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News & Information Crosland Moor Geology Walk Back 10 May 2010 THE ROCKS & LANDSCAPES OF THE HUDDERSFIELD AREA Saturday 1st May 2010 On a lovely Saturday afternoon in May, Alison Tymon, of the West Yorkshire Geology Trust, took 45 people and 5 dogs on a walk around the footpaths close to the Crosland Hill quarries. Johnsons Wellfield Quarries opened their car park so that the group could meet. It was thanks to fantastic publicity organised by Kirklees Countryside Unit, both in the local paper and in their Wild about Countryside in Kirklees publication, that so many people were in attendance. The group used the new footpath around Wellfield Quarry to see how the site is being restored and they were able to talk about the nature of the sandstone and the uses to which it is put by the quarry. The cliff in Wellfield Quarry, which has been designated as a Local Geological Site, was identified and there was a discussion about how West Yorkshire Geology Trust works to promote geology in West Yorkshire. The news that the geological interpretation board at the site overlooking Moorfield Quarry will be replaced soon was welcomed. The crushing and grading machinery was viewed prompting discussion about conflicts that might arise from dust and noise produced and how JWQ work with local people to reduce these problems. From a viewpoint close to Airfield Quarry the group could look at the landscape from Castle Hill to the Meltham Saddle and see how the sandstone and mudstone rocks have created the familiar steps and benches that we see everywhere in the landscape of West Yorkshire. The view into Airfield Quarry was very impressive and was an excellent opportunity to see what the rocks are like below the surface, as well as enabling the party to see how stone is extracted. Alison was pleased with the turnout and commented, ‘It was very good to meet so many local people, who know the footpaths well and were able to reminisce about quarrying in this area in the past. Many of them had never been given the opportunity to see into a working quarry and were fascinated by the process of extraction. This walk was so successful that it would be great to repeat it next year, preferably without the rain that sent us scuttling back to the car park at the end of the afternoon’. For more information about the works of West Yorkshire Geologist Trust please visit their website here Back