Geological map
 
Use the map to select an area of the
country you wish to explore. The map is
divided into a number of regions which
contain locations where fossils can be
found. Alternatively you can select the
location of interest from the list alongside
the map.

Map adapted from the British Geological
Survey mapping.

  
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Geological maps, including wall charts
and folded formats are available for
purchase from the BGS website.
Click here

Geologic time scale (detailed)

Click on the regions to view featured fossil locations

Geological map based on maps published by the
British Geological Survey, by permission (C) 2008

  
Featured locations

Discovering Fossils is undergoing a
series of redevelopments. The '+'
symbols below indicate pages that
have been recently added or expanded.
 
Palaeogene - Quaternary <65mya

Alum Bay (Isle of Wight) +

Barton-on-Sea (Hampshire)

Bouldnor (Isle of Wight) +

Bracklesham Bay (West Sussex) +

Herne Bay (Kent)

Isle of Sheppey (Kent)

Pakefield (Suffolk)

Walton-on-the-Naze (Essex)

Cretaceous 145-65 mya

Dover (Kent)

Durlston Bay (Dorset) +

Eastbourne (East Sussex)

Fairlight (East Sussex) +

Folkestone (Kent)
Hanover Point (Isle of Wight)

Hastings (East Sussex)

Hunstanton (Norfolk)
Lulworth Cove (Dorset) inc. Jurassic

Peacehaven (Sussex)

Seaford (Sussex)

Seven Sisters (Sussex)

Jurassic 200-145 mya
Brora river (Sutherland) +

Burton Bradstock (Dorset)

Chapman's Pool (Dorset)

Charmouth (Dorset) +

Dunrobin (Sutherland)
Eype (Dorset)

Grafham Water (Cambridgeshire)

Isle of Skye (Scotland)

Kettleness (Yorkshire)

Kimmeridge (Dorset) +

Llantwit Major (Glamorgan)
Lyme Regis (Dorset) +

Osmington Mills (Dorset)

Port Mulgrave (Yorkshire)

Quantoxhead (Somerset)

Seatown (Dorset) +

Triassic & Permian 299-200 mya

Aust (Avon)

Blue Anchor (Somerset)

Carboniferous 359-299 mya

Aberlady (East Lothian)

Crail (Fife) +

East Wemyss (Fife) +

Kingsbarns (Fife) +
Whitehaven (Cumbria)

Silurian & Devonian 444-359 mya

Marloes Sands (Pembrokeshire) +

Other fossil attractions

Natural History Museum (London)

PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING
LOCATIONS HAVE BEEN REMOVED:
Abbey Woods, Ardley quarry, Kielder,
Littlehampton, Much Wenlock and
Woodeaton quarry. These are no longer
considered publicly accessible fossil
collecting locations.