The Ussher Society

The Ussher Society, named after W.A.E. Ussher, is the regional geological society for the South West of England and promotes all aspects of geoscience in the South West of England (including the Channel Islands and the Isles of Scilly).

The Society holds an annual meeting in early January at various venues around the region. This year's event was held between the 6^th and 9^th January at the Redcliffe Hotel, Paignton. The form of the Conference is two days of presentations on all aspects of geoscience in, or associated with, South West England together with one or two days of field excursions. The event includes the Scott Simpson Lecture given by an invited speaker of international status, the Annual General Meeting, and an informal dinner.  In recent years, it has been a feature of the Conference to include a joint session of applied geology presentations with the SW Regional Group of the Geological Society. 

The Society publishes the double refereed journal "Geoscience in south-west England" annually. The journal covers a range of disciplines including geology, geomorphology, engineering geology and environmental geology. 

News & events

2008 journal abstracts are now available on-line

47th Annual Conference, Redcliff Hotel, Paignton 6^th - 9^th January, 2009:

2009 Conference abstracts will be posted on-line shortly

Fieldtrip photos will be uploaded shortly.

Details of the 2009 conference are available on the conference pages

Abstracts of back-issues of the Proceedings of the Ussher Society (now Geoscience in south-west England) are now available on-line - please see the journal pages

2008 journal abstracts are now available on-line

2007 journal abstracts are now available on-line

2006 journal abstracts are now available on-line

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