OXFORDSHIRE GEOLOGY TRUST

Oxfordshire Geology Trust is affiliated to both GeoConservationUK and The Geology Trusts, which are umbrella organisations for Geoconservation and Earth Heritage county groups. The Geology Trusts provides a forum in which its members share ideas, develop best practice and organise inter-county projects... The varied geological strata of Oxfordshire have been quarried for centuries to provide building stones, limestone, sand, gravel and other resources. The rocks from these quarries have also yielded important geological evidence of life forms, environments and climates over the past two hundred million years, evidence still accessible to a general public. Many sites however have become disused, overgrown and in need of conservation. Oxfordshire Geology Trust was formed in 2000, We are a non-profit charitable organisation (registered charity number 1158783) with two main aims, to protect and conserve our geological sites and our landscape, and to raise awareness of the county's rich..

Registration numbers: 1158783 (W), CE003069 (CH)

Primary location: United Kingdom