Burford building stones, Saturday 31st May
Guided walk around Burford to look at building stones.
Led by Owen Green of OGT
31st May 2025
Meet outside Burford Library at 12 noon on Saturday 321st May, for walk of approximately 2 hours.
Burford High Street OX18 4XZF
Mountains in the Sea, Tuesday 17 June
Mountains in the Sea, a talk by Tony Watts
One of the mysteries of the sea are the large number of seamounts that rise on the seabed and, in a few cases, break surface to form volcanic islands. They are widely scattered and are of geological interest because they record the motions and the mechanics of Earth's tectonic plates and the magmatic "pulse" of its deep interior.
Professor Tony Watts is professor of Marine Geology and Geophysics in the Department Earth Sciences at Oxford University. He has participated in some 26 cruises of scientific research ships to the Pacific and other oceans.
17th June 2025
The talk will be in the Westwood Room of the Oxford University Museum of Natural History , Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PW, from 6.30 to 7.30 pm. No need to book and free to attend.
Chipping Norton building stones walk, Saturday 28th June
Chipping Norton Town Centre and surrounds
Chipping Norton is the highest town in the county and is built on a limestone plateau made of a horizon named after it - the Chipping Norton Limestone. The centre of the town has buildings built from excellent examples of mainly local Jurassic limestone. There are also other features due to the geology that can be seen such as valleys formed in the Ice Age and springs.
This walk will follow part of the ‘Secrets in the Landscape – Chipping Norton Trail’ but concentrate more on the centre of town.
28th June 2025
Saturday 28 June 10.30 am start.
Meet outside the Town Hall, Chipping Norton OX7 5NA
The walk will last approximately 2 hours and cover about 1.5-2 miles. Walking will be on pavements or good footpaths. There are many cafes etc in Chipping Norton to enjoys refreshment afterwards.
There is free parking in the New Street or Albion Street car parks and details of these and the parking can be found on the following link https://www.chippingnorton-tc.gov.uk/halls-for-hire/town-hall/the-halls/.
Wheatley building stones field trip
Field visit to examine Wheatley building stones and Corallian outcrops, led by Nigel Banks and Alan Banyard
12th July 2025
To be confirmed
OGT Annual General Meeting, Thursday 24th July
Annual General Meeting of the Oxfordshire Geology Trust
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24th July 2025
Thursday 24th July, 7.30 pm. at the Old Crown Coaching Inn, 25 Market Square, Faringdon, SN7 7HU
Fabulous fossils, Wallingford Museum, Saturday 20th September
20th September 2025
Details to be confirmed