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Many Silurian fossils such as crinoid pieces, corals and brachiopods can be collected at the National Trust managed limestone escarpment, Wenlock edge. The tourist information centre and museum in Much Wenlock is also worth a visit to learn a little more about the location. |
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A series of locations along a geological route in Mortimer Forest. Collect a large number of superb corals, brachiopods, bivalves and trilobites from various cuttings All the fossils are in superb condition. An excellent walk too. |
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So over collected that you have to crawl into the cutting, although it can be hard to get any decent rock samples for splitting, the rewards are worth the hard work. Superb Trilobites and Graptolites in excellent condition, some are complete. |
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A beautiful location, surrounded by luscious, green rolling countryside; Betton Dingle offers trilobite fossils, a pleasant walk and the guarantee of getting wet. Not a site for the unadventurous! |
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Another walk along a geological route visiting a two stream sections, two cuttings including an old railway cutting and a quarry. The rocks here are Silurian, Ordovician and Pre-Cambrian. Shells, Graptolites and Trilobites can be found. |
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A stream section which has been cut back into highly fossiliferious Silurian Rocks. Plenty of excellent corals can be found, brachiopods, bivalves and Trilobites. Most of the fossils have been washed out from their rocks just lying in the stream. |
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If you fancy a change from all the Shropshire Silurian and Ordovician, you could try this Carboniferous quarry which is now fully open to the public as a nature reserve. Search the scree for Corals, Brachiopods and Bivalves. |
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Overgrown, but still with lots of fossils to be found. Good exposures of the Wenlock Limestone yield a variety of Corals, Shells and Trilobites. The quarry is quite large with three main sections. |
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Fossils can be found in shales which outcrop in the stream banks of the Hope Valley stream near the nature reserve. Finds are few and far between but occasionally a nice, whole trilobite may be collected. |
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A small roadside cutting which yields Brachiopods and Trilobites. The fossils here are poorly preserved in soft mud stones and will require treatment quickly. However its an ideal location to stop off by the road side with a grass layby. |
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This massive Silurian Quarry yields a vast amount of fossils, anyone who visits will have to pick the best fossils to bring back as there is so much to be found. There are many species of corals, brachiopods and bivalves. Trilobites are also common here. |
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Shropshire

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Fossils are common |
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Fossils often found |
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Fossils are not common |
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Fossils rarely found |
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Site protected, no collecting permitted, or no access to beach |
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Quaternary
Neogene
Palaeogene
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Cretaceous
Jurassic
Triassic |
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Permian
Carboniferous
Devonian
Silurian
Ordovician
Cambrian / Pre Cambrian |



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Fossils collected direct from cliff face |
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Fossils collected from the foreshore |
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Fossils collected from the cliff and foreshore |
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Location is a quarry or pit |
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Fossils collected from a stream or river bed, |
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Fossils collected from a farm field |
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Fossils collected from road or railway cutting. |
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Fossils collected from hill or mountain scree slope. |
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Fossils collected from rock outcrops. |
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Fossils collected from lake or reservoir banks. |
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Samples taken back for processing microfossils. |
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The Geology of South Shropshire
Covers many locations in the South Shropshire area both of geological interest and locations suitable for collecting fossils. Very good book with location access information. 120 pages.
UKGE CODE: BK0241
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Mortimer Forest
Geology Trail
Walk 4 miles, see 13 sites, through 15 million years of earth history. This 25 page booklet takes you along the route showing you what fossils you can find, and the geology of the rocks. Clearly separated localities in 'Rocks' and 'Fossil' sections making it easy to quickly find details.
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The Geology of Shropshire
Geology of Shropshire was visited by great pioneers of geology and many fundamental terms and principles of geology are based on Britain's geology. This book explains the geological history of Shropshire, lasting 500 million years, from the Antarctic Circle through the Tropics and across the equator to our latitudes, a distance of 12,000km
UKGE CODE: BK0911
£18.99 (FREE DELIVERY)

Onny Valley Geo Trail
20 page geological guide booklet, including where to find rocks, fossils and minerals in the Onny Valley, Shropshire with location access information.
UKGE CODE: BK0168
£11.99 (FREE DELIVERY)
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