Warwickshire Local Geological Sites
Geological
Period
Group
Formation
Members
LGS
Ma
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Quaternary
2.5 - present
Severn and Avon Catchment
Warwickshire Avon Valley
Frog Hall
Pershore Sands & Gravels
Cropthorne Sands & Gravel
New Inn Sands & Gravel
Wasperton Sands & Gravel
Bretford Sands & Gravel
Albion Glacigenic
Wolston
Dunsmore Gravel
Oadby
Wolston Clay
Thrussington
Bytham Catchments
Baginton Sand & Gravel
Jurassic
142 -206
Great Oolite
Chipping Norton Limestone
Inferior Oolite
Grantham Formation
Northampton Sand
Lias
Whitby Mudstone
Marlstone Rock
Dyrham
Charmouth Mudstone
Blue Lias
Rugby Limestone
Wilmcote Limestone
Saltford Shale
Triassic
206 - 248
Penarth
Lilstock
Langport
Cotham
Westbury
Mercia Mudstone
Blue Anchor
Branscombe Mudstone
Arden Sandstone
Sidmouth Mudstone
Tarporley Siltstone
Sherwood Sandstone
Bromsgrove Sandstone
Polesworth
Hopwas Breccia
Permian
248 - 290
Warwickshire
Ashow
Kenilworth Sandstone
Gibbet Hill Conglomerate
Carboniferous
290 - 354
Tile Hill Mudstone
Salop
Allesley
Whitacre
(
Arley
&
Exhall
)
Keresley
(
Corley
)
Halesowen
Etruria
Pennine Coal Measures
Uppper Coal Measures
Middle Coal Measures
Lower Coal measures
Millstone Grit
Devonian
354 - 417
Oldbury Farm Sandstone
Ordovician
443 - 495
Midlands Minor Intrusive Suite
Stockingord Shale
Merevale Shale
Cambrian
495 - 545
Monks Park Shale
Moor Wood Sandstone
Outwoods Shale
Mancetter Shale
Abbey Shale
Purley Shale
Hartshill Sandstone
Woodlands
Home Farm
Jee's
Tuttle Hill
Park Hill
Boon's
Pre-Cambrian
545 -
Charnian
Caldecote Volcanics