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MENDIP ROCKS! EVENT PROGRAMME A festival of events celebrating the 450 million year geology of the Mendip Hills! 10th August to 20th October 2019 A CHANCE TO It’s a Blast at “Marking Time” Art Exhibition at The History & Hydrogeology of Mendip’s Halecombe, Leigh on Mendip BLOW UP Westbury Quarry Somerset Earth Science Centre water resources Talk & Tour of Quarry Tour Saturday 10th August 15-21st August (not Sunday 18th) Chew Stoke Pumping Station Wednesday 2nd October A CAR! 10.00am-3.30pm 10.00am-4.00pm Saturday 7th September 2.00pm 10.00am & 2.00pm Botany & Geology Walk at Moons Hill, Somerset Earth Science Torr Works, Frome Beacon Hill: Geology, Scenery & Westbury Quarry Centre (SESC) Quarry Tour Quarry Tour Archaeology Walk Saturday 10th August Wednesday 21st August Thursday 12th September Saturday 12th October 11.00am-2.00pm 10.00am-4.00pm (4 Tours) 10.00am 10.00am-12.30pm Batts Combe, Cheddar Exploring Fairy Cave Quarry Walk with Banwell Bone 10th Anniversary Geo Lecture Day at Quarry Tour Armchair Caving Talk Cave Tours Somerset Earth Science Centre Tuesday 13th August Thursday 22nd August Saturday 14th & 28th September Saturday 12th October 10.00am & 2.00pm 2.00pm-5.30pm 2.00pm-5.00pm 12.45pm for 1.00pm-5.00pm Kilmersdon The Ancient Springs of FILM PREMIERE “The Buried Treasure of Black Down to Shute Shelve Coalfield Walk Wells Geo Walk Fairyland” at Priddy Village Hall Geo Walk Wednesday 14th August Saturday 24th August. Friday 20th September Sunday 13th October 1.00-4.00pm 10.30am-12.30pm 7.00pm-9.00pm 2.00pm-4.30pm Blackmoor Lead Burrington Combe Fossil Fun at From Rock to Tap: How Cheddar Mining Walk Family Fun Writhlington, Radstock gets its water walk & tour Sunday 18th August Wednesday 28th August Saturday 21st September Wednesday 16th October 2.00pm 11.00am-4.00pm 2.00-4.00pm 10.30am-12.30pm Fossil Funday & 10th Anniversary Open Burrington Combe: Deserts, Mountains & “What Lies Beneath” walk to explore Explore Ebbor Gorge EXCITING day at SESC Seas Geology Walk Priddy Caves above ground Open Day FAMILY st th th th Wednesday 21 August Wednesday 28 August Wednesday 25 September Sunday 20 October DAY OUT 10.00am-4.30pm 2.30pm 2.00pm 10.00am-4.00pm MendipRocks MendipHillsAONB ALL EVENTS MUST BE BOOKED Visit the Eventbrite link at: www.mendiphillsaonb.org.uk for more information or call: SESC 01749 840156.

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