GeologyRocksChurnet Valley Geotrail
by Hypocentre
After a six months of frenetic activity my (in conjunction with several others) latest project has just been launched on an unsuspecting world.
The Churnet Valley Geotrail is a 25km guided walk through the picturesque Staffordshire Churnet Valley and its environs. It looks at the geology and geomorphology of the valley and also its rich industrial heritage, which is intimately linked with the underlying geology.
The trail is probably too long to be tackled all in one go (unless you are feeling particularly fit) so suggestions for a number of smaller loops are made so that you can complete it in sections. The geology comprises the Upper Namurian gritsones, Westphalian A Lower Coal Measures and the Lower Triassic Sherwood Sandstones.
The trail leaflet can be obtained free from local information offices in the Churnet Valley or direct from Staffordshire RIGS (sae please, address on SRIGS website). Alternatively you can download the leaflet as three Adobe pdf files from the SRIGS website.
SRIGS would like to thank the Staffordshire Aggregates Levy Fund for funding production of this leaflet.
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