Geodiversity Day 2025

Geodiversity Day invites everyone to explore, experience, and connect with the landscapes, heritage, and living geology of the Kent Downs. This year’s theme, One Earth, Many Stories, highlights how the same chalk, clay, and coastal formations have shaped communities, inspired creativity, and fostered connections across generations. From performances to workshops and immersive walks, the day reveals the stories written in stone and in the lives of those who live alongside them.

Event Highlights:

• ‘Ode to Channel’ performance in France (20 September): A celebration of the Channel’s landscapes through music and storytelling.

• ‘How Lies the Land?’ – Folkestone Triennial 2025 (19 Jul – 19 Oct 2025): Explore the connections between geology, art, and landscape across Folkestone.

• Folkestone Fringe 2025 (19 Jul – 12 Oct 2025): Includes a range of exhibitions, workshops, and performances, featuring:

  • Cabinet of (un)Natural History (6 October): exhibition of gault clay ‘future’ fossils, by Rosalie Morris

  • Family workshop Facing Each Other (11 October): by Deborah Crofts

• The Chalk Path – audio walk (1 Sep – 19 Oct 2025): Alison Neighbour guides visitors through Kent Downs’ chalk landscapes

• S:WASH / D:RIFT – Fat Lady Opera performances:

  • Family Day, 3 October at St Peter’s Church of England Primary School Hall

  • Finale, 11 October at Harbour Church

• YEL Turner Contemporary Schools Carousel Day – 9 October

• GeoAmbassador events: 10 October and other potential events to be confirmed

Join us to discover the stories written in stone, connect with local communities, and take part in creative experiences that celebrate the region’s geological heritage.