All are welcome!
If you like us, you can become a member.
Find our location on our meetings page.
Visitors – £5.
For visits, non-members can enroll as a temporary ERMS member for the duration of the visit (£5 per person) when using the online booking form.
On phone? – scroll table to right to see details
August 2026
| Type | Title | Date | Time | Location | Speaker or Team Leader | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meeting | Members’ Finds | Tue 4th | 7:30 for 8pm | Shenfield | ERMS | |
| Meeting | Members’ Finds | Thu 20th | 7:30 for 8pm | Stanway | ERMS | |
| Visit | Highwood Quarry | Sat 22nd | ||||
| EVENT! | FAMILY DAY | Sat 29th | 10am – 4pm | Stanway – Tollgate Hall | ERMS |
September 2026
| Type | Title | Date | Time | Location | Speaker or Team Leader | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meeting | Rock Solid 10 – Rock Chemistry | Tue 1st | 7:30 for 8pm | Shenfield | Ian and Ros | ERMS |
| Visit | Gestingthorpe – Hill Farm | Sat 5th | TBA | Hill Farm | Farmer Ashley Cooper | |
| Meeting | Native Non-Metals and Metalloids | Thu 17th | 7:30 for 8pm | Stanway | Alistair Rickards | ERMS |
October 2026
| Type | Title | Date | Time | Location | Speaker or Team Leader | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meeting | Crystals | Tue 6th | 7:30 for 8pm | Shenfield | Ian Mercer | ERMS |
| Meeting | Radiometric Dating | Thu 15th | 7:30 for 8pm | Stanway | Mark Matthews | ERMS |
November 2026
| Type | Title | Date | Time | Location | Speaker or Team Leader | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meeting | Rock Solid 11: Volcanoes | Tue 3rd | 7:30 for 8pm | Shenfield | ||
| Visit TBC | Church walls | TBC | TBC | TBA | John Walmsley | ERMS |
| Meeting | AGM | Tue 10th | 7:30 | Zoom | ERMS | |
| Meeting | Coast To Coast across northern England | Thu 19th | 7:30 for 8pm | Stanway | Anne & Denis Kell | ERMS |
December 2026
| Type | Title | Date | Time | Location | Speaker or Team Leader | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The final Shenfield Meeting | Christmas Gathering | Tue 1st | 7:30 for 8pm | Shenfield | quiz, mince pies etc. | |
| Visit | NHM Mineral Department | Tue 8th | 11am | NHM | Jonathan Spencer/Aimee Smith | NHM |
| Meeting | Christmas Gathering | Thu 17th | 7:30 for 8pm | Stanway | quiz, mince pies etc. |
Please Note:
from January onwards, the Stanway meetings will take place on the third Wednesday of each month and there will be no further meetings at Shenfield.