What’s On

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November 2025

Type	Title	Date	Time	Location	Speaker or Team Leader	Affiliation
Field Visit	Harwich	Sat 1st	TBC	TBC
Meeting	Highlights of the NHM Gem Collection	Tue 4th	7:30 for 8pm	Shenfield	Robin Hansen	NHM
Meeting	Charlesworth – an eminent but controversial Victorian geologist	Thu 20th	7:30 for 8pm	Stanway	Dominic Davey	ERMS

December 2025

Type	Title	Date	Time	Location	Speaker or Team Leader	Affiliation
Meeting	Christmas Gathering	Tue 2nd	7:30 for 8pm	Shenfield
Field Visit	Thorndon Park Pebble Trail	Thu 4th	10am -12:30	Thorndon Country Park North Visitor Centre	Ros and Ian Mercer	ERMS
Meeting	Christmas Gathering	Thu 18th	7:30 for 8pm	Stanway

January 2026

Type	Title	Date	Time	Location	Speaker or Team Leader	Affiliation
Meeting	TBA	Tue 6th	7:30 for 8pm	Shenfield
Field Visit	London Natural History Museum Minerals behind the scenes visit. Limited to 8 people.	Tue 20th	11am	NHM S. Kensington	Mike Rumsey	ERMS
Meeting	TBA	Thu 15th	7:30 for 8pm	Stanway

February 2026

Type	Title	Date	Time	Location	Speaker or Team Leader	Affiliation
Meeting	TBA	Tue 3rd	7:30 for 8pm	Shenfield
ERMS Show	Essex Gem & Mineral Show	Sat 21st	10am – 4pm	Collier Row RM5 3QJ	Jeff Saward	ERMS
Meeting	TBA	Thu 19th	7:30 for 8pm	Stanway

March 2026

Type	Title	Date	Time	Location	Speaker or Team Leader	Affiliation
Visit	Re-opening of Purfleet Heritage Centre with new Geology display	Sun 1st	TBA	Purfleet-on-Thames	Trevor Batchelor	Purfleet Heritage & Military Centre
Meeting	TBA	Tue 3rd	7:30 for 8pm	Shenfield
Meeting	TBA	Thu 19th	7:30 for 8pm	Stanway
Visit	King Edward VI Grammar School collection of geology, Chelmsford	Sat 21st	TBA	Chelmsford	Lucy Fryer	KEGS 6th Form