If you would like to know more about events please contact Beth Andrews on 01287 636382 or beth.geo@gmail.com.
Friday 29th January 10am (4.5 hours)
Guisborough Forest Lost Industry wander
Join Beth for a stroll around Guisborough Forest to look at the remains of the Alum Industry for the first walk of the new Alum, Alchemy and Ammonites project.
Meet: Slapewath, just off the A171, outside the Fox and Hounds pub (please do not use the pub car park).
Tuesday 2nd February 10am (4 hours)
Hunton and Hummersea
Join Beth for a visit to the remains of Hummersea alum works and find out about an unsung hero and the important contribution he made to geology that is still being used today.
Meet: at Skinningrove car park near the shore, just off Cliff Terrace. (NZ 713 201)
Monday 8th February 10am (4 hours)
A Right Royal Monopoly
Find out about the very ambitious but unlucky George Colebrook and his grand plan to create an alum monopoly while visiting his Cocksure Hill Alum Works.
Meet: at Gribdale Gate car park (NZ 592 110).
Monday 15th February 10am or 1pm (2 hours)
To Dye For – A family workshop at Margrove
Express yourself with the true colours of nature. Find out about natural dyes and create your own colourful creation to take home.
Booking is essential for this event.
Friday 26th February 10am (2.5 hours)
Slapewath Alum Walk
Visit some of the earliest alum works in East Cleveland and learn about the shaky beginnings to this massive industry.
Meet: Slapewath, just off the A171, outside the Fox and Hounds pub (please do not use the pub car park)
Thursday 4th March 10am (5 hours)
Sandsend to Kettleness Alum Walk
Take this chance to stroll around the last alum works to close along the Yorkshire Coast and discover the link with the famous explorer Shackleton.
Meet: Sandsend car park, at foot of Lythe Bank (NZ 860 128)
Tuesday 9th March 11am (3.5 hours)
Myths, magic and monsters
Join Beth for a gentle walk, and find out about the exciting past and some of the legends surrounding Loftus town.
Meet: at Loftus car park, off North Road.
Wednesday 17th March 1pm (2 hours)
Chaloner Circuit around Guisborough town
The Chaloner family played an important part both in the growth of Guisborough and the alum industry in Britain. Find out more about their impact on the town during this gentle stroll.
Meet: Outside St. Nicholas Church, Church Road
Monday 22nd March 10:30am (4 hours)
Boulby Alum Works
Still one of the most impressive alum works on the coast. Come and visit the remains of this mighty undertaking and marvel at the scale of this long dead industry.
Meet: Boulby lay-by, just off A174
Thursday 1st April 10am (3 hours)
Saltburn Alum Walk
Join Tees Archaeology for a walk to explore the rutways cut into the rock on the shore under Huntcliff and the remains of Saltburn’s Alum House. Please note this walk includes areas of uneven rocky foreshore which may be slippery.
Meet: Cat Nab car park (NZ 668 215)
14-16th April 11am-2pm
Rock and Fossil Roadshow
Try your hand at fossil making, be a dinosaur detective and dig up the past. Come along to these fun free events during the Easter Holidays.
Wednesday 14th April: Saltburn Valley Woodland Centre
Thursday 15th Flatts Lane Country Park
Friday 16th Margrove Heritage Centre, Margrove Park
These events are open to all but under 12s must be accompanied by an adult.
Friday 23rd April 10:30am (4.5 hours)
Airy Hill Amble
Climb the hill and soak in the views as we wander back in time through the villages of Skelton, Skelton Green and Boosbeck.
Meet: Margrove Heritage Centre, Margrove Park, off the A171 Whitby-Guisborough Road.
Sunday 25th April between 10.00am - 4.00pm.
Wildlife Gardening Open Day
Drop in at our informal and friendly wildlife gardening celebration and find out how to improve you garden or allotment
At Margrove Heritage Centre, Margrove Park.
This event is open to all but under 12s must be accompanied by an adult.
Wednesday 28th April 10:30am (4 hours)
Carlton Bank
This isolated alum works managed to survive against the odds, learn more about its history and take this opportunity to become a jet collector as we look at the history of Jet in Cleveland.
Meet: Lord Stones car park, Carlton Bank
Wednesday 12th May 1:30pm (2 hours)
Hartlepool History
Led by local history expert Jenny Braddy, learn more about Old Hartlepool, as a place of worship and a place of war as well as its links to the alum industry.
Meet: Middlegate car park, Hartlepool Headland – by St Hilda’s Church
Saturday 15th May 4:30am (3.5 hours)
Dawn Chorus Walk
Join Steve for an invigorating early morning walk around Margrove Valley to hear the dawn chorus and learn a little bit about our native birds.
Booking essential for this event.
Monday 17th May 10am (4 hours)
Saltwick Bay Walk
Take a walk to see the large scale remains of Saltwick alum works and find out about the industrial past to this idyllic tourist spot.
Meet: Abbey Plain, Whitby (At the top of the 199 steps) (NZ 902 113)
Thursday 27th May 1pm (3 hours)
Errington Woods Walk
Was this the site of the mysterious Marske alum works? Join Beth for a walk and find out more about the history of these wonderful woods.
Meet: Errington Woods car park, New Marske
Wednesday 2nd June 1pm (2 hours)
Family Fossil Fossick
Come along for fossil finding fun as we learn about the giant sea monsters that lived here 200 million years ago,
Meet: Coast Road car park, nearest Marske-by-the-Sea. (NZ 632 232)
This event is open to all but under 12s must be accompanied by an adult.
Friday 11th June
Coals from Coatham
Learn about the importance of landlocked Coatham as a port and find out more about the ill fated attempt at a coal mine.
Meet: at Coatham Marsh Nature Reserve car park, Todd Point Road.
Monday 14th June 10:30am (3.5 hours)
Whitby Wander
Find out more about the geology that underpins this fascinating fishing village and learn about the glaciers that shaped the whole coast 10,000 years ago.
Meet: at bottom of 199 steps
Monday 28th June 10:30am (4 hours)
Ravenscar
Come and find out about the resort that was almost developed and see the best preserved remains of an alum house along the coast.
Meet: Outside Ravenscar Coastal Centre, (Near Raven Hall Hotel)