This page provides information on local events, museums and some local historical societies.
For further details please contact them directly, or click on their names to visit their websites.
Please note: There may be a charge for some of the events.
Local Events
WEAG will be present at following event:
Copped Hall Trust: Crown Hill, Epping, Essex CM16 5HR
Open Day: Family Apple Day – Sunday 12th October 2025
Copped Hall, Crown Hill, Epping, CM16 5HS
Entry: £12.00 In advance / £15.00 on the day
Tickets available at Ticketsource.
Apple Day is a celebration of Copped Hall’s apple orchards. Join in the fun and help with the juicing. There will be a display and apples for sale. Andrew Tann, who is an authority on apples and grows over 150 varieties of applies in his 15-acre orchard, will be on site to help identify the variety of any mystery apples that you have growing in your garden; bring them along!
There will be stalls, exhibitions, home-made and home-grown produce for sale, and children’s entertainment, dog show and various circus skills & the Chingford Morris Men performing traditional dances. The Walled Garden will be selling plants. The Trust shop & the popular second-hand book will be open.
Museums & Exhibitions
British Museum: Great Russell Street, London, WC1B 3DG
Exhibition: Mumbai & London new perspectives on the ancient world – Until 11th January 2026 – Free
The City Wall at Vine Street: 12 Jewry Street, London, EC3N 2HT
Open 9:00am-6:00pm Monday to Sunday. Closed Bank Holidays.
It showcases a brilliant collection of archaeological material excavated from the site, 2000 years of history and a large section of the Roman wall. Not just the special finds but also a large quantity of bulk material showing the breadth of evidence used to interpret the site.
COLCHESTER – Roman Circus: Roman Circus Walk, Colchester CO2 7GZ
The visitor centre, gardens and tea room with an interpretation devoted to the Roman Circus, including the reconstructed bases of the starting gates outside the centre, a model of the circus and a computer 3D model featuring the Roman town in the background.
See website for opening times & prices.
Epping Forest District Museum: 39-41 Sun Street, Waltham Abbey, Essex EN9 1EL
Permanent Exhibition: Tudor Gallery – No Booking Required
Memory Lane Tuesdays – Working life – Tuesday 18th October 2025 – 11:00AM to 12:30PM – Free – Booking Required
Epping Ongar Railway: Ongar Station, Station Approach, Ongar, Essex CM5 9BN
Essex Record Office: Wharf Road, Chelmsford, Essex CM2 6YT
Talk: ERO Presents: The former Essex County Hospital site, Colchester – 30th September 2025 – Booking Required – Charges apply
Harlow Museum: Harlow Museum, Muskham Road, Harlow, CM20 2LF
Open Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday. 9:30am to 3:30pm (last entry 3pm). Free Entry
Festive Exhibition: Jingle Bells – Tuesday 2nd – Saturday 20 December 2025 – Free
Winter Festival: Winter Wassail & Market – Saturday 13th December 2025
Horniman Museum & Gardens: 100 London Road, Forest Hill, London, SE23 3PQ
ianVisits: 120 East Carriage House, Duke of Wellington Avenue, London, SE18 6GP
Imperial War Museums: London, HMS Belfast, North & Duxford
London Mithraeum: Bloomberg Space, 12 Walbrook, London EC4N 8AA.
The reconstructed Temple of Mithras within the new Bloomberg building is now open to visitors from Tuesday to Sunday.
For more details, opening times and to book your visit please see their website
Free Entry – Booking Required
London Museum: Closed December 2022 – New museum to open at Smithfield in 2026
London Museum Docklands: West India Quay, Canary Wharf, London E14 4AL
Exhibition: Secrets of the Thames – Open until 1st March 2026 – Charges apply
The exhibition showcasing over 350 mudlarked objects, from personal items to historical relics discovered from London’s past.
Activity: Mudlarking Showcase – Saturday 27th September to Sunday 28th September 2025 – 10AM to 5PM – Free
A showcase of London’s forgotten objects discovered on the Thames’ foreshore.
