A geowalk on White Horse Hill, Saturday March 1st

This circular walk of about 3 miles starts at the National Trust car park on Dragon Hill Road. Parking charges do apply and are £4 for a day (the walk will take about 2.5 hours) or free for National Trust members if you scan your card.

The walk will give us an opportunity to look at the hill fort, the White Horse and many spectacular geomorphological features such as the Manger. Providing the weather is fine we can also see across the Vale to the north and the Jurassic hills beyond. White Horse Hill has many stories attached to it and we can discuss these.
Walking is on footpaths, there is some ascent and descent and there is no shelter so please be aware of the weather.

1st March 2025

Saturday March 1st, start time 10.30 am
Meeting Point: Dragon Hill Road, Woolstone, Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire, SN7 7QH
Grid reference: SU 29321 86607
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The Geology of Oxford Gravestones, Tuesday March 18th

A talk by Nina Morgan and Philip Powell

18th March 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.
For OUMNH visitor information see https://oumnh.ox.ac.uk/visit-us

Wittenham Clumps geology walk Saturday April 26

The two Clumps are of Cretaceous chalk with a thin capping of Quaternary gravels. They form outliers from the main Chilterns escarpment to the south. Their prominence as a local landmark has led to archaeological significance, and they feature in well-known landscape paintings of Paul Nash.

26th April 2025

Meet at Wittenham Clumps car park SU5677 9234 at 10.30 am for a walk around the two Clumps, lasting about one and half hours.

Details to follow

12th 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.