🦺 Last week our volunteers were helping to install our new gabion interpretation panel stand at Morley Quarry, Shepshed. ℹ️ In the next few months this will have a permanent interpretation panel added, sharing the fascinating story of our oldest rocks in Charnwood Forest.

🌄 If you're out and about in Charnwood Forest this Bank Holiday, please take care not to damage the geological outcrops. ❤️ Our Geopark contains internationally important rocks and fossils - its up to all of us to look after them.

😊 We love seeing people using our educational resources! 🧑‍🍳 The Fox Family have been busy making our Geopark Rocky Road, which replicates the rock type Markfieldite. They even found a real sample to have a munch next to! 🌐 Check out the recipe: charnwoodforest.org/resource/the-s…

🇫🇷 The Paris Paralympic Games begin today! 🇬🇧 #ParalympicsGB will be represented in the Men's F64 Discus by Dan Greaves, who was born in Anstey, Charnwood Forest. 🥇 Dan has competed - and won a medal - at every Games dating back to Sydney 2000!

🖼️ In 1862 John Roger Herbert painted Laborare est Orare. The scene features the monks of Mount St. Bernard Abbey gathering the harvest, surrounded by the characteristic rocky crags of #CharnwoodForest🌳 Discover more at: tate.org.uk/art/artworks/h… 📷©️ Tate

📅 Join us on September 7th, for a very special 'Ask A Geologist' event at Bradgate Park! 🔎 Get hands on with specimens, bring along your own samples for ID, and learn about what makes the Geopark so special! 🌐 Find out more on our website: charnwoodforest.org/event/ask-a-ge…

🌄 On this day in 1813 the 'Beacon Hill Wake' was celebrated. 🏏 Dating to the late 18th century, the day featured sports, singing, and drinking at the prominent Charnwood Forest site. 📰 The 1813 event is documented in the Nottingham Review:

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🔥 The rocks of Beacon Hill were deposited at the bottom of an ancient sea, more than 565 million years ago. 🌋 In this photo, taken in 1896, you can see the tilted layers of sediment, some of which are rich in volcanic ash. 📷 British Geological Survey ©️ Natural Environment Research Council

We’re proud to be hosting the BSG Geomorphology annual conference here at Loughborough University this week! This afternoon is the pre-conference field trip to Charnwood Forest Geopark. #BSG24

Fantastic to see Loughborough Geography and Environment hosting the BSG Geomorphology Annual Conference this week. A big well done to Edwin Baynes and the team for bringing this event to Loughborough University. Enjoy the wonders of Charnwood Forest Geopark which we are lucky to have on our doorstep

🐝 Temple Bees make award-winning honey from a number of sites across Charnwood Forest, and are an official Geopartner of the Geopark. 🌐 Discover more on their website: templebees.co.uk/index.htm

👋 A big welcome to all the delegates of the British Society for Geomorphology Annual Conference. The Pre-Meeting field trip visited many sites within the Geopark, including Morley Quarry and Beacon Hill. Have a great #BSG24 conference at Loughborough University!

📅 Join us on September 7th, for a very special 'Ask A Geologist' event at Bradgate Park! 🔎 Get hands on with specimens, bring along your own samples for ID, and learn about what makes the Geopark so special! 🌐 Find out more on our website: charnwoodforest.org/event/ask-a-ge…

🔶 Join us in October for a free exhibition, exploring the history, people, and places associated with our region's tile-making past. 📅 October 2-13 📍 Coalville C.A.N 🌐 More info on our website: charnwoodforest.org/event/tiles-ex…

🌳 Catch up on everything that's happening in the Geopark with this month's video newsletter update: youtube.com/live/oVEpMKpIL…

👏 Thank you to the geologist from Geology at Leicester, Loughborough Geography and Environment, & Oxford Earth Sciences who helped us out at our recent 'Ask A Geologist' event. 👍 We had a fabulous day at Bradgate Park, celebrating geological heritage for #HeritageOpenDays with all the visitors.

🟢 The little green specks on this rock are the mineral Vésigniéite! 🌹 The mineral can form little flower shapes, and contains the elements copper, barium, and vanadium. 📍 Cliffe Hill Quarry, #CharnwoodForest 🏛️ Oxford University Museum of Natural History

🟨 Join us in October for a free talk on the history of Victorian decorative tile production in and around Coalville. Featuring wine reception and viewing of the exhibition. 📅 October 10th, 6pm 📍 Coalville C.A.N Book here: charnwoodforest.org/event/free-pub…

🤩 Did you know that our fossil Charnia was independently discovered by two schoolchildren? 🔎 Delve deeper with our Discovering Charnia webpage, and uncover the research revealing Charnia to be more complex than previously thought... 🌐 charnwoodforest.org/discovering-ch…