This event is part of the Royal Society’s Summer Science Exhibition 2026.

Being deep underground for science is a weird but wonderful thing. One of only a dozen globally, Boulby Underground Laboratory is the UK’s very own deep underground science facility, located 1.1 km beneath North Yorkshire in the deepest mine in Britain.

Subject to a million times less cosmic radiation than the surface, the underground environment at Boulby facilitates a range of both pure and applied multidisciplinary science, including the search for dark matter, neutrino detector development, the testing of Mars rovers and their technologies, studies of the Earth and the environment, quantum technology research, and much more.

Join Emma Meehan, Facilities, Operations and Outreach Manager at the Boulby Underground Laboratory who, with the help of her subterranean colleagues, gives a very special tour of the facility and its science projects by live video link.

For more information about the event and how to book tickets, please follow the link to the Royal Society event page below.