The Upper Haslingden Flags, Lee Quarry, Bacup

Leader: Dr Gareth Martin WYGT & LGA

The Upper Haslingden Flags (along with the Lower Haslingden Flags) are a unique sandstone unit in the Millstone Grit Group of the Carboniferous, which was likely deposited in as a bird’s foot delta and is an expression of westerly source rocks into the Pennine Basin. Lee Quarry represents one of the best exposures of the Upper Haslingden Flags available and allows study of the rocks up close. The visit will focus on the rocks and their sedimentological features and the wider depositional environment when they were formed.

Contact the LGA secretary on lga.sec@btinternet.com for more information if you wish to attend.