Royal approval for new Somerset Earth Science Centre

摘要

A brand new £600,000 field study centre provided by the quarrying industry in Somerset was formally opened by The Princess Royal in July.rnThe Somerset Earth Science Centre at John Wainwright's Moons Hill Quarry, near Shepton Mallet, is funded and managed by the Mendip Quarry Producers (MQP), an association of the leading quarrying companies in Somerset comprising Wainwright, Hanson, Aggregate Industries, Tarmac and Morris & Perry.rnThe purpose-built centre provides a range of curriculum-related topics linked to quarrying for students of all ages from primary school through to adult learning.