{"id":6540,"date":"2023-07-20T07:06:31","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T07:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/?p=6540"},"modified":"2023-07-20T07:06:34","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T07:06:34","slug":"20-years-of-the-geopark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/2023\/07\/20-years-of-the-geopark\/","title":{"rendered":"20 years of the Geopark"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A day celebrating this milestone took place at Severn Valley Country Park on 20th June. Programmes for involving the public in the stories of geology, landscape, heritage and wildlife were major talking points. You can find out what is available this summer on the <a href=\"http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/category\/geofest-events\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">GeoFest Calendar<\/a>. We hope you enjoy the events and activities which include craft days, fossil hunts, displays, dinosaur detective trails, guided walks and specimen identification session<em>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><a href=\"http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_0749.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_0749-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6541\" srcset=\"http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_0749-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_0749-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_0749-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_0749-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_0749-150x113.jpg 150w, http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_0749-400x300.jpg 400w, http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_0749.jpg 1621w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Left to right Peter Oliver, co-founder of the Geopark; Chris Darmon, President of the Geopark; Georgina Lockman, Merlin Energy Resources, Sponsors of the Geopark <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><a href=\"http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_0753-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_0753-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6542\" srcset=\"http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_0753-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_0753-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_0753-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_0753-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_0753-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_0753-150x113.jpg 150w, http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_0753-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Tapestry (by Georgia Jacobs)  depicting coal mining in Highley. The piece forms part of a landscape and geology inspired exhibition at Severn Valley Country Park by the Highley Crafters and Alveley Chapel Crafters. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><a href=\"http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_0766-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_0766-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6543\" srcset=\"http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_0766-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_0766-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_0766-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_0766-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_0766-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_0766-150x113.jpg 150w, http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_0766-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Learning about the Millstones. G<em>eology <\/em>&#8211; Carbonifeous Alverley Formation <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_0773-2-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_0773-2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6546\" srcset=\"http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_0773-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_0773-2-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_0773-2-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_0773-2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_0773-2-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_0773-2-150x113.jpg 150w, http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_0773-2-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Taking a walk through the orchid field at Severn Valley Country Park<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n<p>A day celebrating this milestone took place at Severn Valley Country Park on 20th June. Programmes for involving the public in the stories of geology, landscape, heritage and wildlife were major talking points. You can find out what is available this summer on the GeoFest Calendar. We hope you enjoy the events and activities [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6540"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6540"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6549,"href":"http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6540\/revisions\/6549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}