All are welcome!
If you like us, you can become a member.
Find our Shenfield and Stanway locations on our meetings page.
Visitors – £5.
! On phone screen – scroll table to right to see details
May 2026
| Type | Title | Date | Time | Location | Speaker or Team Leader | Affiliation |
|---|
| Meeting | Rock Solid 7 – Mountains | Tue 5th | 7:30 for 8pm | Shenfield | Ros and Ian | ERMS |
| Visit | Coleman’s Quarry | Sat 16th | TBC | Lt. Braxted | Ian Mercer | ERMS |
| Meeting | The mantle and evolution of landscapes on geological timescales | Thu 21st | 7:30 for 8pm | Stanway | Matthew Morris | Imperial College |
June 2026
| Type | Title | Date | Time | Location | Speaker or Team Leader | Affiliation |
|---|
| Meeting | Rock Solid 8 – Oceans | Tue 2nd | 7:30 for 8pm | Shenfield | Ros and Ian | ERMS |
| Visit | Rayne Quarry | Wed 17th | 10:45 for 11am | | Peter Allen | ERMS |
| Meeting | Extinction: past, present and future | Thu 18th | 7:30 for 8pm | Stanway | John Ratford | ERMS |
July 2026
| Type | Title | Date | Time | Location | Speaker or Team Leader | Affiliation |
|---|
| Meeting | Rock Solid 9 – Glaciers | Tue 7th | 7:30 for 8pm | Shenfield | Ros and Ian | ERMS |
| Meeting | Field Walking | Thu 16th | 7:30 for 8pm | Stanway | John Walmsley | ERMS |
| Visit | Coach trip to Grimes Graves | Sat 18th | 2 pickups 8am/9am | High Easter/Stanway | Jonathan Spencer | ERMS |
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 | 11 am | Office car park | John Walmsley | 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 | Sat 5th | TBA | Hill Farm | Farmer Ashley Cooper | |
| Meeting | TBA | Thu 17th | 7:30 for 8pm | Stanway | | |
October 2026
| Type | Title | Date | Time | Location | Speaker or Team Leader | Affiliation |
|---|
| Meeting | TBA | Tue 6th | 7:30 for 8pm | Shenfield | Aimee Smith | NHM |
| Visit | Chafford Gorges | Sat 10th | TBA | EWT Car park | Peter Allen | ERMS |
| Meeting | Pleistocene Essex | Thu 15th | 7:30 for 8pm | Stanway | | QRA |
November 2026
| Type | Title | Date | Time | Location | Speaker or Team Leader | Affiliation |
|---|
| Meeting | TBA | Tue 3rd | 7:30 for 8pm | Shenfield | | |
| Visit TBC | Church walls | Sat 10th | TBC | TBA | John Walmsley | ERMS |
| Meeting | AGM | TBA | TBC | 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 |
|---|
| Meeting | Christmas Gathering | Tue 1st | 7:30 for 8pm | Shenfield | quiz, mince pies etc. | |
| Visit TBC | Colchester Trail | TBA | TBA | | | ERMS |
| Meeting | Christmas Gathering | Thu 18th | 7:30 for 8pm | Stanway | quiz, mince pies etc. | |
