Make a weekend of it: explore London’s hidden geology!
Coming to the Festival of Geology on Saturday 7 November? Keep your family’s adventure going with one of three urban geology walks in London on Sunday 8 November 2026. Geology isn’t just something you find on a beach or halfway up a mountain. London’s buildings, parks and gardens have fascinating stories to tell too! These guided walks are a chance for curious Rockwatchers and their grown-ups to look more closely and discover things...
Dinosaurs, Moon Rocks and Earth’s Amazing Secrets – Festival of Geology 2026!
Calling all young fossil hunters, dinosaur detectives and future space explorers! Make sure Saturday 7 November 2026 is in your diary because the Festival of Geology is returning to Burlington House in London, and Rockwatch will be there! This fantastic FREE family event, organised by the Geologists’ Association, is packed with opportunities to discover the incredible story of our planet, meet real scientists and get hands-on...
Exploring Earth’s Atmosphere with Dr Amy Gentry and GeoBus
fog-2025-geobus-3 Image 1 of 3 Dr Amy Gentry leading the GeoBus Workshop at the Festival of Geology 2025 At this year’s Festival of Geology, young Rockwatchers got hands-on with one of the event’s most popular workshops: The Tumbling Tower of Time, led by Dr Amy Gentry, Outreach Leader for the UCL GeoBus team. Designed to test balance, logic, and geological knowledge, the activity taught children how Earth’s atmosphere has evolved...
Festival of Geology Speaker Highlights — Exclusive Q&A Series
rockwatch-room Image 1 of 7 Rockwatch Room at the Festival Fresh off the back of last Saturday’s Festival of Geology, we’re still buzzing from a day packed with discovery, fossils, hands-on fun, and brilliant people who make geology come alive! If you joined us at the Festival, you’ll know how inspiring our talks and workshops were — from fossil-hunting detectives to mammoth discoveries! And if you missed it this year, don’t worry —...
Join Rockwatch at the 2025 Festival of Geology
FOG-2025-1 Image 1 of 5 The 2025 Festival of Geology has talks from Dr Dean Lomax, Bob Nicholls, Saskia Elliott and Frankie Dunn. Get ready to discover and explore because Rockwatch is heading to the Festival of Geology on Saturday 1st November 2025 at The Geological Society, Burlington House, London — and we want YOU to come along! This is a FREE family-friendly day packed full of activities, talks, workshops and hands-on science...