We’d love you to join us
You can attend a range of outdoor events and activities as a member of Bedfordshire Geology Group. We offer a wide variety of events to suit everyone. We arrange field trips, often jointly with other organisations, walks, talks, quarry visits, work parties to restore rock exposures, out of county visits, rock & fossil workshops, museum visits and more.
Non-members are welcome to attend one event for free. Members receive further details about events by email. We hope to see you soon!
Non-members are welcome to attend one event for free. Members receive further details about events by email. We hope to see you soon!
Our next events
Geology Drop-In Sessions
Join BGG members for an informal drop-in session where you can bring along you collections for help with identification and categorising. Sort those rocks and fossils in your garage with the help of our resources.
WHEN: Every 2nd Wednesday of the month
WHERE: The Higgins Bedford, Castle Lane, Bedford MK40 3XD
TIME: 11am until 1pm
No need to book but for further information please contact
[email protected]
Join BGG members for an informal drop-in session where you can bring along you collections for help with identification and categorising. Sort those rocks and fossils in your garage with the help of our resources.
WHEN: Every 2nd Wednesday of the month
WHERE: The Higgins Bedford, Castle Lane, Bedford MK40 3XD
TIME: 11am until 1pm
No need to book but for further information please contact
[email protected]
Explore Woburn Sands and Husborne Crawley Church
This joint visit with Bucks Geology Group will include a visit to Silsoe quarry and Husborne Crawley church. An all day event, so please bring a packed lunch or join us for lunch at a nearby pub.
WHEN: Saturday 12th April 2025
WHERE: To be confirmed
TIME: 10.30am - 4pm
For further information and to book your place, please contact
[email protected]
This joint visit with Bucks Geology Group will include a visit to Silsoe quarry and Husborne Crawley church. An all day event, so please bring a packed lunch or join us for lunch at a nearby pub.
WHEN: Saturday 12th April 2025
WHERE: To be confirmed
TIME: 10.30am - 4pm
For further information and to book your place, please contact
[email protected]
Discover Woburn Geology
Join us on a guided walking tour of the charming village of Woburn. Stop off at one of the local public houses for a drink and a bite to eat afterwards.
WHEN: 10th or 11th May (date to be confirmed)
WHERE: Woburn, Milton Keynes MK17 9PG
TIME: 10.30am - 12.30pm
For further information and to book your place, please contact
[email protected]
Join us on a guided walking tour of the charming village of Woburn. Stop off at one of the local public houses for a drink and a bite to eat afterwards.
WHEN: 10th or 11th May (date to be confirmed)
WHERE: Woburn, Milton Keynes MK17 9PG
TIME: 10.30am - 12.30pm
For further information and to book your place, please contact
[email protected]
Discover the Jurassic building stones of North Beds
A chance to learn about the beautiful stone buildings in North Bedfordshire. This guided tour will encompass many churches and bridges along a driven route. There will be a chance for lunch afterwards. More details to follow.
WHEN: July (date to be confirmed)
WHERE: TBC
TIME: 10.30am - 12.30pm (times to be confirmed)
For further information and to book your place, please contact
[email protected]
A chance to learn about the beautiful stone buildings in North Bedfordshire. This guided tour will encompass many churches and bridges along a driven route. There will be a chance for lunch afterwards. More details to follow.
WHEN: July (date to be confirmed)
WHERE: TBC
TIME: 10.30am - 12.30pm (times to be confirmed)
For further information and to book your place, please contact
[email protected]
Fossil field walking
Come along and search for fossils. We will be exploring a field in North Bedfordshire to discover any fossils turned over in a ploughed field. Bring your wellies, trowels and sample bags to hold what you find.
WHEN: Sept (date to be confirmed)
WHERE: TBC
TIME: 10.30am - 12.30pm (times to be confirmed)
For further information and to book your place, please contact
[email protected]
Come along and search for fossils. We will be exploring a field in North Bedfordshire to discover any fossils turned over in a ploughed field. Bring your wellies, trowels and sample bags to hold what you find.
WHEN: Sept (date to be confirmed)
WHERE: TBC
TIME: 10.30am - 12.30pm (times to be confirmed)
For further information and to book your place, please contact
[email protected]
“Exceptional fossils – the surprising, the significant and the strange”
A talk by Dr Peter Sheldon
Dr Peter Sheldon will be presenting this fascinating afternoon talk. An ever-growing range of extraordinary fossils is shedding new light on the history of life: colour patterns in dinosaur feathers and insect wings; DNA from an ecosystem two million years old; the love song of a Jurassic cricket; and ink sacs of Jurassic squid, to name but a few. Medical imaging techniques and particle accelerators now make it possible to see inside the rock surrounding rare and fragile fossils, without causing any damage. This talk will include some remarkable, and often surprising, finds from many parts of the world. Refreshments in the form of afternoon tea will be available following the talk.
WHEN: Sunday 2nd November
WHERE: Husborne Crawley Reading Rooms, Turnpike Road, Husborne Crawley, MK43 0XE
(N.B. limited parking on site)
TIME: 2pm until 4pm
For further information and to book your place, please contact
[email protected]
A talk by Dr Peter Sheldon
Dr Peter Sheldon will be presenting this fascinating afternoon talk. An ever-growing range of extraordinary fossils is shedding new light on the history of life: colour patterns in dinosaur feathers and insect wings; DNA from an ecosystem two million years old; the love song of a Jurassic cricket; and ink sacs of Jurassic squid, to name but a few. Medical imaging techniques and particle accelerators now make it possible to see inside the rock surrounding rare and fragile fossils, without causing any damage. This talk will include some remarkable, and often surprising, finds from many parts of the world. Refreshments in the form of afternoon tea will be available following the talk.
WHEN: Sunday 2nd November
WHERE: Husborne Crawley Reading Rooms, Turnpike Road, Husborne Crawley, MK43 0XE
(N.B. limited parking on site)
TIME: 2pm until 4pm
For further information and to book your place, please contact
[email protected]
2025 proposed events - all details to be confirmed
Maintenance day at Potton Scout Hut LGS
Joint visit with Cambs Geological Society to visit Upware Pits
Visit to Munday's Hill Quarry
Joint visit with HGS to tour Ashwell and nearby quarry
If you have other ideas for events you would like us to organise - let us know!
Maintenance day at Potton Scout Hut LGS
Joint visit with Cambs Geological Society to visit Upware Pits
Visit to Munday's Hill Quarry
Joint visit with HGS to tour Ashwell and nearby quarry
If you have other ideas for events you would like us to organise - let us know!
