Whitehead and Browns Bay Fieldtrip –quarries and industrial heritage; beaches, streams and rocks
Event: Whitehead and Browns Bay Fieldtrip
Date: Saturday 18th October 2025
Leader: Ian Enlander
Location: Whitehead and Browns Bay, Islandmagee, Co. Antrim
Meeting points:
Morning 10.30 am Beach Road, Whitehead
Google Beach Road car park 54.749439, -5.709870 – P7XR+Q3 Carrickfergus
Cushendall Fieldtrip
Wednesday 3rd September (LW = 14.42).
Meet at the car park by Red Bay RNLI station, on the south side of Cushendall, at 11a.m
Cavan Burren Fieldtrip
Location: Cavan Burren forest park, Co. Cavan
Meeting point: Cavan Burren forest park car park – Google pin https://maps.app.goo.gl/M1ERp5c4txzJJgdH9 - sufficient car parking available
Meeting date and time: Saturday 30 August 2025, 1030-1530.
‘Please Mind the Gap-Groundwater flow through the Permian- Triassic rocks’ 2 Day Fieldtrip
Field Trip 2nd and 3rd August Joint Belfast Geologists’ Society and Irish Geological Association
‘Please Mind the Gap-Groundwater flow through the Permian- Triassic rocks’
Date : Day 1 – 2nd August 10.30
Leader : Dr Mark Cooper ( Chief Geologist
GSNI)
Meeting : Meet at Scrabo Quarry Carpark.
Toilets available.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/nZ3qi2sEdMabvvHq7
Day 2 – 3rd August 9.30
Meet: Carrickfergus Castle Carpark. Toilets
available.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/WGvHLQEP9RDj5oqB8
Ballycastle Fieldtrip ( Joint Belfast Field Naturalists Club and Belfast Geologists’ Society)
Ballycastle Fieldtrip ( Joint Belfast Field Naturalists Club and Belfast Geologists’ Society)
Date : Saturday19th July 10.15
Leader : Karen Parks
Meeting : 10.15 at the Diamond
https://maps.app.goo.gl/fNgguhKb8f6aWRZh6
Waterloo foreshore,Larne,Co Antrim
Waterloo foreshore, Larne, Co. Antrim
Date: Saturday 5th July 13.30
Leader: Ralph Semple BSc (hons) MPhil. Mem PESGB
Meeting: Larne Leisure Centre
Location: Google maps 54.85495911612962, -5.801326974861821 (V53X+XG)
Mid-Antrim Iron and Bauxite mines – geology and industrial history
Mid-Antrim Iron and Bauxite mines – geology and industrial history
When: Saturday 21st June 2025
Lead: Ian Enlander
Meet: 10.30am at The Drum car park, Skerry E Rd, Ballymena BT43 6FG
Fieldtrip to Trainor’s Rocks,western Mourne Mountains
Fieldtrip to Trainor’s Rocks, western Mourne Mountains
Saturday 10th May 2025, 11:00 to ~17:00
Lead: Dr Norman Moles
Meet :141 Rostrevor Road, Hilltown BT34 5TZ – 2.5 miles south of Hilltown
70th Anniversary Field trip -Building Stones tour of Belfast ( members only)
70th Anniversary Field trip -Building Stones tour of Belfast – this is a members’ only trip
Date : 13th April
Meeting point : City Hall at the front of the main entrance at 10.30am
Killard Point with Dr. Alastair Ruffell
14 September 2024
LEAD: Dr. Alastair Ruffell
Meet: Layby at Mill Quarter Bay, Killard Road, 1:00 pm
Glenarm and Carnlough
Saturday 17th August
Karen Parks and Mary Watson
Meet: Largy Road carpark North of Carnlough, 10:00 am. Finish: 4:00 pm.
Waterloo, Larne – Our Jurassic Coast
NOW CHANGED to 27th July 2024
LEAD: Karen Parks
DETAILS: An Introduction to the Geology of Waterloo, North of Larne- our Jurassic Coast.
Meet at the Larne leisure Centre Carpark 9.30am 54.854925, -5.802215
Conlig/Whitespots Lead Mines
15th June 2024
LEAD: Ian Enlander
MEET: 10.30 am car park beside Somme Museum
Paddy’s Point – Strangford Lough and Castle Espie
6th June
LEAD: Dr Mike Simms
Meet :6.30pm Waddell’s Hill car park ( Grid Ref J490673)
Revealing Scrabo – Geodiversity, Geoconservation and Geosite Management
18th May 2024
Dr Michael Dempster – Earth Science and Heritage Officer, NI Environment Agency
Meet: Scrabo Country Park carpark, 10:30 am.
