{"id":71983,"date":"2021-04-27T19:39:57","date_gmt":"2021-04-27T19:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/discovering-geology\/maps-and-resources\/office-geology\/mercia-mudstones-clifton-village-nottingham\/"},"modified":"2023-08-08T14:57:08","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T14:57:08","slug":"mercia-mudstones-clifton-village-nottingham","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/discovering-geology\/maps-and-resources\/office-geology\/mercia-mudstones-clifton-village-nottingham\/","title":{"rendered":"Clifton Village, Nottingham"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t\t<section class=\"hero-section hero-section-with-social\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-info-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>Mercia Mudstone along the River Trent, Clifton Village, Nottingham<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Discovering Geology &mdash; Maps and resources<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap social-wrap-inline-them\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sea-background-f\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Share this article<\/span><a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/discovering-geology\/maps-and-resources\/office-geology\/mercia-mudstones-clifton-village-nottingham\/\"><span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span class=\"hidden\">Facebook<\/span><\/span><\/a><a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Clifton%20Village,%20Nottingham&#038;url=https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/discovering-geology\/maps-and-resources\/office-geology\/mercia-mudstones-clifton-village-nottingham\/\"><span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span class=\"hidden\">Twitter<\/span><\/span><\/a><a   onclick=\"javascript:void( (function() {var e=document.createElement('script' );e.setAttribute('type','text\/javascript' );e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8' );e.setAttribute('src','\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/js\/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());\"  href=\"javascript:void(0);\"><span class=\"icon-pinterest\"><span class=\"hidden\">Pinterest<\/span><\/span><\/a><a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/wa.me?text=https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/discovering-geology\/maps-and-resources\/office-geology\/mercia-mudstones-clifton-village-nottingham\/\"><span class=\"icon-whatsapp\"><span class=\"hidden\">WhatsApp<\/span><\/span><\/a><a   href=\"mailto:?subject=Clifton%20Village,%20Nottingham&#038;body=The%20river%20cliff%20beneath%20Clifton%20Village%20has%20excellent%20exposure%20of%20Mercia%20Mudstone,%20a%20blocky%20red%20mud%20rock%20with%20layers%20of%20fine%20green%20sand%20and%20mudstones.%20(https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/discovering-geology\/maps-and-resources\/office-geology\/mercia-mudstones-clifton-village-nottingham\/)\"><span class=\"icon-mail\"><span class=\"hidden\">Email<\/span><\/span><\/a><a href=\"#\" data-copy=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/discovering-geology\/maps-and-resources\/office-geology\/mercia-mudstones-clifton-village-nottingham\/\" class=\"copy-url-on-click\"><span class=\"icon-link\"><span class=\"hidden\">Copy Link<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-bgs-blocks-content-container content-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12\">\n<p>Over thousands of years, the River Trent&nbsp;has&nbsp;eroded&nbsp;away rocks of the <a href=\"https:\/\/webapps.bgs.ac.uk\/lexicon\/lexicon.cfm?pub=MMG\">Mercia Mudstone Group<\/a> across Nottingham. There is a steep river cliff beneath Clifton Village, where exposures of the red&nbsp;mudstones&nbsp;and&nbsp;fine&nbsp;green sands&nbsp;are easily accessible. <\/p>\n\n\n<figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Clifton_Mercia_Mudstones_web.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Rocks of the Mercia Mudstone Group exposed in river cliffs beneath Clifton Village, Nottingham. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_22610\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Clifton_Mercia_Mudstones_web-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur\" alt=\"Mercia Mudstones Clifton Village\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Clifton_Mercia_Mudstones_web.jpg\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>Rocks of the Mercia Mudstone Group exposed in river cliffs beneath Clifton Village, Nottingham. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"expand-box expand-box-top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Clifton_Mercia_Mudstones_web.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Rocks of the Mercia Mudstone Group exposed in river cliffs beneath Clifton Village, Nottingham. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_22610\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/expand.svg\" alt=\"Expand icon\"><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>The river cliff has excellent exposures of the Mercia Mudstone, a blocky, red, mud rock with layers of fine green sand- and mudstones. There are also bands of white, fibrous gypsum. The gypsum would originally have precipitated out of evaporated sea water and later dissolved and re-precipitated as veins running through the rock. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Mercia Mudstone Group was deposited in the Triassic Period (200 to 250 million years ago) in a sea that was subjected to high rates of evaporation in an arid climate.<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t<div  class=\"owl-carousel carousel-primary-color carousel owl-theme thumbs-carousel-js\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"item\"><figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Mercia_mudstone_outcrop.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Layers of red mudstone, green sand- and mudstone and white gypsum of the the Mercia Mudstone Group, deposited in the Triassic Period. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_6527\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Mercia_mudstone_outcrop.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Mercia Mudstone outcrop\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>Layers of red mudstone, green sand- and mudstone and white gypsum of the the Mercia Mudstone Group, deposited in the Triassic Period. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"expand-box expand-box-top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Mercia_mudstone_outcrop.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Layers of red mudstone, green sand- and mudstone and white gypsum of the the Mercia Mudstone Group, deposited in the Triassic Period. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_6527\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/expand.svg\" alt=\"Expand icon\"><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\n<p>The path through the woodland is a wildlife haven. In spring,&nbsp;the path is&nbsp;bordered&nbsp;by native bluebells, wild garlic and&nbsp;celandine.&nbsp;The path leads to&nbsp;Holme Pit,&nbsp;an artificial&nbsp;pond fringed&nbsp;by reeds that is a favourite spot for&nbsp;bats and many wetland birds through the&nbsp;seasons.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Holme_pit_web.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;A swan sits on her nest in Holme Pit. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_71942\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Holme_pit_web-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur\" alt=\"Holme Pit\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Holme_pit_web.jpg\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption sm-line\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>A swan sits on her nest in Holme Pit. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"expand-box expand-box-top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Holme_pit_web.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;A swan sits on her nest in Holme Pit. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_71942\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/expand.svg\" alt=\"Expand icon\"><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Getting there<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>From the A453, turn into Clifton Village and head for Clifton Manor (SK 54543483) close to the Clifton campus of Nottingham Trent University. Clifton Manor, parts of which date from the 13th&nbsp;century, stands next to medieval St Mary\u2019s Church.&nbsp;Parking can be found in a small car park opposite the church or along the road side.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Take care on the steep path down to the river and turn left at the base of the slope. Follow the level path through the ancient woodland of beech, lime and larch. Look out for some very old oak trees and a few giant redwoods&nbsp;from when the Manor owned the land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When visiting remote sites, be sure to observe the latest parking and access signage. Always wear suitable clothing and be aware of deteriorating footpaths and changing weather conditions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Further information <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nottinghamshirewildlife.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>BGS information on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/engineering-geology-maps\/engineering-geological-studies-of-bedrock-formations\/mercia-mudstone-group\/\">engineering geology of the Mercia Mudstone<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mercia_Mudstone_Group#:~:text=The%20Mercia%20Mudstone%20Group%20is,which%20corresponds%20to%20that%20area.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wikipedia <\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.emgs.org.uk\/#publications\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mercian Geologist<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\t\t<h2>About the 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