Date/Time
Date(s) - Saturday, 26 April 2025
All Day
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Sorry – this field trip is now fully booked. We’re busy planning more field trips over the coming months so keep checking back for future events!
Join Rockwatch for a fun-packed day of geological exploration and fossil hunting at Bracklesham Bay!
We’ll start the day with some hands-on experiments with friends from GeoLab – a fun and interactive geological discovery session featuring rock sorting, Rock Cycle experiments, a wax volcano, and even horse evolution studies.
Then, after lunch, we’ll head to the beach for an exciting fossil hunt led by Bracklesham Bay fossil expert David Bone, where you can find shark teeth, ray teeth, gastropod and bivalve shells, corals, and more, all dating back to the Eocene era.
Event Details
📍 Morning – GeoLab Session: Bracklesham Barn, Beech Avenue, Bracklesham Bay, Chichester, West Sussex PO20 8HU
📍 Afternoon – Fossil Hunt: Meet at Bracklesham seafront Pay & Display car park, Bracklesham Lane, East Wittering, Chichester, PO20 8HJ
📅 Date: Saturday 26th April 2025
⏰ Time: 10:15 AM – 4:30 PM
💷 Cost: Rockwatch Members £5, Non-members £10, All Adults £10
Key Information
- Bring your own packed lunch.
- Refreshments can be obtained at Billy’s on the Beach café, but it can be very busy.
- Toilets are in the car park (and in the Barn until 2.00pm).
- Wear warm clothing as it can be very cold on the beach, as well as footwear that can get wet.
- Remember to bring small containers or small plastic bags for your fossil finds.
- No need for hammers or hard hats!
- David Bone will have copies of his book “The Geology and Fossils of Bracklesham and Selsey” for a special discount price of £4.00 on the day.
Spaces are limited – Book your place now!
Bookings
Children must be accompanied by an adult so please buy tickets for children and accompanying adult/s.This event is fully booked.
