Saturday Meetings Programme—Winter 2026-27
All meetings will be held in the Town Hall, Hereford, starting at 14.15, except on Saturday 12 September, when the start time for the AGM will be 13.30, before Edward Clive’s talk at 14.15. Non-members are welcome to all talks.
2026
- 12 September – START AT 13.30. AGM of the Woolhope Naturalists’ Field Club of Herefordshire CIO. Followed at 14.15 by Edward Clive: ‘The Haphazard Evolution of Whitfield House’
- 10 October – The F. C. Morgan Lecture. Chris Fear: ‘Rev. William Samuel Symonds, a Woolhope Club poyhistor’
- 14 November – Jackie Eales: ‘“A woman of masculine spirit”: Brilliana, Lady Harley, and the Royalist siege of Brampton Bryan’
- 28 November – Mike Howe: ‘The BGS Geological Materials Collections: over 200 years in the making and going strong’
2027
- 2 January – Fiona Rawlinson: ‘John Venn and the Society for Aiding the Poor & Industrious’
- 23 January – Jerry Ross: ‘The Great Oak of Ross & other ancient trees’
- 13 February – Rhys Griffith: ‘Paved with living colour: The Godwin tiles of Lugwardine’
- 13 March – President’s Address: Keith Ray: ‘Writing a landscape history of Herefordshire in the 2020s’
Friday Geology Meetings—Winter 2026-27
All meetings will take place on Fridays, in Hereford Town Hall, from 18.00 to 20.00. Non-members are welcome.
2026
- 25 September – Thomas A Hose, Bristol University: ‘A Century of researching “Woolhope Country” (by coach, carriage, cycle and car)’
- 16 October – Arthur Tingley: ‘The Knighton Geological Map – an update’
- 11 December – Christmas nibbles. Bring a rock, fossil or antique.
2027
- 19 February – Sue Hay: ‘Norwegian geology – “A view from Baltica”’
- 19 March – Duncan Hawley: ‘A history of the geological maps and accounts of “The Woolhope Valley of Elevation”’
Field Meetings Programme 2026
| No. | Date | Max People | Location / Topic | Led by |
| 1. | Friday 29 May | 30 | Hampton Bishop | Moira Jenkins, Will Watson, Jane Adams |
| 2. | Saturday 13 June | 30 | Highwood – President’s Meeting | Keith Ray, President |
| 3.1 | Wednesday 22 July | 30 | Arthur’s Stone Excavations 2026 (morning meeting) | Keith Ray, President |
| 3.2 | Wednesday 22 July | 30 | Arthur’s Stone Excavations 2026 (afternoon meeting) | Keith Ray, President |
| 4. | Thursday 6 August | 30 | Orleton Manor | Duncan James and Christian Montez |
| 5. | Saturday 15 August | 30 | Craig-y-Nos Geotrail and ‘Wealth of Water’ landscape | Alan Bowring |
| 6. | Tuesday 8 September | 20 | Geology of Wenlock Edge | Andrew Sims |
| 7. | Wednesday 11 November | 15 | Joint Fungus Foray, Haugh Wood | With Herefordshire Fungus Survey Group |
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Field Meetings Programme—Summer 2027
Details of the summer programme of field meetings will follow in spring 2027.
General
Because of circumstances beyond the Club’s control, it is possible that meetings may have to be cancelled at short notice. Before attending an advertised meeting, please check the Club website or your emails for late news.
The Club holds BALH public liability insurance for indoor and field meetings; the policy fact sheet can be viewed here. Please note before you book or attend that there is no personal accident cover for people aged under 16 or over 80.