2025
Place Services Away Day - We Are Essex
- 16 September 2025
The annual Place Services away day for 2025 took place in mid September, with most of the team in attendance. The day saw team presentations, a series of walking tours around the campus, and a little sport to finish.
Announcing the Essex Archaeology Conference 2026
- 30 July 2025
We are pleased to announce we will be convening the next Essex Archaeology Conference on 3rd October 2026 at the Essex Record Office.
Our Carbon Footprint Report 23-24
- 14 July 2025
View the key outcomes, targets and recommendations of our 2023-24 Carbon Footprint Report.
Talks and Workshops at the Festival of Essex Archaeology & Heritage
- 11 June 2025
We are pleased to confirm that tickets for the programme of free talks and workshops at The Festival of Essex Archaeology & Heritage are now available for booking on Eventbrite!
Place Services Collaboration Day (April 2025)
- 30 April 2025
How can we ensure a multidisciplinary offer? By sharing our collective built, historic and natural environment expertise with each other on a collaboration day!
Historic Environment: 2024-25 Year in Review
- 03 April 2025
2024-25 has been an eventful year in the Historic Environment Team at Place Services! Our geographical client base has expanded whilst our types of project have also become more diverse.
The Essex New School Design Guidance document is now live!
- 28 March 2025
Place Services are proud to announce that the Essex New School Design Guidance document is now live on The Essex Design Guide website!
Announcing the Festival of Essex Archaeology & Heritage!
- 24 March 2025
Place Services at Essex County Council are excited to announce the very first Festival of Essex Archaeology and Heritage 🔍📖🏹
Finds Roadshow
- 28 February 2025
On 8th March we will be holding a Finds Roadshow at Grays Shopping Centre! Bring along any interesting items you've found at the beach, in the garden or in the fields to get the full story from our team of experts.
Excavating Weald Hall
- 31 January 2025
Find out about the results of last year's community excavation at South Weald Country Park, Oxford Archaeology will be presenting some of the surprising discoveries that were made and explaining what they can teach us about the park's rich history.
Windows to the Past
- 08 January 2025
Join us at The Pyramid Resource Centre on Thursday 30th January 2025 for a creative workshop.