The Geology of Kirkby Stephen in Minecraft

This project was made possible by the Holloway Outreach Bursary.

Welcome to a free downloadable Minecraft map containing a 3D recreational the geology at Kirkby Stephen, England!

The map contains a 1 km² area with underlying geology that is found around the Birkett Hill area of Kirkby Stephen. Armed with a pickaxe, shovel, and geological field notebook, explore the sedimentary rocks that were laid down over 300 million years ago, when this part of England was once underwater!

A licensed copy of Minecraft is required.

How to Instal Map

• Download the Kirkby Stephen Geology.zip (3.4 MB)
• Unzip the file to a temporary location
• Navigate to the Minecraft folder*
  Windows: %APPDATA%\.minecraft
  macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/minecraft
  Linux: ~/.minecraft
• Open the ‘Saves’ folder
• Move the unzipped map folder to the ‘Saves’ folder
• Launch Minecraft and select ‘Single Player’
• Select the world ‘Kirkby Stephen Geology’

If you are struggling to navigate to the Minecraft folder then follow this alternative pathway

• Launch Minecraft
• On the Home Screen, click ‘Options’
• Click on ‘Resource Packs’
• Click ‘Open Pack Folder’
• Navigate to ‘Saves’

Controls

• Keys ‘a’ ‘w’ ‘s’ and ‘d’ are used to move around the map
• Space bar lets you jump
• Double space bar lets you fly
• When flying, space bar causes you to ascend and shift descend
• Left click breaks blocks
• Right click builds blocks or opens notebook
• Number keys switch items in the hot bar

All controls can be changed by going to the Home Screen and clicking on ‘Controls’