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Bucks Geology GroupEvents - 2026 Programme PRINTER FRIENDLY
2026 Programme (May onwards)Saturday 23rd May 2026, time 11am-2pmA visit to Coombs Quarry - one of Bucks’ primary local geology sites with Jill Eyers. PLACES LIMITED – BOOKING ESSENTIAL. For more information and to book you place, please contact Mike Palmer at mpalmer@discoverbucksmuseum.org . Saturday 13th June 2025, time:11am-3pm Micro Fossils for Beginners – a talk and hands-on workshop - Back by popular demand with professional micropalaeontologist, Steve Packer. The event will comprise a one-hour introductory talk followed by hands-on sessions using a range of microscopes. The session will also include a short lunch break so please bring a packed lunch (tea and coffee will be available.
This event is limited to 12 people and so EARLY BOOKING IS ADVISED. For more information and to book you place, please contact Mike Palmer at
mpalmer@discoverbucksmuseum.org
. AGM and post-meeting Zoom Talk subject and speaker to be announced nearer the time. A link will be sent out to members a few days before the AGM and talk. Non-members should contact Ian Hudson several days before the talk to request a link.
membersbucksgeology@gmail.com
. St Albans building stones walk - with Haydon Bailey, geological advisor to the Chiltern Society. This is a joint event with the Hertfordshire Geological Society. PLACES LIMITED – BOOKING ESSENTIAL. For more information and to book you place, please contact Mike Palmer at
mpalmer@discoverbucksmuseum.org
. Geology of the Mendips - a joint two-day field meeting with the Bath Geological Society. Please contact Mike Palmer at
mpalmer@discoverbucksmuseum.org for further information.
. Downley Commin landscape walk a joint meeting with the Downley Common Preservation Society led by Jill Eyers. PLACES LIMITED – BOOKING ESSENTIAL. For more information and to book you place, please contact Mike Palmer at
mpalmer@discoverbucksmuseum.org for further information.
. Great Tew Quarry visit and Hook Norton building stones walk:
Please note that due to uncertainties regarding the level of quarrying in 2026 we are currently unable to say whether the quarry will be available to visit in September. The quarry manager will get back to us in July. Watch this space.
. Chalk, Flint and Puddingstones: A Visit exploring the geology of the grounds of Ashridge House -
with Haydon Bailey and Mike Palmer followed by a walk through Ashridge woods to the puddingstone icehouse and Bridgwater Monument. PLACES LIMITED – BOOKING ESSENTIAL. For more information and to book you place, please contact Mike Palmer at
mpalmer@discoverbucksmuseum.org
. Geologists’ Association’s Festival of Geology
at the Geological Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London.
Come along for a series of free lectures plus exhibits by local groups, museums, universities, mineral and fossil dealers, second-hand book sales and hands-n activities courtesy of Rockwatch, the UK’s nationwide geology club for children. Admission free
London-based guided geological walks
Following on from Saturday’s Festival of Geology, choose one of three London-based guided geological walks. A small charge is made by the Geologists' Association for these walks. Further details nearer the time.
. Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks – a hands-on workshop
with Jill Eyers. PLACES LIMITED – EARLY BOOKING ESSENTIAL. For more information and to book you place, please contact Mike Palmer at
mpalmer@discoverbucksmuseum.org
. Chalk Stratigraphy (Full title and speaker tbc) Zoom talk.
. Zoom talk
title and speaker to be announced - watch this space.
. -end of programme- This list will be updated regularly - Last updated on 2nd March 2026.
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