World Class Heritage shared through local expertise
The GeoHeritage Collective are qualified, learned Earth Scientists with a passion for sharing the region’s fascinating history. We bring rocks and fossils to life through high quality, easily accessible information, tours and public events. This website is for everybody who wants to learn more about fossils and the earth heritage of Yorkshire Coast.
Meet the people behind Yorkshire Coast Rocks
Steve Cousins
When not leading Fossil Safaris with Yorkshire Coast Rocks, Steve combines the two unlikely specialisms of Earth Science and variety entertainment, as The Rock Showman. His performances at festivals, museums, schools and science venues have entertained tens of thousands as he brings Earth Science alive in a truly unique way. He has been finding fossils and sharing stories of the Yorkshire Coast for over 20 years. As a tour guide his focus is to encourage learning, inspire curiosity, and help everyone develop a respect for nature. Co-founder and CEO of charity ‘Earth Science Outreach UK‘, Steve is passionate about bringing enthusiastic rocknerdery to the widest general public.
Dr Liam Herringshaw
Palaeontologist, academic, Yorkshire Fossil Festival co-director, theatrical tour guide, benthic burrow enthusiast and science communicator. ‘Fossiliam’ is a regular leader of expert walks across the Yorkshire Coast, and frequent lecturer on Earth Science for public audiences. In 2025 Liam became a founding director of the charity Earth Science Outreach UK and creator of many projects that crossover between academia, museums and the arts.
Byron Blessed
The nexus of the fossil community in Whitby is palaeontologist Byron Blessed. Founder of Natural Wonders and Fossils-UK.com, he’s a podcast host and international expert, and constant supporter of the UK amateur fossil scene. Byron founded the original fossil tours of Whitby over 25 years ago & has single handedly shared Yorkshire’s Earth science heritage with tens of thousands of adults and young people, leaving an indelible mark on the lives of many.
Dr Brooke ‘Geology’ Johnson
In his day job, Dr Brooke studies some of the world’s oldest fossils, and brings these tiny, primitive creatures into focus from the great depths of Earth’s past . Having grown up on the Yorkshire Coast’s Beaches, his academic travels have taken him across the world, all the way back to the dawn of life on our planet. Brooke’s incredible knowledge is shared as a brilliant communicator, both IRL and online via his social media channels
Roger Osborne
Celebrated author, Roger Osborne is a prolific writer and publisher. His non-fiction books reveal the connection between Yorkshire’s Geology and many milestones of post-industrial Britain’s development. His series of pocket sized reference guides are the most widely read Yorkshire Geology-focussed resource books available, sharing serious science through understandable English. When not writing, Roger is the keeper of Geology at Whitby Museum.
