Cross-Channel Geopark Festival 2025

The Cross-Channel Geopark Festival returns this autumn on 7th November 2025, with a celebration of the landscapes, culture, and heritage that unite communities on both sides of the Channel. Taking place at the historic Dover Castle, the 2025 edition brings together Geoambassadors communities, and visitors to explore the story of a shared geology that has shaped people’s lives for over 400 million years. 

The festival is part of the ongoing journey of the Cross-Channel Geopark towards recognition as a UNESCO Global Geopark. It will showcase how the cliffs, coasts, valleys, and chalk downs on both sides of the Channel are a single, unified landscape.  

Through talks, workshops, performances, and family activities, the festival invites everyone to experience this story and to reflect on how geology continues to influence culture, identity, and the future of our environment.