East Anglia Regional Study Day 2026

Venue: Colchester Officers Club, Londinium Road, Colchester, Essex CO2 7NU

The building is wheelchair accessible and there are accessible toilets on the ground floor.

Price (includes buffet lunch): up to 30th August 2026 £35.00 per person, after 30th August 2026 £37.50 per person

Agenda:

0930 Coffee and registration

1000 Welcome – Robert Simmons: East Anglia Regional Coordinator

1005 Author and Historian, Dr. Harry Sidebottom: “Gladiators and the Colchester experience”

1115 Coffee break

1145 Dr. Ismini Pells: “East Anglian memories of the English Civil Wars after the Restoration”

1250 Buffet Lunch: served in the room [included in the ticket price - gluten free and vegetarian options available]

1350 Dr. James Barnaby: “The Battle of Ringmere Heath – 5^th May 1010 – What do we know? – How it fits in with the overall Vikings presence.”

1450 Tea

1515 Dr. Richard Dolby, Assandun Project Team Member: "The Battle of Assandun - The Final Battle – Saxons v Vikings - 18^th October 1016”

1600 Close

Transport:

There is free on-site parking as shown in the plan below.

The Officer’s Club is some 30 minutes-walk from Colchester North Station [Main Line] and 7 minutes-walk from Colchester Town Station. [Sunshine Coast Line]

Hackney Carriage rank at Colchester North Station also Minicab Services (01206 544544) and Five Eights (01206 588588)

Use Car Park “C”