Past Field Meetings
Previous field meetings up to the present time are listed below.
Where any further details are available a details link will be shown.
Martley, Worcestershire
Leader: Prof Ian Fairchild , TVGS
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The Corallian of Oxfordshire
Leader: Owen Green, Oxford Geology Trust
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Lesnes Abbey Woods and the Thames Barrier
Leader: Alison Barraclough, RGS
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South Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire
Leader: Ross Garden and Jeremy Krause, RGS
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Natural History Museum London
Dr Richard J. Howard, NHM
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until Sunday 5 November 2023
GA Festival of Geology
Field meetings on Sunday
Emmer Green Chalk Mine
Leader: Ross Garden, RGS
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until Saturday 30 September 2023
The Lake District and Northern Pennines
Leader: Bernard Skillerne de Bristowe
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The Geology of Salisbury Cathedral and Cathedral Close, with a potential visit to Old Sarum
Leader: Ross Garden, RGS
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A tour of the Southern Malverns
Leader: David Green, Geostudies
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until Thursday 15 June 2023
The Geology of Lincolnshire
Jurassic, Cretaceous, Pleistocene and Holocene
Leader: Prof. Peter Worsley, UoR
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Sheppey
Leader: Roger York, RGS
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Portishead
Leader: David Ward, RGS
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Selbourne & The Devil’s Punchbowl
Leader: Ross Garden, RGS
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Building Stones of Reading Walk and University of Reading Workshop
Leader: Ross Garden & Hazel McGoff, RGS & UoR
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Workshop meeting at Holly House for members only
Rocks, Minerals and Fossils; quiz and other activities
Hosts: David and Joyce Ward, RGS
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Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Hills Quarry, Faringdon
Leaders : David Ward and Roger York, RGS
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The Jurassic Transected
The Cotswolds to The Severn
Leader: David Green
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until Thursday 22 September 2022
The Peak District
Leaders : Dr Peter Jones, National Stone Centre and Dr Vanessa Banks, BGS
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RGS Mad Hatter’s ‘Geological’ Tea Party
Hosts: David and Joyce Ward
Vallis Vale and Tedbury Camp, Somerset
Leader: Dr. Doug Robinson
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College Lakes Pitstone, Dunstable Downs and Kensworth Quarry, Buckinghamshire
Middle to Upper Pleistocene deposits.
Leader: Dr Haydon Bailey, GA
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Sarsens of the West Woods area of the Marlborough Downs
Leader: Prof. Peter Worsley, RGS
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Geology in Nymans' Gardens.
This is a joint visit with West Sussex Geological Society. Nymans is a National Trust property in West Sussex.
Leaders : David Bone and Greg Thomas, WSGS
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Coombe Gibbet Down and Bungum Lane, Inkpen
POSTPONED from 20th Feb due to weather
Leader: Roger York, RGS
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Workshop meeting at Holly House
Rocks, Minerals and Fossils; quiz and other activities
Leader: David Ward, RGS
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Cole Museum, Reading Campus
Chicksgrove Quarry, Tisbury, Salisbury
Leader: David Ward, RGS
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GA Virtual Festival of Geology
Geology of the Reading area
Leader: Prof. Peter Worsley, UoR
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until Sunday 26 September 2021
Edinburgh and the surrounding area
Including Castle Rock, St Andrews and Hutton's Unconformity at Siccar Point.
Leader: Angus Miller
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Hatford and Wicklesham Lodge Quarries, Faringdon
A joint visit with members of Oxfordshire Geology Trust
Leader: David Ward, RGS
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Barton on Sea
Leader: Jim House, RGS
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Field meeting
until Friday 28 May 2021
South East Devon.
A traverse of the western end of the World Heritage Jurassic Coast from Exmouth to Seaton
Leaders: Jurassic Coast Ambassadors Mike Green and John McLellan
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Further Meetings CANCELLED
Covid19 Emergency cancellation until further notice
Museum visit
Matthews Brickworks, Chesham
Tertiary clays and hand brickmaking
until Sunday 8 November 2020
GA Virtual Festival of Geology
Field meetings on Sunday
Great Tew Quarry, Banbury
Lower Jurassic clays, fossils and structures
until Sunday 27 September 2020
Edinburgh and the surrounding area
Laboratory day at Reading University
Dr Hazel McGoff, UoR
Wareham Clay Pit
Oligocene Clays and industrial archeology and a walk on Ballard Down
Old Sarum and the Building stones of Salisbury Cathedral
Leader: John Williams, Farnham GS
Geolab at Reading Museum
Introduction to Geology
Leader: Alison Barraclough, RGS
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until Monday 18 May 2020
Postponed until May 2021. South East Devon.
A traverse of the western end of the World Heritage Jurassic Coast from Exmouth to Seaton
Leaders: Jurassic Coast Ambassadors Mike Green, John Ayers and John McLellan
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Aspects of the geology of the Reading area
Joint visit with Bedfordshire Geology Group – the Chalk, lower Tertiary and Quaternary landscape development.
