For all visits please note the following:
- Mobile phone numbers are required and attendees must have these switched on before and during the visit so that we can contact you in the event of an emergency.
- Please arrive before the start time. If the party has not heard from a member who is late, the visit will commence no later than ten minutes after the start time and late comers will be unable to join the visit.
- Helmet, boots and high visibility jacket are essential, as well as safety glasses if you intend to hammer rocks. A stick is also handy when climbing.
- Spaces are limited on some visits so there is a first come, first served policy in place.
- All bookings to be made online please.
- Full details of the visit and how to get to the site will be released 48 hours before the event, which is also the cut off for sign ups.
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For administrative reasons the bookings for each field trip only become live two months prior to the visit.
This means you cannot book a place until two months before the visit
Date & Location
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6th January 2024
Eastcheap London Geo Walk
Limited to 20 Places
This is a short walk (~ 1km) in the area around Eastcheap, which takes in some very beautiful stone that has been used in several buildings and monuments in the area. Some of the stone is part of grand edifices, whilst other stone adorns some quite modest buildings. The entire walk is on London streets, with the exception of the Monument, where 311 steps take us from the bottom to the top. This is the ideal type of walk for the middle of winter, because we are never far from a coffee shop if it rains!
Mark Matthews
23rd February 2024
Hadleigh, Essex, ERMS Trail, Essex
Limited to 30 Places
The rock layers seen in Hadleigh Park tell a story of tropical seas, swamps and deltas over 50 million years ago; and of course within the last two million years the ice ages have contributed to the scenery we see today.
Look out for some of the best views in Essex, erosion in action, spring lines and of course a Norman castle, painted by John Constable.
Kevin Timmons
23rd March 2024
Colemans Farm Gravel Quarry
Limited to 25 Places
CANCELLED DUE TO POOR GROUND CONDITIONS. An alternative 2024 date is being sought.
Jonathan Spencer
27th April 2024
Bulls Lodge Quarry, Boreham
Limited to 25 Places
The classic ERMS visit. Not to be missed if you love Ice age geology and finding puddingstones, sarcens and all kinds of exotic specimens in the gravel reject pile. There are also occasional fossils found such as flint echinoids and sponges
John Walmsley
19th May 2024
Walton-on-the-Naze
Joint Amateur Geological Society (AGS)/ERMS visit to Walton-on-the-Naze.
The premier geological site in Essex with cliffs of London Clay and Red Crag.
Explorer the beach for fossils this is one of the few available weekend dates when the tide is favourable.
Gerald Lucy
6th June 2024
St Mary’s Church Walk
Limited to 30 Places
To view the local geology found in church walls.
Image provided by find my local church
Ian & Ros Mercer
6th July 10:30
Bulmer Brick and Tile Co Ltd
£5 per member, Limited to 20 people/15 cars
To see brickworks in action, view clay pit geology and learn from brick expert Peter Minter about the history of bricks.
Jonathan Spencer
18th August
Saffron Walden Museum/building stones walk
Limited to 12 places
A walk around this fascinating town looking at building stones. We will also visit Saffron Walden Museum which has an excellent geology gallery and some fine Ice Age erratic boulders outside.
Gerald Lucy
21st September
Hill Farm, Gestingthorpe
Explore the geology and Roman archaeology of this fascinating farm. Ashley Cooper, the owner excavated a Roman Villa first identified on the property in 1949.
Jonathan Spencer
5th October
Highwood Quarry, Dunmow
Limited to 25 Places
Another visit to view latest revelations in ice age geology and look for interesting specimens amongst the pebble beds. Last year (2023) the clays yielded some interesting examples of Jurassic gryphaea fossils.
John Walmsley
7th December
Guildhall Geo Walk
Limited to 16 Places
This is another short walk (~ 1km), this time in the area around the Guildhall, and once again, focusing on some of the magnificent building stone that has been incorporated into the buildings in this area, especially in the Guildhall itself. As with other GeoWalks, the entire walk is on London streets and is the ideal type of field visit for the run up to Christmas, because we are never far from a hostelry if it rains!
Mark Matthews