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To help you plan your own walks, we've gathered together some online walking guides which you can use to explore.
If you know of any in areas we've missed, let us know.
Geomon Unesco Global Geopark
Building Birmingham: A tour in three parts of the building stones used in the city centre (The Black Country Geological Society)
The building stones of Clifton (Avon Rigs Group)
Sedgewick Museum geology trail
Cardiff City and Bay circular (BBC)
Ashes Quarry (Stanhope) High Force and Bowlees Low Force Slitt Wood and West Rigg
Ashes Quarry (Stanhope)
High Force and Bowlees
Low Force
Slitt Wood and West Rigg
Cycling around the geology and geomorphology of Midlothian Self-guided tours from Hills of Hame geological tours: Pavement Palaeontology Edinburgh Rocks! A short walk through a billion years of Earth history
Cycling around the geology and geomorphology of Midlothian
Self-guided tours from Hills of Hame geological tours:
Gower Peninsula Field Guide
London's geology: walks (UCL)
University of Nottingham geology walking tour Keyworth: British Geological Survey Walk through geological time
University of Nottingham geology walking tour
Keyworth: British Geological Survey Walk through geological time
Allen Banks Allenheads Blanchland
Allen Banks
Allenheads
Blanchland
Oxford Geology Trust activities
Various Warwickshire geotrails (Warwickshire Geological Conservation Group)
Wren's Nest Nature Reserve (The Black Country Geological Society) Other geowalks, leaflets and guides (The Black Country Geological Society)
Wren's Nest Nature Reserve (The Black Country Geological Society)
Other geowalks, leaflets and guides (The Black Country Geological Society)
Everyone taking part in any geowalk does so at their own risk. The Geological Society assumes no responsibility for anyone undertaking a geowalk. The Society cannot be held responsible for any accident, injury or loss occurring as a result of any geowalk or in connection with travel to or from a walk, however caused.
Participants are reminded that outdoor activities frequently need specialist equipment (boots, waterproofs, etc.) and the Society cannot provide these. Participants are responsible for assessing their own risk, the safety of themselves and their guests and the suitability of any equipment used. Please consider any medical conditions that may affect participants’ ability to undertake a walk.
Find out which images won our 2019 photo competition!
Find out which images won our 2019 photo competition!