Bicentennial London Walk (16 May)
To Paradise by way of Kensal Green
| Organised by: | Main Geological Society events |
| Date: | 16 May 2007 |
| Event Type: | Field Trip |
| Venue: | Kensal Green |
Walk Leader: Dr. Eric Robinson
In 1830, at a meeting in the Freemason’s Tavern in Covent Garden, the London Cemetery Company was formed, bidding for the right to create an urban cemetery on 55 acres of open country alongside the Grand Union Canal.
This walk will take in the land geology and rock geology of the gravestones and memorials which has been erected in the last 175 years.
There will be a coach service to take participants from the Geological Society to Kensal Green and back, and costs will be kept to a minimum.
For further information about the walk and the sights you will visit, download the PDF.
If you are interested in going on this walk, please download and complete the PDF form and return it to Georgina Worrall.
Overview
As part of the Society’s Bicentennial celebrations, Dr. Eric Robinson will lead a guided “geological” walk through Kensal Green Cemetery.In 1830, at a meeting in the Freemason’s Tavern in Covent Garden, the London Cemetery Company was formed, bidding for the right to create an urban cemetery on 55 acres of open country alongside the Grand Union Canal.
This walk will take in the land geology and rock geology of the gravestones and memorials which has been erected in the last 175 years.
There will be a coach service to take participants from the Geological Society to Kensal Green and back, and costs will be kept to a minimum.
For further information about the walk and the sights you will visit, download the PDF.
If you are interested in going on this walk, please download and complete the PDF form and return it to Georgina Worrall.
Office contact details: |
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| Name: | Georgina Worrall |
| Address: | Burlington House |
| Piccadilly | |
| London | |
| Postcode: | W1J 0BG |
| Telephone: | +44 (0)20 7434 9944 |
| E-Mail: | georgina.worrall@geolsoc.org.uk |