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Mendip Rocks! 2016 Family Funday Frome
20th July 16Mendip Rocks! 2016 - Festival Launch Family Funday - Frome Museum Saturday September 17th 10am - 4pm Free Event - Donations welcome - Tours charged Frome Museum , 1 North Parade, Frome, BA11 1AT Cheese and Grain free car park. Hands-on activities provided by our Mendip Rocks! Festival team. Fun family...
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Mendip Rocks! 2016 Family Funday Burrington Combe
20th July 16Mendip Rocks! 2016 Burrington Combe Family Funday Sunday September 18th 1pm - 4pm Free event - donations welcome A funday for all the family exploring Burrington Ham’s geological history with Mendip Hill’s AONB team. Come along and join the wild trail and explore Burrington Ham with fun...
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Mendip Rocks! 2016 Banwell Bone Cave and Follies Tour
20th July 16Mendip Rocks! 2016 Banwell Bone Caves History tour Tuesday September 20th 2.30pm-5pm £10 per person Children (over 7 only please) Free Introductory film and guided tour to see the fascinating caves and follies with cave historian John Haynes. Some slopes and slippery surfaces. £10 per person, including tea...
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Mendip Rock! 2016 Ubley Warren
20th July 16Mendip Rocks 2016! Practical Task Drystone Walling Ubley Warren Wednesday September 21st 10.30 - 3.30 Join West Mendip Conservation Volunteers for a day of drystone walling at Ubley Warren Nature Reserve. No previous experience necessary, training will be provided. Task does involve physical exertion. You'll need...
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Mendip Rocks! 2016 Mini Bus Quarry Tour
20th July 16Mendip Rocks! 2016 Twilight Whatley Quarry Tour Wednesday September 21st 5.30 - 7.30 £5 per person Somerset Earth Science Centre, Moon's Hill Quarry, Stoke St Michael, BA3 5JU A guided minibus tour to see the vast working quarry at Whatley with dramatic exposures of carboniferous limestone....
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Mendip Rocks! 2016 Bleadon Hill Walk
20th July 16Bleadon Hill and Western Mendips Walk Thursday 22nd September 11am - 3pm Free Event - Donations welcome Bleadon Hill Car Park ST 358 578 Guided walk exploring the limestone landscapes of Bleadon Hill and Shiplait Slait, both nationally rare grasslands, with superb views of the...
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Mendip Rocks! 2016 Banwell Bone Cave and Follies Tour
20th July 16Mendip Rocks! 2016 Banwell Bone Caves History tour Saturday September 24th 2.30pm-5pm £10 per person Children (over 7 only please) Free Introductory film and guided tour to see the fascinating caves and follies with cave historian John Haynes. Some slopes and slippery surfaces. £10 per person, including tea...
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Mendip Rocks! 2016 Banwell Bone Cave and Follies Tour
20th July 16Mendip Rocks! 2016 Banwell Bone Caves History tour Tuesday September 27th 2.30pm-5pm £10 per person Children (over 7 only please) Free Introductory film and guided tour to see the fascinating caves and follies with cave historian John Haynes. Some slopes and slippery surfaces. £10 per person, including tea...
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Mendip Rocks 2016! Wells Cathedral Green – A Story in Stone
20th July 16Wells Cathedral Green - A Story in Stone Wednesday September 28th 3.30pm-4.30pm Wells Museum, Wells Cathedral Green BA5 2 UE Free event - Donations welcome A walk around Cathedral Green with Cathedral School geologist David Rowley to see range of building stones from Jurassic, Triassic, Carboniferous...
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Mendip Rocks! 2016 Mini Bus Quarry Tour
20th July 16Mendip Rocks! 2016 Twilight Whatley Quarry Tour Friday September 30th 5.30 - 7.30 £5 per person Somerset Earth Science Centre, Moon's Hill Quarry, Stoke St Michael, BA3 5JU A guided minibus tour to see the vast working quarry at Whatley with dramatic exposures of carboniferous limestone. For...
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