• Ver Valley Society Walk on the Chalk, Dunstable Downs

    Herts Geol Society have a limited number of places available on this walk (5 – 6) organised by the Ver Valley Society. It will start at the Dunstable Downs National Trust Centre at 10am and will last until 1pm, when we can get something to eat at the NT Centre. If you’re interested in joining […]

  • The Ice-pushed chalk of the Chiltern escarpment between Barkway and Heydon

    Silver Ball Transport Café Reed, Royston London Road, Royston, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

     Meet at the Silver Ball transport cafe, which is on the A10 at Reed (SG8 8BD) at 10am for drinks and a bacon sandwich (cash only) and a loo stop. Leave for Barkway Pit at 10.30, stopping at a view point on the way. Visit a small pit at Great Chishill. Pub lunch at the […]

  • 49th Percy Evans Lecture: Snowballs in the Desert – A Glacial History of Oman

    Redbourne Parish Centre The Park, Redbourne, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

    given by Ross Garden, Reading Geological Society Ross is kindly standing in for the scheduled speaker Dr Haydon Bailey. Haydon's talk will now given at a later date. Abstract The Earth has experienced repeated major icehouse periods through its history.  Across the UK, we have many examples of the Plio-Pliestocene ice age deposits and in […]

  • The Chalk Sea Ecosystem Project

    Redbourne Parish Centre The Park, Redbourne, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

    talk given by Dr James Witts, Senior Post Doctoral Researcher, Natural History Museum London

  • Researching the Puddingstone Book

    Redbourne Parish Centre The Park, Redbourne, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

    talk given by Gerald Lucy, Essex Rock & Mineral Society & Mike Howgate, AGS & HGS

  • St Albans’ building stones walk

    with Haydon Bailey, geological advisor to the Chiltern Society. This is a joint event with the Bucks Geology Group. PLACES LIMITED – BOOKING ESSENTIAL. For more information and to book you place, please contact Mike Palmer at mpalmer@discoverbucksmuseum.org

  • Book Presentation – The Meteorites

    Redbourne Parish Centre The Park, Redbourne, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

    given by Helen Gordon, Hertfordshire University & Author

  • Ashridge House and Gardens

    Ashridge House Ashridge, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

    A walk around the house and gardens. More details to follow.