Talks 2026-27

Unless otherwise stated talks are held in Greenhead House at Greenhead College, Greenhead Road, HD1 4ES
Meetings are open from 7pm for a 7.15pm start.   Talks are usually followed by a question and answer session and light refreshments.
Please see the Membership & Resources page for how to join.
The meeting room is upstairs, please contact us if you need help accessing the room. There is computer and internet access and a smart screen. There is a toilet and kitchen downstairs. Parking is on the road outside. You may wish to wear masks.  Hand gel will be available.
Monday 14th September Ian Warrington:  Geology of the Bushveld
Monday 12th October AGM / Bob Appleyard: Iceland
Monday 9th November  Lila Blake and Annabel Nicholls:  ‘The longest delay: the slow recovery from the Hangenberg mass extinction’ and ‘A predator-prey arms race in Mesozoic oceans’
Monday 14th December Christmas meal & quiz TBC
Monday 11th January 2027 Maurice Tucker: Fossil viruses and the roles of viruses in earth sciences. On Zoom at home contact secretary for log in details
Monday 8th February Emily Coulter and Frank Wrigley:  Talk on the Mineral trade – eRocks Auctions. On Zoom at home contact secretary for log in details
Monday 3rd March John Williams: Geology of the Moon
Monday 12th April Simon Barnes: Geology of the Moine Thrust area around Loch Eribol
Monday 10th May Peter Lewis: Celestine deposits in the Bristol area
If you have any questions please email  secretary@huddersfieldgeology.org.uk
  • NEXT TALK
  • Monday 14th September Ian Warrington - Geology of the Bushveld. Greenhead House 7pm for 7.15pm start. See Talks page under Events for further details

  • NEXT FIELD TRIPS
  • Saturday 22nd August - Nidderdale - a look at some of the Yoredale sequence, a disappearing river and the possibility of finding Carboniferous trilobites  See Fieldtrips page under Events for more detail