Rockwatchers at the Festival of Geology
Rockwatch had a great time at the Festival of Geology last weekend at UCL, London. Loads of you can and lots of you helped as well. It was really good to see you all – thanks for making the event such a success! Put it in your diaries now for 2018 – first Saturday of November. See you...
Festival of Geology on 4th November
A great geological day out for all the family at the Festival of Geology at UCL, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT Activities, displays, demonstrations, walks and talks – and entrance is free! Something for everyone. Just turn up. Open from 10.30 till 4.30 See you there
Join Rockwatch at BGS on Saturday July 1
Come along to the British Geological Survey in Keyworth for their Family Day. Rockwatch will be there with fun activities – learn all about geology while having a good time! The British Geological Survey’s Environmental Science Centre will have activites that show the wide scope and applications of their research. You’ll even be able to see how they take core samples, essential for producing geological maps. There...
Fun amongst the rocks in Lincolnshire on Sunday 4 June
Be a geo-detective for the day! Join Rockwatch on a fieldtrip to the ‘Isle of Axholme’ in North Lincolnshire where local expert, Paul Hildreth, will be on hand to help with your ‘detective’work! He’ll help you find clues, collect evidence and then ‘solve the mystery’ of what exactly you’re finding beneath your feet. Two sites to visit – a quarry and a railway cutting. We’ll...
Fossil collecting Fieldtrip to Epworth, North Lincolnshire – Sunday 4 June 2017
A great opportunity to add to your fossil collection! A trip to a quarry and a railway cutting with plenty of fossils to find! Local expert, Paul Hildreth, will be helping you to turn your hand to geological detective work – looking for clues, finding evidence then putting it all together to solve the geological mystery. Great day for families but over 7s only.
Shropshire Fossil Collecting Fieldtrip on Sunday 7th May
A fabulous day with lots of fossils to collect! You’ll get to put on a hard hat and hi-vis vest and discover Silurian fossils with Eddie Bailey and Susan Brown. It will be Rockwatch’s fifth visit to this favourite spot where you’ll be able to see rocks of the Silurian Period in the Much Wenlock Limestone Formation. The benches and tips in the quarry contain typical reel fossils including trilobites. Lots to find...