Hull Geological Society

List of meetings and events

Programme 2025

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Thursday 12th December 2024* - Quiz Night at the University starting at 6-30pm

Thursday 2nd January 2025 - Virtual Club Night on Facebook  - the topic is "pebbles"

Wednesday 15^th January – Meeting on Zoom at 7-30pm – John Connor on "Mt Lassen & Other Volcanoes of the Southern Cascades "  (booking required)  Click here for abstract.

Thursday 16th January 2025* - Club Night at the University starting at 6-30pm - the topic is Erratics

Wednesday 19th February. Meeting on Zoom at 7-30pm – John Connor on  "the Building Stones of Holderness".  (booking required)  

Thursday 13th February 2025 - Club Night at the University starting at 6-30pm - the topic is "I used to know that ! " We will test our geological knowledge using questions from recent GCSE and A Level geology papers put together by one of our members.

Thursday 13th March 2025 - Annual General Meeting, followed by a talk by Dr Peter Halkon about “The changing Landscape of the Foulness Valley, East Yorkshire”

Friday 14th March 2025 - Zoom talk at 10 am by Mike Horne. (booking required) 

Wednesday 19th March. Meeting on Zoom at 7-30pm – John Connor on  "Addendum to the Elusive Unconformity ".  (booking required)  

Saturday 12th April 2025 - field trip to Upton Railway Cutting and South Elmsall Quarry, led by Rick Ramsdale and Tony Felski.

Thursday 24th April 2025 -  (t.b.c.)

Wednesday 7^th May 2025 – (t.b.c.) - Zoom talk by Mike Horne about “Tom Sheppard – hero or scoundrel?” as part of Yorkshire Geology Month.  (booking required)  

Sunday 11th May 2025 - morning walk "Rocks in the Cemetery" led by Mike Horne; part of Yorkshire Geology Month.  (booking required)  

Thursday 15th May 2025 -  evening lecture at the University starting at 6-30pm - Paul Hildreth on "Lincolnshire Ironstones"; part of Yorkshire Geology Month.  Click here for abstract.

Thursday 3rd July 2025 -  (t.b.c.)

Thursday 21st August 2025 -  (t.b.c.)

Saturday 23rd August 2025 - Roadshow (t.b.c.)

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* note - the Parking Regulations at the University of Hull changed on 9th September 2024. The parking is now managed by National Parking Control Ltd. Click here for details

** Note - at our Roadshows we may sell rocks, minerals and fossils in our "Lucky Dip" to raise funds for the Society. There are genuine geological specimens and are not toys; they are not suitable for young children and should not be put in the mouth. Please wash your hands after handling geological specimens and before eating food. Click here for our Risk Assessment.

Winter lecture meetings usually start at 6-30 p.m. and are held in the Department of Geology, Cohen Building, University of Hull (unless otherwise stated). Non-members are welcome to attend but please arrive before the start of the meeting. If you arrive late the building may be locked for security reasons and you will not be able to get into the building. If we are in the ground floor lecture theatre or teaching laboratory you can knock on the window and we will let you in. Booking is required for some of our meetings - full details of the event will be sent when you book.

There is no charge for non-members attending our meetings (unless otherwise stated), but you are welcome to make a donation to Society funds.

The Club Nights are open to members of the Society, University Staff and Students and interested members of the public. At the end of each meeting we will choose the topic or topics for the following meeting. Those attending are encouraged to bring some appropriate specimens, photographs, models or texts to contribute to the evening; though it is also OK to just join in the conversation. The meetings start promptly: if you arrive late the building will be locked for security reasons and you may not be able to get in.

Please contact the Society if you wish to come to a field meeting so that the leaders will know how many people to expect. The Society reserves the right to exclude people who are not wearing the necessary protective clothing/equipment.

If you wish to support the Society please consider sending a donation.

Click here for an archive of previous meeting topics from 2003 to present.

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