Our Next Event Wednesday 14th May 2025
Field Trip: Day visit to Carboniferous rocks around Wirksworth, Derbyshire
Date: Wednesday 14th May 2025, 10.30am to 4.00pm
Leader: Martin Whiteley
Information and booking: EMGS Field Trips Webpage
Date: Wednesday 14th May 2025, 10.30am to 4.00pm
Leader: Martin Whiteley
Information and booking: EMGS Field Trips Webpage
Latest News (updated 30 April 2025)
30 April 2025
Field trip update
See our field trips page for the revised itinerary for our weekend trip to the Vale of Eden, 29-31 August 2025.
Field trip update
See our field trips page for the revised itinerary for our weekend trip to the Vale of Eden, 29-31 August 2025.
25 April 2025
If you missed it...
EMGS Members who missed out on John Carney's field trip to Bradgate Park in 2024 have another opportunity to participate in 2025 as guests of the North Staffordshire Group of the Geologists' Association. The date of the trip is Sunday 22nd June 2025, to book, visit the NSGGA Field Excursions webpage . Please do not use the EMGS booking form (Please note that the date of Sat 24 June shown on the NGGSA website is incorrect). Dates of other NGGSA trips open to EMGS Members are listed on our field trips page.
If you missed it...
EMGS Members who missed out on John Carney's field trip to Bradgate Park in 2024 have another opportunity to participate in 2025 as guests of the North Staffordshire Group of the Geologists' Association. The date of the trip is Sunday 22nd June 2025, to book, visit the NSGGA Field Excursions webpage . Please do not use the EMGS booking form (Please note that the date of Sat 24 June shown on the NGGSA website is incorrect). Dates of other NGGSA trips open to EMGS Members are listed on our field trips page.
07 April 2025
Field trip cancellation
With regret it has been necessary to cancel our planned field trip to Dove Holes Quarry on Thursday 10 July.
We hope to arrange an alternative event, please re-visit this page and/or our field trips page for updates.
Field trip cancellation
With regret it has been necessary to cancel our planned field trip to Dove Holes Quarry on Thursday 10 July.
We hope to arrange an alternative event, please re-visit this page and/or our field trips page for updates.
05 April 2025
Summer Field Trips
Visit field trips page for new updates on our summer 2025 events and to book a place
Summer Field Trips
Visit field trips page for new updates on our summer 2025 events and to book a place
16 March 2025
Mercian Geologist Archive
The archive has now been restored to our website and updated with the latest issues up to November 2023 (Volume 20 Part 4). The archive includes both complete issues and individual articles, which are available as pdf files that can be viewed online or downloaded and saved on your device for offline viewing. Go to Mercian Geologist Archive
Mercian Geologist Archive
The archive has now been restored to our website and updated with the latest issues up to November 2023 (Volume 20 Part 4). The archive includes both complete issues and individual articles, which are available as pdf files that can be viewed online or downloaded and saved on your device for offline viewing. Go to Mercian Geologist Archive
11 March 2025
Geologists' Association Annual Conference 2025
This year's GA Conference is being held at Keele University on 3 - 5 October 2025. Further details and updates are available on the GA's 2025 Conference Webpage
Geologists' Association Annual Conference 2025
This year's GA Conference is being held at Keele University on 3 - 5 October 2025. Further details and updates are available on the GA's 2025 Conference Webpage
05 March 2025
Field trip bookings
Booking is now open for our for summer 2025 trips - go to our Field Trips Page
31 January 2025
Welcome to our new EMGS Website!
This is our second major website refresh in 2 years (they come along like buses...). We (EMGS Council) hope you like it, and visit it often. We will be looking to expand the site in the coming months with new content and information, including details of other societies' field trips and events, as well as our own. Please feel free to Contact Us with suggestions for new content.
02 January 2025
Members' contact details
Members who need to update their contact details including (and especially!) a change of email address can now use the online form on this website. Simply fill out your details and press the Send Form button, job done.
11 November 2024
Mercian Geologist
Mercian Geologist (Volume 21, Part 1) was distributed at the Lecture Meeting on Saturday 9 November 2024. Please Contact Us if you are a Member and have not yet received your copy.
14 October 2024
EMGS 60th Anniversary Conference 12 October 2024
Thank you to all the presenters for your fascinating, authoritative and entertaining talks and posters, which made our 60th Anniversary Conference such a resounding success. We shall be adding some reflections and images from the event on the conference website in the coming weeks, so please revisit to see those. You can also view the programme of speakers and download an abstract book from the conference programme webpage.
Also, a big thank you to the British Geological Survey at Keyworth for hosting our event, and to the BGS staff in their Events and Estates Teams for their help and support in organising and preparing the venue for our big day.
.... from the Council of the East Midlands Geological Society
EMGS Facebook page
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Field trip bookings
Booking is now open for our for summer 2025 trips - go to our Field Trips Page
31 January 2025
Welcome to our new EMGS Website!
This is our second major website refresh in 2 years (they come along like buses...). We (EMGS Council) hope you like it, and visit it often. We will be looking to expand the site in the coming months with new content and information, including details of other societies' field trips and events, as well as our own. Please feel free to Contact Us with suggestions for new content.
02 January 2025
Members' contact details
Members who need to update their contact details including (and especially!) a change of email address can now use the online form on this website. Simply fill out your details and press the Send Form button, job done.
11 November 2024
Mercian Geologist
Mercian Geologist (Volume 21, Part 1) was distributed at the Lecture Meeting on Saturday 9 November 2024. Please Contact Us if you are a Member and have not yet received your copy.
14 October 2024
EMGS 60th Anniversary Conference 12 October 2024
Thank you to all the presenters for your fascinating, authoritative and entertaining talks and posters, which made our 60th Anniversary Conference such a resounding success. We shall be adding some reflections and images from the event on the conference website in the coming weeks, so please revisit to see those. You can also view the programme of speakers and download an abstract book from the conference programme webpage.
Also, a big thank you to the British Geological Survey at Keyworth for hosting our event, and to the BGS staff in their Events and Estates Teams for their help and support in organising and preparing the venue for our big day.
.... from the Council of the East Midlands Geological Society
EMGS Facebook page
Facebook users are encouraged to visit and follow the EMGS Facebook page, which includes the latest information on a wide range of geological news and events from EMGS, other societies and organisations, based both locally and worldwide. Please ‘follow’ our page – more ‘followers’ helps to automatically broaden the range and currency of News and Events shown on our page.
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