Leader: Prof Peter Worsley, RGS
Mendips geology at Somerset Earth Science centre
Introductory lecture, followed by visits to several sites, including working quarries.
Leader: Dr Gill Odolphie, Somerset Earth Science Centre
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Further Meetings CANCELLED
Covid19 Emergency cancellation until further notice
Hatford Quarry, Shellingford, Oxon
Jurassic fossils, especially corals, Jurassic sedimentation.
Leader: David Ward, RGS
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Workshop meeting at Holly House
Rocks, Minerals and Fossils; cutting and polishing; quiz
Leader: David Ward, RGS
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Watership Down and Kingsclere Anticline
Leader: Roger York, RGS
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until Sunday 3 November 2019
GA Festival of Geology
Field meetings on Sunday
Coates Village, Sapperton and Thames
Leader: David Ward, RGS
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until Monday 23 September 2019
Fforest Fawr Geopark, Brecon Beacons
Leader: Dilys Howell, Geraint Owen
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Greensands in the Potton area of Bedfordshire
Joint meeting with Bedfordshire Geology Group
Leader: Dr Bev Fowlston
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Osmington Mills, Dorset
Leader: Simon Purvis
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Craig-yr-hesg Quarry, Pontypridd, South Wales
Carboniferous Sandstone and Plant fossils
Leader: David Ward, RGS
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until Monday 20 May 2019
St Austell and West Cornwall
Leaders: Dr Robin Shail and Prof Peter Scott, University of Exeter
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Bowsey Hill, Henley
RGS contribution to Geoweek
Leader: David Ward, RGS
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Fyfield Down, Clatford Bottom
Sarsens and Archeology
Leader: Prof. Peter Worsley, RGS
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GeoLab in Wargrave
Introduction to Geology
Leader: Alison Barraclough, RGS
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Old Town Railway Cutting SSSI and Great Quarry SSSI, Swindon
Jurassic/Cretaceous
Leader: Dick Millard
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Workshop meeting at Holly House
Rocks, Minerals and Fossils; cutting and polishing; quiz
Leader: David Ward, RGS
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Dorking
Dorking Museum and Denbies Winery tour
Leader: Prof. Richard Selley, Imperial College
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Stonesfield Oxfordshire
Stonesfield Village Walk and Rock Edge Quarry
Leader: Simon Hodkin, Oxford Geology Trust
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Down House – Home of Charles Darwin
Rescheduled: Visit to Down House and a walk round Downe village and church
Leader: Peter Worsley
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Kimmeridge Bay, Dorset
Joint visit with Bucks GS
Leader: Simon Penn
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until Saturday 22 September 2018
Montagne Noire, southern central France
Leader: Prof Hilary Downes
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Chicksgrove Quarry, Wiltshire
Leader: David Ward, RGS
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RIGS around Guildford and Albury
Joint visit with members from Farnham Geological Society
Leader: Graham Williams
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Machen Quarry, Machen, Caerphilly, Wales
Carboniferous Limestone, splendid minerals, possibly fossils, structures
Leader: David Ward, RGS
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until Monday 21 May 2018
4 day field meeting, Somerset and the Mendips
Leader: Dr Doug Robinson
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Hampstead Heath and Parliament Hill, London
Leader: Alison Barraclough
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Down House – Home of Charles Darwin
Visit to Down House and a walk round Downe village and church
Leader: Peter Worsley
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Kirtlington and Bletchington
Leader: Owen Green, Oxford Geology Trust
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Workshop meeting at Holly House
Rocks, Minerals and Fossils; cutting and polishing; quiz
Museum visit
National History Museum, London
Leader: Edmund Shirley, RGS
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Sheppey
Fossils, minerals, coastal retreat
Leader: David Ward, RGS
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until Sunday 5 November 2017
GA Festival of Geology
University College London
Ton-mawr Quarry, South Wales
Carboniferous Limestone, fossils, minerals, dolomitisation, structures
Leader: David Ward, RGS
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until Monday 18 September 2017
Isle of Wight 4 day visit
Structures, fossils and sedimentology
Leaders: Trevor Price and Dr Martin Munt from Dinosaur Isle, and RGS members
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South Wales
Penarth to Lavernock plus dinosaur footprints at Sully
Leader: Stephen Howes, SWGS
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Society 40th Birthday Party
Rushall Farm
Geological Ramble in Burnham Beeches SSSI & NNR
Geology with a hydrology theme and a link to wildlife & habitats.
