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Welcome to the HHGS Web SiteLast updated 13/12/19 6:44 PM About Us
Membership has grown steadily to about 100 and embraces all age groups from 16 years upwards, regardless of gender or race, and includes those with widely diversified interests. This picture is from our field trip to Languedoc, France in 2003. THE SOCIETY ALWAYS WELCOMES NEW MEMBERS, WHATEVER THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF THE SUBJECT. VISITORS ARE WELCOME TO OUR MONTHLY MEETINGS AND YOU CAN JOIN THE SOCIETY THERE. Meetings
Member's children, aged 14 upwards, can attend meetings when accompanied by an adult. Visitors are welcome for a small donation to the society. This picture is from our lecture on Ocean Drilling Field Trips
Members also have the opportunity to participate in field trips, at home and abroad, organised by the Geologists' Association, the Natural History Museum, London University Extra-Mural Department and other Societies and organisations. This picture is from our field trip to Hampstead Heath. Children of Members are allowed on some field trips when accompanied by a responsible adult. Exhibitions
This picture is from our Organic Gems collection.
Photographic Competition
LibraryA substantial and growing library of books, maps and periodicals is available at the monthly meetings for loan to members. ConservationThe Society assists in the clearance and preservation of Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) eg the SSSIs at Harefield and Harrow Weald, and of Regionally Important Geological sites (RIGS). HHGS also gets involved in 'emergency rescue' collection when a geological site is about to be lost to quarrying or burial. PublicationsHHGS has published Building Stones Trail Guides for Harrow, Uxbridge, Ruislip, Eastcote and Pinner and, also, a guide to the Pinner Chalk Mines. These are available from the Society.
MembershipSubscriptions are as follows:-
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