Still Time to Enter the 2025 Rockwatch Young Geologists’ Competition!
Have you been out and about this summer, discovering rocks, fossils, landscapes or museums filled with geological treasures? Maybe you’ve joined us on one of our Rockwatch field trips, explored a coastline, or found out something fascinating about the Earth and its land forms and processes? Good news – there’s still time to share your geological adventures by entering the 2025 Rockwatch Young Geologists’ Competition, sponsored by the...
Leeson House 2025 – Exploring Dorset’s Geological Delights
This year’s annual Rockwatch residential trip to Dorset was another action-packed adventure! Rockwatchers spent five days based at our home for the week – the Leeson House Field Studies Centre, exploring some of Dorset’s most spectacular geological sites and making plenty of memories along the way. Day 1 – Settling In Rockwatchers arrived at Leeson House in the afternoon, filled with anticipation about the week ahead. The first...
Join Rockwatch at Ware Museum for a Rock and Fossil Day
Date: Tuesday 12 August 2025 Time: 11.00am – 3.30pm Cost: £2 per child (drop-in) Join Rockwatch with friends from Ware Museum for a day of exciting hands-on activities discovering the amazing world of rocks and fossils. Activities include: Race a trilobite – see if you can beat these prehistoric creatures! Paint a plaster fossil – take home your own creation. Handle real specimens – get up close with rocks and fossils from millions of...
Digging into Mary Anning’s Legacy: Rockwatch Heads Back to Somerset!
Digging into Mary Anning’s Legacy: Rockwatch Heads Back to Somerset! We’re thrilled to be heading back to one of Rockwatch’s most popular destinations — the Somerset Earth Science Centre — for a very special summer holiday trip focused on one of the most iconic figures in palaeontology: Mary Anning. Taking place on Tuesday, 19th August, this unique event will give Rockwatchers the chance to discover more about Mary’s life and...
Thank You for Joining Us in Staithes!
[Show thumbnails] A huge thank you to all the brilliant Rockwatchers who joined us for our recent field trip to Staithes, North Yorkshire! It was a fantastic day filled with fossil hunting, coastal exploring, and geological discovery. Special thanks must go to Professor Kevin G. Taylor, who led the trip and shared his incredible knowledge of the Staithes Sandstone Formation and surrounding Jurassic geology. We learned so much about...
Dig Into Derbyshire’s Deep Past with Rockwatch!
[Show thumbnails] Rockwatch invites young geologists and their families to a truly unique experience on Thursday 21st August 2025 — a Fossils and Minerals Day at the National Stone Centre in Derbyshire! This educational and fun-packed event is perfect for curious minds eager to explore the story of Derbyshire’s rocks, fossils, and industrial heritage. We’ll begin with a guided walk along the Geotrail, where you’ll see...