwood Forest Geopark, focusing on outdoor learning.

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George Smith of Coalville. Image printed in The Graphic, 1881.
  • Geopark Events
  • October 3, 2024 6:00 pm

Free Public Talk – George Smith: The Children’s Friend

Stuart Warburton presents on George Smith, and his work in highlighting the plight of children working in Leicestershire brick and tiles works.

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