The National Army Museum: Royal Hospital Road, London, SW3 4HT
Discussion: What London Leaves Behind: Archaeology of a City – Saturday 27th September 2025
Part of Chelsea History Festival
Charges apply – Booking Required
Redbridge Museum: Redbridge Central Library, Clements Road, Ilford, Essex IG1 1EA
Royal Gunpowder Mills: Beaulieu Drive, Waltham Abbey, Essex, EN9 1JY
Royal Museums Greenwich: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London SE10 9NF
Craft Club: From Object to Art – First Saturday of every Month – 10:30AM to 12:30Pm – Free – Booking required
Saturday 4th October / Saturday 1st November / Saturday 6th December
Science Museum: Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London, SW7 2DD
Sir John Soane’s Museum: 13 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London WC2A 3BP
Online Exhibition: Beyond the Painter-Architect: Artists Reinventing Architecture in Renaissance Italy – Free
‘This is an online exhibition exploring the contribution of artists to architectural practice in Renaissance Italy by focusing on the North Italian Album, a volume of drawings in Soane’s collection’
Lecture: Toys from the Thames with Hazel Forsyth – Sat 27th September 2025 – 2:00PM to 3:30PM – Charges Apply
London Museum Docklands, No 1, West India Quay, Hertsmere Rd, London E14 4AL
Walk & Talk: Hydracity 2: Exploring the Thames Delta – Sat 6th September to Sat 27th September 2025 – 2:00PM to 5PM – Donation suggested
River Event: The Litter Detectorists with Thames21 – Tuesday 2nd to 30th September 2025 – Free
Location: Multiple venues across London – See website
Mudlarking Walk & Talk: Thames Explorer Trust Guided Mudlarking Tour – Sat 11th October 2025 – 10:30AM to 12:30PM – Charges Apply
Meeting Point: The glass obelisk under Millennium Bridge on the North Bank.Peter’s Hill, London, EC4V 3TL
Two Temple Place: 2 Temple Place, London, Greater London, WC2R 3BD
Victoria & Albert Museum: Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London, SW7 2RL
Display: Makers of Modern Gothic: A.W.N. Pugin and John Hardman Jr – Until 26th October 2025 – V&A South Kensington – Free Entry
‘A free display of significant new acquisitions of drawings made by architect, AWN Pugin for his collaborations with the metalworking firm of John Hardman & Co., and master builder, George Myers’
V&A East: Storehouse, 2 Parkes Street, London, E20 3AX
Visit Epping Forest: Tourist Information Centre, Highbridge Street, Waltham Abbey, EN9 1DG
The Wallace Collection: Hertford House, Manchester Square, London, W1U 3BN
Tour: Collection in Focus: Sculpture – Saturday 4th October 2025 – 11:30AM to 12:30PM – Free
Creative: Look and Draw – Thursday 9th October 2025 – 13:00PM to 13:45PM – Free
Tour: Collection in Focus: Ceramics – Saturday 18th October 2025 – 11:30AM to 12:30PM – Free
Tour: Collection in Focus: Arms and Armour – Saturday 1st November 2025 – 11:30AM to 12:30AM – Free
Demonstration Tour: The Golden Touch: A Closer Look at Gilding – Thursday 27th November 2025 – 13:00PM to 14:30PM – Charges Apply
William Morris Gallery: Lloyd Park, Forest Road, Walthamstow, London E17 4PP
Local Societies & Organisations
Colchester Archaeological Group: Lectures held at Roman Circus House, Roman Circus Walk, Colchester CO2 7GZ
COLAS: Church of St Olave, 8 Mark Lane, EC3R 7NB or online
COLAS run monthly hybrid lectures where you can either join us in person or online. Please see website for details.
Cotswold Archaeology: Suffolk Branch, Unit 5, Plot 11, Maitland Road, Lion Barn Industrial Estate, Needham Market, Suffolk, IP6 8NZ
Volunteer Opportunity: This is an opportunity to have a go at sieving for a WW2 P47 fighter plane in Essex.
Working in partnership with Operation Nightingale, Costwold Archaeology will be running the dig site. Please click here for additional information.
This volunteer opportunity will be running until 2nd October 2025
All applications must be made via the Cotswold Archaeology’s link: https://cotswoldarchaeology.rosterfy.uk/register.
Please Note: It is necessary to complete all the volunteer forms before being able to view available dates.
Webinar: Reshaping the archaeological landscape at Sizewell C – Wednesday 8th October 2025 – Free – Booking Required.
Gresham College: Gresham College, Barnard’s Inn Hall, Holborn, London, EC1N 2HH
Gresham College has provided free public talks within the City of London for over 400 years. Founded in 1597, Gresham College is London’s oldest Higher Education Institution
Leyton and Leytonstone Historical Society: St. John’s Church Hall, Leytonstone High Road, E11 1HH
Loughton & District Historical Society: Methodist Church, 260 High Road, Loughton, IG10 1RB
The National Trust: Heelis, Kemble Drive, Swindon SN2 2NA
Oxford University Lifelong Learning: Rewley House, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JA
Royal Archaeological Institute: c/o Society of Antiquaries of London, Burlington House, Piccadilly, W1J 0BE
South Woodham Ferrers Local History Society: Champions Manor Hall Community Centre, 94 Hullbridge Road South Woodham Ferrers Essex CM3 5LJ
The Society of Antiquaries: Burlington House, Piccadilly W1J 0BE
Lunchtime Lecture: Back in College: Daily Life of Students at European Universities, 1200-1600 – 7th October 2025 – 1:00PM to 2:00PM
Free – Booking Required – Online & In-Person
Evening Lecture: Ritual, image and rule by Divine Right – 9th October 2025 – 5:00PM to 6:00PM
Free – Booking Required – Online & In-Person
Conference: Modern Makers & Antiquaries – 22nd October 2025 – 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Free & Paid Options – Booking required – Online (Free) & In-Person (Charges apply)
UCL: Petrie Museum of Egyptian and Sudanese Archaeology:
University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT
Opening Times: Tuesday – Friday: 1pm–5pm, Saturday: 11am–5pm, Closed Monday and Sunday.
Free entry; no booking required.
Waltham Abbey Historical Society:
Waltham Abbey Baptist Church Hall, Paradise Road, Waltham Abbey EN9 1RL
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