Events for adults
Mountnessing Post Mill: Heritage Open Days
Visit Mountnessing Post Mill, the nearest Essex mill to London.
- Dates:
- April 19, 2026
- May 17, 2026
- June 21, 2026
- July 19, 2026
- August 16, 2026
- September 20, 2026
- Venue: Mountnessing Post Mill
- Times: 2:00pm - 5:00pm
- For the whole family
- Price: Free
Place Services: Introduction to Lithics and Flint Identification
This course is an introduction to lithics in archaeology, providing an overview of the methods and approaches to identification and analysis.
- Dates: April 23, 2026
- Venue: Cressing Temple Barns
- Times: 9:30am - 12:30pm
- For adults
- Price: £47.00
ERO Presents: The Chartist Revolution
Join speaker Professor Peter Gurney, University of Essex, for this talk about the Chartist movement shook British society to its foundations between the late 1830s and the early 1850s.
- Dates: April 28, 2026
- Venue: Essex Record Office
- Times: 10:30am - 12:00pm
- For adults
- Price: £6.50
Beeleigh Steam Mill: Heritage Open Days
Visit Beeleigh Steam Mill, one of the most attractive and fascinating in East Anglia.
- Dates:
- May 9, 2026
- May 10, 2026
- September 12, 2026
- September 13, 2026
- September 20, 2026
- Venue: Beeleigh Steam Mill
- Times: 11:00am - 4:00pm
- For the whole family
- Price: Free
Finchingfield Post Mill: Heritage Open Days
Visit the Grade II listed Finchingfield Post Mill, the oldest windmill in Essex.
- Dates:
- May 9, 2026
- May 10, 2026
- June 21, 2026
- July 19, 2026
- August 16, 2026
- September 20, 2026
- Venue: Finchingfield Post Mill
- Times: 2:00pm - 5:00pm
- For the whole family
- Price: Free
Stock Tower Mill: Heritage Open Days
Visit Stock Tower Mill, a popular five-storey Grade II listed tower mill.
- Dates:
- May 10, 2026
- June 14, 2026
- July 12, 2026
- August 9, 2026
- September 13, 2026
- Venue: Stock Tower Mill
- Times: 2:30pm - 5:00pm
- For the whole family
- Price: Free
Willow Workshop: Plant supports with Jo Hammond
Make banded or spiral-weave plant supports for your garden in natural English willow.
- Dates: May 16, 2026
- Venue: Cressing Temple Barns
- Times: 10:00am - 4:00pm
- For adults
- Price: £80.00 per person or £70.00 if a member of the Friends of Cressing Temple
ERO Presents: Dr Adéle Isabella de Steiger (1867-1944)
Join speaker Rachael Bailey-Gibson for this talk about a pioneering Victorian alienist psychiatrist.
- Dates: June 2, 2026
- Venue: Essex Record Office
- Times: 10:30am - 12:00pm
- For adults
- Price: £6.50
ERO Presents: The SAS in wartime Essex
Join speaker Groden Brown for this talk about the history of the elite British Army regiment during their time based in Essex.
- Dates: June 30, 2026
- Venue: Essex Record Office
- Times: 10:30am - 12:30pm
- For adults
- Price: £6.50
Essex Outdoors Bradwell: RYA Adults Sailing Weekend
Get ready to set sail from our Royal Yachting Association Training centre at Bradwell Waterside in Essex.
- Dates:
- July 18 - 20, 2026
- September 4 - 6, 2026
- September 5 - 7, 2026
- September 6 - 8, 2026
- Venue: Essex Outdoors Bradwell
- Times: 12:00am - 12:00am
- For adults
- Price: RYA Adults sailing weekend Residential Package* (2 nights accommodation and all meals) £399 RYA Adults sailing weekend Day-based Package £299
Festival of Essex Archaeology and Heritage 2026
Place Services at Essex County Council are excited to announce the return of the Festival of Essex Archaeology and Heritage for a second year!
- Dates: July 23, 2026
- Venue: Cressing Temple Barns
- Times: 10:00am - 5:00pm
- For the whole family
- Price: Free
Parkrun: Great Notley Country Park
Free, weekly 5km timed runs.
- Dates:
April 18, 2026- April 25, 2026
- May 2, 2026
- May 9, 2026
- May 16, 2026
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- Venue: Great Notley Country Park
- Times: 9:00am - 10:00am
- For adults
- Price: Free to take part
Parkrun: Cudmore Grove Country Park
Free, weekly 5km timed runs.
- Dates:
April 18, 2026- April 25, 2026
- May 2, 2026
- May 9, 2026
- May 16, 2026
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- Venue: Cudmore Grove Country Park
- Times: 9:00am - 10:00am
- For adults
- Price: Free
Parkrun: Hadleigh Country Park
Free, weekly 5km timed runs.
- Dates:
April 18, 2026- April 25, 2026
- May 2, 2026
- May 9, 2026
- May 16, 2026
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- Venue: Hadleigh Country Park
- Times: 9:00am - 10:00am
- For adults
- Price: Free
Parkrun: Marsh Farm Country Park
Free, weekly 5km timed runs.
- Dates:
April 18, 2026- April 25, 2026
- May 2, 2026
- May 9, 2026
- May 16, 2026
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- Venue: Marsh Farm Country Park
- Times: 9:00am - 10:00am
- For adults
- Price: Free
Parkrun: Weald Country Park
Free, weekly 5km timed runs.
- Dates:
April 18, 2026- April 25, 2026
- May 2, 2026
- May 9, 2026
- May 16, 2026
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- Venue: Weald Country Park
- Times: 9:00am - 10:00am
- For adults
- Price: Free