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NE Yorkshire Geology Trust logo The North East Yorkshire Geology Trust now have their own website at www.neyorksgeologytrust.com where you will find details of all their projects, events and news.

You can also reach them by email at contact@neyorksgeologytrust.com .

Sections on this page include -
Events Programme 2008-2009
Secrets in the Landscape leaflets

Events Programme 2008
For all Sunday guided walks bring a packed lunch and wear appropriate footwear and clothing. For safety reasons the leader’s decision is final. All events £2 per person, at Dinodays and Roadshows adults accompanying children go free. For further information contact us on 01947 881 000 or email contact@neyorksgeologytrust.com .

The membership of the Geology Trust costs £10 per person (£25 for a family) and runs from April to March. Membership entitles you to free events, our Newsletter Exposure, special members-only events and training opportunities.

Also, remember to check their own website at www.neyorksgeologytrust.com for any changes to the events that may have occurred after this page was put together.

April 2008
Sun 13	12 - 4	Guided walk	Farndale: “A Dale too far”. Find out why Farndale was not as prosperous as Rosedale and savour the daffodils which make it famous.	Low Mill Car Park
Sun 20	12 - 4	Guided walk	Ramsdale: “Sea Fur and Feather”. A delightful walk tracing the course inland of a glacial drainage channel. See a restored Mill and spectacular views over Robin Hoods Bay.	Robin Hood’s Bay Slipway
Sun 27	12 - 4	Guided walk	Goathland: “101 things you didn’t know about Aidensfield” Find out some of the secrets television doesn’t tell you!	Goathland Railway Station

May 2008			May is Yorkshire’s Geology Festival!
Thurs 1	10:30 - 12:30	Guided walk	Ravenscar Alum Quarry and Alum Works. The site of one of Britain’s first Chemical Industries.	National Trust Shop Ravenscar
Sun 4	12 - 4	Guided walk	Grosmont Iron Alum Lava Coal we can use it all. Find out the hidden history of Grosmont's past.	Grosmont Railway Station Platform 3
Mon 5	10 - 4	Free all day	Raincliffe Woods, Scarborough. Come and see everything we have at the Secret Woods Event.	Raincliffe Woods
Tues 6	10:30 - 12:30	Fossil walk	Saltwick Bay: A fine selection of Upper Lias Fossils and Dinosaur Footprints.	Cliff top path at Saltwick Bay
Sun 11	12 - 4	Guided walk	Westerdale. A lengthy but invigorating walk across open moorland to the source of the River Esk.	Roadway adjacent to Westerdale Church
Thurs 15	10:30 - 12:30	Guided walk	Grosmont. Iron, Alum, Lava, Coal we can use it all. Find out the hidden history of Grosmont’s past.	By the Signal Box, next to the pub
Sun 18	12 - 4	Guided walk	Kildale. “We mined it to pieces’. This walk climbs steeply to Captain Cooks Monument through countryside deeply undermined in the search for economic deposits of Ironstone.	Kildale Station
Thurs 22	10:30 - 1	Guided walk	Filey Brigg Explore the History and the Geology of one of the Yorkshire coasts most famous landmarks.	Coble Landing Filey
Sun 25	12 - 4	Guided walk	Port Mulgrave. Fossils Galore? Visit one of the most prolific fossil localities on the coast and trace the exposure of the Middle Lias Ironstone to Staithes.	Cliff Top above Port Mulgrave (Limited parking)
Mon 26	2 - 4	Fossil Walk	Robin Hood's Bay: An opportunity to see the fossils of hundreds of Jurassic sea creatures.	Robin Hood’s Bay Slipway
Tues 27	2 - 4	Fossil Walk	Robin Hood's Bay: An opportunity to see the fossils of hundreds of Jurassic sea creatures.	Robin Hood’s Bay Slipway
Wed 28	2 - 4	Fossil Walk	Robin Hood's Bay: An opportunity to see the fossils of hundreds of Jurassic sea creatures.	Robin Hood’s Bay Slipway
Thurs 29	10:30 - 12:30	Guided walk	Ravenscar Alum Quarry and Alum works: The site of one of Britain’s first Chemical Industries.	Whitby Tourist Information Office

June 2008
Sun 1	10:30 - 4	"Dalbyology"	Dalby Forest: Come and find out everything you ever wanted to know about your Geology Trust, bring your mystery rocks and fossils to be identified and enjoy the “Dalbyology” event.	Low Staindale, Dalby Forest
Sun 8	12 - 4	Guided walk	Baysdale: Industry ever onwards. This isolated dale has a secret history of coal and jet mining.	Hob Hole Car park – map ref 653074
Sun 29	12 - 4	Guided walk	Glaisdale. “All that glisters is not Gold”. In search of exploitable minerals no stone was left unturned. Other strategies were needed to turn a profit.	Glaisdale Railway Station