Whitehead and Browns Bay Fieldtrip –quarries and industrial heritage; beaches, streams and rocks
Event: Whitehead and Browns Bay Fieldtrip
Date: Saturday 18th October 2025
Leader: Ian Enlander
Location: Whitehead and Browns Bay, Islandmagee, Co. Antrim
Meeting points:
Morning 10.30 am Beach Road, Whitehead
Google Beach Road car park 54.749439, -5.709870 – P7XR+Q3 Carrickfergus
Cushendall Fieldtrip
Wednesday 3rd September (LW = 14.42).
Meet at the car park by Red Bay RNLI station, on the south side of Cushendall, at 11a.m
Cavan Burren Fieldtrip
Location: Cavan Burren forest park, Co. Cavan
Meeting point: Cavan Burren forest park car park – Google pin https://maps.app.goo.gl/M1ERp5c4txzJJgdH9 - sufficient car parking available
Meeting date and time: Saturday 30 August 2025, 1030-1530.
‘Please Mind the Gap-Groundwater flow through the Permian- Triassic rocks’ 2 Day Fieldtrip
Field Trip 2nd and 3rd August Joint Belfast Geologists’ Society and Irish Geological Association
‘Please Mind the Gap-Groundwater flow through the Permian- Triassic rocks’
Date : Day 1 – 2nd August 10.30
Leader : Dr Mark Cooper ( Chief Geologist
GSNI)
Meeting : Meet at Scrabo Quarry Carpark.
Toilets available.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/nZ3qi2sEdMabvvHq7
Day 2 – 3rd August 9.30
Meet: Carrickfergus Castle Carpark. Toilets
available.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/WGvHLQEP9RDj5oqB8
Ballycastle Fieldtrip ( Joint Belfast Field Naturalists Club and Belfast Geologists’ Society)
Ballycastle Fieldtrip ( Joint Belfast Field Naturalists Club and Belfast Geologists’ Society)
Date : Saturday19th July 10.15
Leader : Karen Parks
Meeting : 10.15 at the Diamond
https://maps.app.goo.gl/fNgguhKb8f6aWRZh6
Waterloo foreshore,Larne,Co Antrim
Waterloo foreshore, Larne, Co. Antrim
Date: Saturday 5th July 13.30
Leader: Ralph Semple BSc (hons) MPhil. Mem PESGB
Meeting: Larne Leisure Centre
Location: Google maps 54.85495911612962, -5.801326974861821 (V53X+XG)
Mid-Antrim Iron and Bauxite mines – geology and industrial history
Mid-Antrim Iron and Bauxite mines – geology and industrial history
When: Saturday 21st June 2025
Lead: Ian Enlander
Meet: 10.30am at The Drum car park, Skerry E Rd, Ballymena BT43 6FG
Fieldtrip to Trainor’s Rocks,western Mourne Mountains
Fieldtrip to Trainor’s Rocks, western Mourne Mountains
Saturday 10th May 2025, 11:00 to ~17:00
Lead: Dr Norman Moles
Meet :141 Rostrevor Road, Hilltown BT34 5TZ – 2.5 miles south of Hilltown
70th Anniversary Field trip -Building Stones tour of Belfast ( members only)
70th Anniversary Field trip -Building Stones tour of Belfast – this is a members’ only trip
Date : 13th April
Meeting point : City Hall at the front of the main entrance at 10.30am
Killard Point with Dr. Alastair Ruffell
14 September 2024
LEAD: Dr. Alastair Ruffell
Meet: Layby at Mill Quarter Bay, Killard Road, 1:00 pm
Glenarm and Carnlough
Saturday 17th August
Karen Parks and Mary Watson
Meet: Largy Road carpark North of Carnlough, 10:00 am. Finish: 4:00 pm.
Waterloo, Larne – Our Jurassic Coast
NOW CHANGED to 27th July 2024
LEAD: Karen Parks
DETAILS: An Introduction to the Geology of Waterloo, North of Larne- our Jurassic Coast.
Meet at the Larne leisure Centre Carpark 9.30am 54.854925, -5.802215
Conlig/Whitespots Lead Mines
15th June 2024
LEAD: Ian Enlander
MEET: 10.30 am car park beside Somme Museum
Paddy’s Point – Strangford Lough and Castle Espie
6th June
LEAD: Dr Mike Simms
Meet :6.30pm Waddell’s Hill car park ( Grid Ref J490673)
Revealing Scrabo – Geodiversity, Geoconservation and Geosite Management
18th May 2024
Dr Michael Dempster – Earth Science and Heritage Officer, NI Environment Agency
Meet: Scrabo Country Park carpark, 10:30 am.