North East Yorkshire Geology Trust

Public Events Programme
April 2008 - March 2009

ALL EVENTS ARE £2 per person per event

DAY DATE TIME MEET AT EVENT
APRIL        
Sun 13th 12 - 4 Low Mill Car Park

Guided Walk
Farndale: “A Dale too far”. Find out why Farndale was not as prosperous as Rosedale and savour the daffodils which make it famous
Sun 20th 12 - 4 Robin Hood’s Bay Slipway
Guided Walk
Ramsdale: “Sea Fur and Feather”. A delightful walk tracing the course inland of a glacial drainage channel. See a restored Mill and spectacular views over Robin Hoods Bay
Sun 27th 12 - 4 Goathland Railway Station Guided Walk
Goathland: “101 things you didn’t know about Aidensfield” Find out some of the secrets television doesn’t tell you!
         
MAY   May is Yorkshire’s Geology Festival!  
Thurs 1st 10:30 - 12:30 National Trust Shop Ravenscar Guided Walk
Ravenscar Alum Quarry and Alum Works. The site of one of Britain’s first Chemical Industries
Sun 4th 12 - 4 Grosmont Railway Station Platform 3

Guided Walk
Grosmont Iron Alum Lava Coal we can use it all.Find out the hidden history of Grosmont’s past
Mon 5th 10 – 4 Raincliffe Woods Free All Day
Raincliffe Woods, Scarborough. Come and see everything we have at the Secret Woods Event
Thurs 8th 7 pm University of Leeds Theatre No. 9 Leeds Geological Society
Roger Stevens Lecture Theatre Block Lecture "Environmental Change in Ancient and Modern Deserts" by Dr. Nigel P. Mountney
Tues 6th  10:30 – 12:30 Cliff top path at Saltwick Bay. Fossil Walk
Saltwick Bay A fine selection of Upper Lias Fossils and Dinosaur Footprints
Sat
10th Outside Hull University at 9:30
or
Hayburn Wyke Hotel car park at 11:30 		  Field Excursion
to the Middle Jurassic of Hayburn Wyke.
Sun 11th 12 - 4 Roadway adjacent to Westerdale Church Guided Walk
Westerdale. A lengthy but invigorating walk across open moorland to the source of the River Esk
Thur 15th 10:30 - 12:30 By the Signal Box. Next to the pub

Guided Walk
Grosmont. Iron, Alum, Lava, Coal we can use it all.Find out the hidden history of Grosmont’s past
Sun 18th 12 - 4 Kildale Station Guided Walk
Kildale. “We mined it to pieces’. This walk climbs steeply to Captain Cooks Monument through countryside deeply undermined in the search for economic deposits of Ironstone.
Thur 22nd 10:30 - 1 Coble Landing Filey Guided walk
Filey Brigg Explore the History and the Geology of one of the Yorkshire coasts most famous landmarks.
Sun 25th 12 - 4 Cliff Top above Port Mulgrave
Limited parking		 Guided Walk
Port Mulgrave. Fossils Galore? Visit one of the most prolific fossil localities on the coast and trace the exposure of the Middle Lias Ironstone to Staithes
Mon 26th 2 - 4 Robin Hood's Bay Slipway

Fossil Walk
Robin Hood's Bay
An opportunity to see the fossils of hundreds of Jurassic sea creatures
Tues 27th 2 - 4 Robin Hood's Bay Slipway

Fossil Walk
Robin Hood's Bay
An opportunity to see the fossils of hundreds of Jurassic sea creatures
Wed 28th 2 - 4 Robin Hood's Bay Slipway Fossil Walk
Robin Hood's Bay
An opportunity to see the fossils of hundreds of Jurassic sea creatures
Thurs 29th 10:30 – 12:30 Whitby Tourist Information Office Guided walk
Ravenscar Alum Quarry and Alum works: The site of one of Britain’s first Chemical Industries
Sat 31st 10:30 Roseberry Topping car park Field Excursion
Geology and Industrial Archaeology of Roseberry Topping.
Packed lunch and suitable outdoor wear.
Contact Beth Andrews or
John Waring
01642 482553
         
JUNE        
Sun  1st 10:30 - 4 Low Staindale Dalby Forest “Dalbyology”
Dalby Forest Come and find out everything you ever wanted to know about your Geology Trust, bring your mystery rocks and fossils to be identified and enjoy the “Dalbyology” event
Sun 8th 12 - 4 Hob Hole Car park – map ref 653074 Guided walk
Baysdale Industry ever onwards. This isolated dale has a secret history of coal and jet mining
Sun 29th 12 - 4 Glaisdale Railway Station Guided walk
Glaisdale. “All that glisters is not Gold”. In search of exploitable minerals no stone was left unturned. Other strategies were needed to turn a profit.