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  • March 2026

  • Sun 29

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

    29 March:10:00 am - 4:30 pm
    Silver Ball Transport Café Reed, Royston London Road, Royston, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

    Joint trip with AGS Meeting at 10 am at Silver Ball Transport Cafe on A10 at Reed. Finishing around 4:30 pm. Pub lunch will be arranged.

  • April 2026

  • Thu 9

    49th Percy Evans Lecture: The Geology of the Lower Chess Valley & where does all that water go?

    9 April:7:45 pm - 9:45 pm
    Redbourne Parish Centre The Park, Redbourne, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

    given by Dr. Haydon Bailey, HGS Chairman   

  • May 2026

  • Thu 14

    Geology of Stonehenge and the bluestone controversy

    14 May:7:45 pm - 9:45 pm
    Redbourne Parish Centre The Park, Redbourne, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

    talk given by Prof. Peter Worsley, Emeritus Professor of Quaternary Geology, University of Reading

  • June 2026

  • Thu 11

    The Chalk Sea Ecosystem Project

    11 June:7:45 pm - 9:45 pm
    Redbourne Parish Centre The Park, Redbourne, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

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

  • July 2026

  • Thu 9

    Researching the Puddingstone Book

    9 July:9:45 pm
    Redbourne Parish Centre The Park, Redbourne, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

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

  • Sat 18

    St Albans’ building stone walk

    18 July

    Details to follow

  • September 2026

  • Thu 10

    The Deep Geology beneath southern England (TBC)

    10 September:9:45 pm
    Redbourne Parish Centre The Park, Redbourne, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

    talk given by Dr. Chris Pullen, Director, CP Exploration

  • October 2026

  • Thu 8

    Book Presentation – The Meteorites

    8 October:7:45 pm - 9:45 pm
    Redbourne Parish Centre The Park, Redbourne, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

    given by Helen Gordon, Hertfordshire University & Author

  • Sat 17

    Ashridge House and Gardens

    17 October:10:00 am - 4:30 pm
    Ashridge House Ashridge, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

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

  • November 2026

  • Thu 12

    Alpine peaks and salt intrusions – Geological windows into Earth’s mantle

    12 November:7:45 pm - 9:45 pm
    over Zoom

    given by Dr. Jonathan Turner, Geologists’ Association Field Guide Editor

  • December 2026

  • Thu 10

    The history of geological thought and exploration of the geology of the Himalaya

    10 December:7:45 pm - 9:45 pm
    over Zoom

    given by Dr. Danny Clarke-Lowes, Director, Nubian Consulting

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