Leaders: Dr Graham Hickman & Dr Helen Read
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until Monday 22 May 2017
Ludlow Area 4 day visit
Leader: Dr Paul Olver
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The Etches Museum and Durlston Point
Dorset
Leader: Edmund Shirley, RGS
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A Geological Walk in the Dorking area
Leader: David Ward , RGS
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Indoor meeting at Holly House
rock cutting and polishing, competitions
Leader: David Ward, RGS
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Visit to Portishead
Leader: David Ward, RGS
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until Monday 19 September 2016
The Geology of Brittany
Leader: Dr Doug Robinson
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Forest of Dean
Lydney Cliffs and Bixslade Valley
Leader: John Moseley
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Kimmeridge Bay, Dorset
Jurassic and Cretaceous sediments and structures
Leader: Edmund Shirley, RGS
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Excursion to the Goring Gap
Joint meeting with GA and HGS
Leader: Prof Peter Worsley, RGS
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until Monday 23 May 2016
Chalk in Yorkshire
Leader: Prof Rory Mortimore
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Martley
Permian, Carboniferous
Leaders: John Nicklin and Ian Pennell
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Green Chain Geotrail
South-east London geology
Leader: Alison Barraclough
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Riddlesdown Quarry, Croydon
Chalk quarry and SSSI
Leader: David Ward, RGS
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Indoor meeting at Holly House
Rocks, Minerals and Fossils; cutting and polishing, and Quiz
Leader: David Ward, RGS
Museum Visit
National Museum Cardiff
Leader:Edmund Shirley
Shorncote Quarry and Chedworth
Jurassic and Tertiary fossils
Leader: David Ward, RGS
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Dudley Coalfield, West Midlands
Leader: Graham Worton, Dudley Museum
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until Monday 21 September 2015
Weekend East Anglia
Suffolk
Leader: Peter Worsley, University of Reading
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The Mendips
Leader: Dr D Robinson, University of Bristol
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The Purbeck Anticline, Dorset
Jurassic and Cretaceous sediments and structures
Leader: Edmund Shirley, RGS
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Cretaceous of Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire GS Joint Meeting
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until Monday 18 May 2015
Weekend Derbyshire – Castleton, Wirksworth, Ashover
Carboniferous and Devonian
Leaders: John Hunter, Geoff Selby-Sly, David Ward and a leader from the EHFS
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Martley Valley, Worcestershire
East Malvern Fault, Silurian to Triassic
Leader: Ian Pennell, Teme Valley GS
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Big Pit, Cardiff
Leader: Tom Sharpe, Museum Of Wales
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Blaise Castle, Avon
Carboniferous Limestone and environmental features
Leaders: Carole Gregory and Edmund Shirley, RGS
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Indoor meeting at Holly House
Rocks, Minerals and Fossils; cutting and polishing, and Quiz
Leader: David Ward, RGS
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Oxford Museum of Natural History
Leader: Edmund Shirley
Bath, Somerset
Brown’s Folly Nature Reserve and quarry
Leader: Elizabeth Devon, Bath GS, and RGS leader
Barton, Hampshire
Tertiary sediments and fossils
Leader: Edmund Shirley, RGS
until Sunday 14 September 2014
CHABLAIS, FRANCE
Pre-alps thrust belt, western Alps; Geopark
Leader: Dr Sophie Justice
Ringstead, Dorset
Jurassic and Cretaceous sediments and structures
Leader: Edmund Shirley, RGS
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Portishead, Somerset
Change from programme
Devonian/Carboniferous junction and fossil hunting
Leaders: Edmund Shirley, David Ward, RGS
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until Monday 19 May 2014
Cornwall/Devon Weekend
Minerals and structures
Leaders: Dr Richard Scrivener and Dr Ted Freshney
Huntley, Gloucestershire
Ordovician/Silurian sediments
Leader: Claire Reid , GGT
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Dudley, West Midlands
Barrow Hill volcanics
Leader: Graham Worten, Dudley Museum
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Chicksgrove, Wiltshire
Jurassic - Purbeckian
Leader: John Needham
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Indoor meeting at Holly House
Rocks, Minerals and Fossils; cutting and polishing, and Quiz
Leader: David Ward, RGS
Albert Memorial and Natural History Museum
Leader: Edmund Shirley, RGS
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Aspects of Geology of the Reading area
Leader: Prof Peter Worsley, University of Reading
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Mendips
Carboniferous Limestone and minerals
Leaders: Edmund Shirley, Alison Barraclough, Andy Sparrow
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The Masonry Walls of Roman Silchester: materials, style and method
Leader: Professor John Allen FRS, University of Reading
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until Sunday 22 September 2013
Weekend North Devon
Ilfracombe and area
Leaders: Dr Jenny Bennett, Open University and Prof John Mather, Royal Holloway, University of London
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The Masonry Walls of Roman Silchester: materials, style and method
Leader: Professor John Allen FRS, University of Reading
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Newhaven Chalk
Leaders: Barbara Barrett and Roger York, RGS
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until Monday 20 May 2013
Weekend Anglesey
Leader: Dr Charles Bendall, University of Aberystwyth
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Dodwell Hill Quarry and Cleeve Hill
Gloucestershire
Leaders: Arthur Price, Gloucester Society for Industrial Archaeology and RGS leader
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Bristol Coalfield
Leader: John Toller, (local leader)
Indoor meeting at Holly House
Rocks, Minerals and Fossils; cutting and polishing, and Quiz
Leader: David Ward, RGS