Geology & Fossils

Supported by Thanet District Council

Geological Sites in East Kent

Pegwell bay, Thanet
Botany Bay, Thanet
Reculver and Bishopstone
Wear Bay, Folkestone
Copt Point, Folkestone
Long Rock, Whitstable
Isle of Sheppey

Full detail of the above sites will be added soon

A comprehensive article on the geology of Thanet and East Kent can be downloaded from our articles page.

Full details of Regionally Important Geological Sites in Kent can be found on the RIGS web-site.

 

Local Geology and Fossil Links
Fossils of the Gault Clay
Fossils and Geology of Folkestone
Fossils and Geology of Herne Bay
Sheppey Fossils

 

Bishopstone Glen

Periglacial markings

Top - Tertiary deposits, Bishopstone Glen, nr. Herne Bay
Below - Pleistocene periglacial markings, Ramsgate Westcliff

Image Gallery from our geological collections >>>

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