Science & Nature Courses in London & Online
Discover our Science and Nature programme which includes a wide range of courses and lectures across the fields of astronomy, geology, physics, and habitats, ecology, conservation, and climate change.
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Our courses are crafted to ignite curiosity and deepen understanding. Led by renowned tutors, including academic specialists, conservationists, archaeologists, and horticultural experts, our classes bring science to life in a way that is engaging, stimulating, and intellectually rigorous.
Discover the forces that shape our world, the evolution of life, and the challenges we face today. Whether through lectures, short courses, or in-depth multi-week studies, City Lit provides thought-provoking learning experiences tailored to your interests.
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- Foraging for Folklore: Common Urban Plants and their Stories
Course start date: Sun 31 May 2026Location on this date: Off Site
Tutors: Christopher CollierDiscover the stories and folklore of some common urban plants. Explore how these botanical neighbours have been revered as healers, feared as poisons, or woven into local myths and superstitions. This session will take place offsite.Meeting point:Hampstead Heath overground (Mildmay Line).
Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £23.00 Concession £29.00 - Find your way without a map: Orienting from natural signs Course start date: Sun 14 Jun 2026
Location on this date: Off Site
Tutors: Christopher CollierSee nature in a whole new way by learning some basic, practical tips for navigating via natural clues and signs. You’ll never be lost without your phone again! Please note that this is a one-off, offsite session. Meeting point:Hampstead Heath overground (Mildmay Line)
Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £23.00 Concession £29.00 - Chemistry for Fun, Part 2: Inorganic: burning metals and choking gases!Course start date: Wed 1 Jul 2026
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Gary RetallickWe look at how atoms combine, at the concept of the Mole, at the relationship between chemical reactions and energy, at the role of solvents, and at gases in the laboratory and in the atmosphere.Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £95.00 Concession £77.00 - Trees in Myth and StoryCourse start date: Sun 5 Jul 2026
Location on this date: Off Site
Tutors: Christopher CollierDelve into the realms of myth and story and discover the tales, folklore, and legends attached to some common trees. Meeting Point: outsideHampstead Heath overground (Mildmay Line).
Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £23.00 Concession £29.00 - Physics: from particles to the universe and beyond Course start date: Mon 26 Oct 2026
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Gary RetallickExplore fundamental aspects of physics such as the nature of light, matter and energy and the physical laws governing our universe. Learn about the revolutionary discoveries of the world around us.Full fee £189.00 Senior fee £189.00 Concession £123.00
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