July 2008
Sun 6	12 - 4	Guided walk	Rosedale West. Thank God for the Railway. A spectacular climb to an abandoned mine and an even steeper descent.	Rosedale Abbey School, Rosedale
Sun 13	12 - 4	Guided walk	Beck Hole Moor Trail. “Eller Beck and Beyond” A trail which features spectacular waterfalls and visits the site of a mine which is probably unique in Britain.	Birch Hall Inn, Beck Hole
Thurs 24	10-4 1:30-3:30	Dinoday Fossil walk	Robin Hood’s Bay: Fun activities for all the family around geology, fossils and dinosaurs. An opportunity to see the fossils of hundreds of Jurassic sea creatures.	Robin Hood’s Bay Old Coastguard Station Robin Hood’s Bay Slipway
Sun 27	12 - 4	Guided walk	Egton Bridge - “When Harry met Sally” This walk follows the River Esk showing what happens when an irresistible force meets an immovable object!	Glaisdale Railway Station
Thurs 31	10 - 4	Dinoday	Robin Hood’s Bay: Fun activities for all the family around geology, fossils and dinosaurs	Robin Hood’s Bay Old Coastguard Station

August 2008
Fri 1	10:30 - 12:30	Fossil walk	Robin Hood’s Bay: An opportunity to see the fossils of hundreds of Jurassic sea creatures.	Robin Hood’s Bay Slipway
Sun 3	12 - 4	Guided walk	Fryup Dale. “The enigmatic Dale”. This dale has it all: iron ore, alum, jet, yet these resources were never exploited or were they? Come and judge for yourself.	Meet at the Moors Centre Danby for a short drive to Fryup Dale
Wed 6	1:30 - 3:30	Fossil walk	Robin Hood’s Bay: An opportunity to see the fossils of hundreds of Jurassic sea creatures	Robin Hood’s Bay Slipway
Thurs 7	10-4 1:30-3:30	Dinoday Fossil walk	Robin Hood’s Bay: Fun activities for all the family around geology, fossils and dinosaurs. An opportunity to see the fossils of hundreds of Jurassic sea creatures.	Robin Hood’s Bay Old Coastguard Station Robin Hood’s Bay Slipway
Sun 10	12 - 4	Guided walk	Dalby Forest. “Of woodland and hidden griffs”. Explore the dark woods and hidden valleys returning via the Bridestones	Fox and Rabbit Pub in Locton
Mon 11	6:30 - 8ish	Fossil walk	Robin Hood’s Bay: An opportunity to see the fossils of hundreds of Jurassic sea creatures	Robin Hood’s Bay Slipway
Thurs 14	10 - 4	Dinoday	Robin Hood’s Bay: Fun activities for all the family around geology, fossils and dinosaurs	Robin Hood’s Bay Old Coastguard Station
Sat 16	All day	Rosedale show	Rosedale Show: Come and find out everything you ever wanted to know about your Geology Trust, bring your mystery rocks and fossils to be identified and enjoy Rosedale Show as well.	Rosedale Abbey
Sun 17	12 - 4	Guided walk	Commondale: “ Not a walk for cracked pots”. This walk visits an abandoned ironstone mine and passes the industrial centre of Commondale Potteries	Castleton Railway Station
Thurs 21	10-4 11-1	Dinoday Fossil walk	Robin Hood’s Bay: Fun activities for all the family around geology, fossils and dinosaurs. An opportunity to see the fossils of hundreds of Jurassic sea creatures.	Robin Hood’s BayOld Coastguard Station
Fri 22	11 - 1	Fossil walk	Robin Hood’s Bay: An opportunity to see the fossils of hundreds of Jurassic sea creatures	Robin Hood’s Bay Slipway
Sun 24	12 - 4	Guided walk	Rosedale South. “ The Devil’s Cliff”. This walk visits the sites of two of the most productive ironstone mines in the country and the secret glass works set up on the moors.	Rosedale Abbey School
Wed 27	6:30 - 8:30	Fossil walk	Robin Hood’s Bay: An opportunity to see the fossils of hundreds of Jurassic sea creatures.	Robin Hood’s Bay Slipway
Sun 31	12 - 4	Guided walk	Danby Dale. “ A storm in a teacup”. This walk visits one of the most extensive coalmines in the area and the site of the Battle of Clitherbeck.	Moors Centre Danby

Sept 2008
Sun 7	12 - 4	Guided walk	Beck Hole Rail Trail. “ Ancient pathways and icy history”. This trail follows the line of the original railway before diverting along a Roman road to the most spectacular glacial drainage channel in the country.	Birch Hall Inn, Beck Hole
Sun 14	12 - 4	Guided walk	Lake Pickering: Fact not Fiction”? This walk traces the edge of Lake Pickering to visit the site of a 7th century Monastery and traces the line where the acid moorland dips below the Upper Jurassic Limestone.	Ryedale Folk Museum, Hutton-le Hole
Sun 21	12 - 4	Guided walk	May Beck . “Yorkshire’s hidden Volcano”. This walk traces the line of the Cleveland Dyke across the moors through working woodland.	May Beck Car Park
Sun 28	12 - 4	Guided walk	Littlebeck. “ Of Water Wood and Waste”. Starting with the spectacular sight of Falling Foss this walk follows the route of May Beck to visit the remains of Littlebeck Alum Works.	Car Park at Falling Foss
October 2008
Tues 14	7 - 8pm	Talk	Whitby: Mike Windle presents Ice Age Nº1 – The Basics.	Whitby Pannett Park Museum

