Upcoming Meetings, Field Trips and Online Events
What’s Going On ?…
Here’s a list of everything we know about that’s happening across our region, both from YGS and from other Corresponding Societies
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Yorkshire Geological Society AGM
The YGS AGM, grants winners conference, annual address, President’s reception and annual dinner
Indoor Meeting: The Jurassic Seas
Indoor meeting exploring the Jurassic Oceans, its geochemistry and fossils
Webinar: Exploring the subterranean world for records of Central African rainfall
Webinar by Lisa Baldini (Teesside University)
Field Excursion: Marsden and Saddleworth area
Join the YGS at Marsden and Saddleworth Moor to explore the deltaic facies of the Carboniferous.
Field Excursion: Brimham Rocks
Join the YGS at Brimham Rocks to explore the sedimentary structures of the Millstone Grit.
Field Excursion: Spurn Point and Dimlington Cliffs
Join the YGS at Spurn point and Dimlington Cliffs to explore the geomorphology of sand dunes and other Quaternary deposits.
Field Excursion: Cornelian Bay
Join the YGS at Cornelian Bay to explore its sedimentology, structural geology, stratigraphy and palaeontology!
Geology and Industrial Archaeology of Todmorden Moor
Join the YGS for a walk across Todmorden Moor, taking in the geology of the Coal Measures and the archaeology too!
Coal Measures ‘outlier’
A Yorkshire Geology Month Event, hosted by the Huddersfield Geology Group.
Beach Walk - Glacial Erratic Pebbles and Fossils
A Yorkshire Geology Month event hosted by the Hull Geological Society
Geological and Social Aspects Walk
A Yorkshire Geology Month event hosted by the Hull Geological Society
Rocks and Birds of Flamborough Head
YORKSHIRE GEOLOGY MONTH
Events across the region to celebrate the diverse and interesting geology of Yorkshire!
Coal Balls and Local Industrial History
A Yorkshire Geology Month Event, hosted by the Huddersfield Geology Group.
Runswick Bay, Yorkshire Coast
Join the YGS for a walk along Yorkshire’s Jurassic coast to examine its wonderful ammonite faunas.
Rocks in the Cemetery
YORKSHIRE GEOLOGY MONTH
Events across the region to celebrate the diverse and interesting geology of Yorkshire!
Updating the Geological Map of the Yorkshire Wolds Aquifer
A Yorkshire Geology Month Event, hosted by the Leeds Geological Association meeting.
Tom Sheppard: Hull’s Hyperscientist
A Yorkshire Geology Month event, hosted by the Hull Geological Society
York Family Fossil Hunt
YORKSHIRE GEOLOGY MONTH
Events across the region to celebrate the diverse and interesting geology of Yorkshire!
York Earth Walk
YORKSHIRE GEOLOGY MONTH
Events across the region to celebrate the diverse and interesting geology of Yorkshire!
Yorkshire Geology Day 2025!
YORKSHIRE GEOLOGY DAY!
A celebration of the County’s geological heritage! Stalls, activities, guided tours, talks and much more!
In collaboration with the National Coal Mining Museum
Lincolnshire Ironstones
A Yorkshire Geology Month event hosted by the Hull Geological Society
Postgraduate Research Showcase 2025
A meeting to showcase postgraduate research from universities across the North of England
Webinar: Microtomography of Inclusions in Amber
This webinar will explore the exceptional preservation of invertebrates in amber, viewed using optical microscopes and microtomography
Palaeontology to Palaeobiology
A meeting exploring the evolution, locomotion and lives of animals from the distant past.
Yorkshire Geological Society AGM including guest speaker Prof. Dame Jane Francis(Director for British Antarctic Survey)
The YGS AGM with special guest Prof. Dame Jane Francis (Director, British Antarctic Survey), grants winners conference, President’s reception and annual dinner!
Changing perspectives on subsurface resources in northern England
Indoor meeting focused on how we can utilise the subsurface in our region as we progress toward a low carbon future
Webinar: A Recipe For Disaster: the 2023 Türkiye Earthquakes
Globally, two thirds of deaths arising from natural hazards in recent decades were caused by geological hazards. But how and why do natural hazards turn into disasters? In this talk Ekbal Hussain will explore this question through the lens of one particularly troublesome hazard: earthquakes.