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Earls Colne Heritage Museum have a number of upcoming events.
Please browse the below, get in touch for information and how to book.
UP COMING EVENTS
Out and About – Church Hill and Upper Holt St
Church Hill and Upper Holt Street June 21st 2025 Join John again as he explores the rich architectural heritage of the buildings on the main road out of Earls Colne towards Colchester. This will be one of Johns favorite walks, as, at last, he gets to talk about...
ECHM @ The Library
ECHM @ The Library As well as the museum being open on Wednesdays and weekends, Now, ECHM will be at Earls Colne Library in the High Street on Fridays, where we will have some of our reference books available for the public to peruse for research etc. John Stedman,...
THE ATLAS GARDENS – COMMUNITY GARDENS AWARD
Earls Colne Heritage Museum has successfuly been awarded a £2,500 grant by Braintree District Council under the Community Gardens Scheme. Work has already begun to upgrade the planting and install four story boards telling t
PAST EVENTS
The ‘Royal Streets’
The 'Royal Streets' May 17th 2025 The second of John Stedman's 'Out and About Tours' of Earls Colne is on May 17th at 2pm. Tickets £5 available from the museum. Meet at the bottom of York Road/Park Lane. Come and join him. John is our local historian, lifelong...
VE80 in Earls Colne
VE80 in Earls Colne ECHM and other village organizations are taking part in the national celebrations on 8th May 2025. Please see the poster for timetable of events. The Three Colnes Parish magazine will also have the poster in the May Edition and individual...
VE DAY 80
VE Day 80 The Earls Colne Airfield 1942-1945 – USAAF & RAF – The Marauder Men and The Gliders The Rosemary Britten Story – recounting the story of the ONE woman who flew on Operation Varsity – the world’s largest airborne operation – directed from Earls Colne...
The SAS are coming to Earls Colne
Prepare for an unforgettable evening of History: Courage: Adventure: as we bring to life the thrilling events of March 1945.
Weds 19th March 7.30pm Colne Valley Golf Club Thurs 20th March 7.30pm The Essex Golf and Country Club.
All tickets £7.50. Tickets available by QR codes for Colne Valley Golf Club and Essex Golf and Country Club. See poster.
Who was Hamish Valentine?
Hamish’s parents retired to Earls Colne in 1903/04 to a new house built for them all in York Road. The house was called Luton Lodge, Now the Con Club!
Memorial to two Lancasters
MEMORIAL TO 15 AIRCREW OF LANCASTERS LM 167 & LL802 CRASHED IN EARLS COLNE/GREATTEY 20 SEPTEMBER 1944
HOW TO FIND US
Opening Hours
Travelling from the West (Halstead):
About 100 yards past the Zebra Crossing,
take the first right into Massingham Drive
keep on this road and the museum is on your left.
Travelling from the east via Earls Colne High Street:
Take the second left after the Zebra Crossing into Massingham Drive,
keep on this road and the museum is on your left.
On a lamppost opposite the turn into Massingham Drive
is a small brown sign pointing to the museum.