Nov 2008
Wed 12	7 - 8pm	Talk	Whitby: Stuart Swann: What did Yorkshire’s Dinosaurs eat (apart from each other?). A review of the plants growing in the area during the Middle Jurassic.	Whitby Pannett Park Museum

Jan 2009
Tues 13	7 - 8pm	Talk	Whitby: Mike Windle presents Jurassic Park in Britain.	Whitby Pannett Park Museum

Feb 2009
Wed 11	7 - 8pm	Talk	Whitby: Stuart Swann: Chasing dinosaurs up the Yorkshire Coast.	Whitby Pannett Park Museum

Secrets in the Landscape
The Trust have produced a high quality series of leaflets, mostly based around a walk and describing the areas of interest that you will come across on your travels (although there are exceptions such as the fossil guide). Each leaflet costs £2.00 and is available directly from the Trust.

01 Burton Riggs Trail - Circular walk which starts and finishes at Burton Riggs Nature Reserve. Length: 7km (4.5 miles), 3.5 hours. Grid ref: TA 032 838. Not difficult, but can be muddy in parts.

02 Cleveland Dyke Drive - Drive which starts at the car park at junction of Goathland and Beck Hole roads, and finishes at Quarry House car park. Length: 50km (30 miles). Grid ref: NZ 852 028 to NZ 564 121. Mixed difficulty, with some sections very easy with others moderate or difficult.

03 Highwood Brow - Circular walk which starts and finishes at Highwood Brow car park. Length: 5.5km (3.5 miles), about 3 hours. Grid ref: SE 943 889. Moderate difficulty, steep and/or muddy in parts.

04 Love Lane Quarries - Circular walk which starts and finishes in Pickering. Length: 2km (1.25 miles), 1.5 hours. Grid ref: SE 798 846. Moderate difficulty, very muddy in places and you should not approach the rock faces.

05 May Beck Trail - Circular walk which starts and finishes in May Beck car park. Length: 4km (2.5 miles), 2.5 hours. Grid ref: NZ 893 024. Not difficult except after heavy rain - very muddy in parts.

06 Waitecliff End Trail - Circular walk which starts and finishes at Bickley Gate car park in Dalby Forest. Length: 3km (2 miles), 2 hours. Grid ref: SE 912 911. Some steep and muddy sections.

07 Wykeham Trail - Circular walk with three options which starts and finishes at the Downe Arms Hotel car park. Length: 5.5km (3.5 miles), 2.5 hours. Grid ref: SE 964 834. Not difficult, but can be very muddy in parts after heavy rain.

08 Robin Hood's Bay Trail - Circular walk which starts and finishes at Robin Hood's Bay. Length: 10km (4.5 miles), 4 hours. Grid ref: NZ 952 052. Moderate difficulty with a couple of steep hills and can be muddy in parts.

09 Robin Hood's Bay Fossil Guide - A fossil guide to Robin Hood's Bay. Grid ref: NZ 952 052.

10 Cayton Bay Trail - Open beach guide which starts and finishes at Cayton Bay car park, by the surf shop. Length: 5km (3 miles), 2.5 hours. Grid ref: TA 069 842. An easy walk, although there may be some slippery rocks.

11 Beck Hole Esk Valley Trail - Circular walk which starts and finishes at Birch Hall Inn at Beck Hole (near Goathland). Length: 7km (4.5 miles), 3.5 hours. Grid ref: NZ 482 402. Moderate difficulty, with some steep slopes that can become muddy and slippery.

12 Beck Hole Moor Trail - Circular walk which starts and finishes at Birch Hall Inn at Beck Hole (near Goathland). Length: 6km (4 miles), 3 hours. Grid ref: NZ 482 402. Moderate difficulty, with some steep slopes that can become muddy and slippery.

13 Heart of Newton Dale Trail - Linear walk (with train journey option on North York Moors Railway), which starts at Levisham and finishes at Newton Dale Halt. Length: 7km (4.5 miles), 2.5 hours. Grid ref: SE 818 911. Not difficult, but some steep hills can get very muddy when wet.

14 Malton Vale Trail - Circular walk which starts and finishes at Malton Museum. Length: 5km (3 miles), 2 hours. Grid ref: SE 786 717. An easy walk.

15 Malton Town Trail - Circular walk which starts and finishes at St Michael's church. Length: 1km (0.5 miles), 1 hour. Grid ref: SE 786 717. A very easy walk.