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Hope some of the UK members can be of assistance.

 

I want to go on my first collecting trip this summer, and have been doing a bit of research.

One of my main interests is plants. 

 

I live in Hertfordshire, and the nearest location I can find that has plant material is Betteshanger in Kent. It's over 200 miles round trip, so not that close to me.

Has anyone collected there? Did you come away with a decent number of finds. 

 

Does anyone know of any plant locations nearer to me? 

 

Thanks

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Probably not the type of plant collecting you had in mind, but many of the London Clay locations along the coast north east and east of London produce a fair amount of seeds/fruit from Nipa trees and pyritised wood. Otherwise Betteshanger sounds like a good option. Haven't made it there myself yet but it sounds like a great site. 

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On 01/05/2019 at 1:33 PM, Paleoworld-101 said:

 Betteshanger sounds like a good option. Haven't made it there myself yet but it sounds like a great site. 

Have been doing some research into this site.

You can't just turn up apparently. They have specific fossil hunting days. 

I have sent them an email requesting more info. 

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