Meeting time: 2pm
Meeting place: Corner of Derby Road and Upper College Street, in central Nottingham,
NG1 5AP; NGR 565401; 300m up from the top of Maid Marian Way.
Site #1 : Park Tunnel, to see sedimentary structures in the Nottingham Castle Sandstone.
Site #2: Castle Rock, to see features of the landslides and rockfalls.
Site #3: Salutation Inn, to visit the cave cellars cut into the sandstone.
Expect to finish at around 4pm.
There is no wheelchair access to the Salutation caves, and the entry stairs are steep.
Car parking is best in multi-story car-parks in town; street parking is limited and payable.
Total walking distance is 2400 metres (including from the Salutation to the Derby Road start).
To help assess numbers and plan ahead, please book your places on the event by calling Tony Waltham by email at tony@geophotos.co.uk or by telephone at 0115 981 3833.
Background information on the sites is available from the Geology page of www.geophotos.co.uk. |