CONTACTS AND LOCATION
The postal address of Ecton Mine Educational Trust is:
GA Cox Study Centre
The Hillocks,
Ecton
Ashbourne,
Derbyshire
DE6 2AH
and there is a telephone: 01298 84522 (but please note, this is answered only when the Centre is in use)
For information and assistance with EHFSA educational activities please contact Susan Wilkinson on SWilkin799@aol.com or 01732 456997 – or otherwise Bob Thompson on lesrob42@gmail.com 01889 882363
For all other information relating to the use of the Ecton facilities please contact:
Anita Horton (email) or any of the enquiry contact emails
Location – how to find us
If driving from Hulme End (the Manifold Inn), take the road to the south. The first right is signposted to Ecton. Continue along this road until you reach a large layby on the left. Do NOT take the turning to “Back of Ecton”. If using satnav, do NOT rely on the postcode because it will take you to the wrong place!
Parking is on a large layby 150 yards/metres south of the track that goes up to the study centre, grid reference SK 096582 (OS 1:50,000 Sheet 119).
The Centre is on the hillside, beside a private building with a prominent copper spire.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Under no circumstances should you attempt to drive up the private track from the Ecton crossroads. Not only is there no general right of vehicular access, but, more practically, you will be unable to turn around at the top. You cannot park there, and reversing down the steep track is definitely not recommended. There is usually plenty of parking space in the wide layby (marked as “EMET Parking” on the upper map) or in the narrow strip of land opposite the layby.
Downloadable Google map (Hulme End: The Manifold Inn at top right (NE corner), Ecton Mine at bottom left (SW corner)
Peter has nearly 50 years experience mostly at the sharp end of the minerals industry. He is a metallurgist who started in the steel industry prior to his degree at Cambridge University. He held senior positions with Anglo American on the Zambian Copperbelt, and at Glebe Mines fluorspar operation in the Derbyshire Peak District; and has been an independent freelance since 2000. He has had connections with Ecton Mine and Geoff Cox since the mid-1980s. He is Secretary of The British Aggregates Association, a member of the CBI Minerals Group and the UK National Minerals Forum; and has various business interests in the industrial minerals industry in the UK, Europe and globally; and is also a Director of MAUK (Mining Association of the UK) and Amemptos Music.
I am an exploration and mining geologist (C. Geol) with over 25 years of experience in the deep geological disposal of radioactive waste and 7 years of experience of exploration, environmental impact assessment and mining feasibility for the Kayelekera uranium deposit in Northern Malawi, Africa. I retired from the British Geological Survey in 2016 and am currently a member of the Government’s Committee on Radioactive Waste Disposal. I undertook a PhD on caves and mines in the Peak District and, as an active caver and mine explorer, have been studying the underground world of the Peak District since the mid 1970’s, including the mines of the Ecton Area. I am a director (editor) of the Peak District Mines Historical Society and the mine manager of their Temple Mine in Matlock Bath.
mongst geologists and others involved in the application of geoscience, particularly through the promotion of professional titles such as CEng, CGeol, and EurGeol. She has served on the Council of the Geological Society of London and is a past President of the European Federation of Geologists. For many years, she has been a member of the Pan European Reserves and Resources Reporting Committee (PERC).
Phil in Organic Chemistry, Nottingham Uni 1977-79, awarded 1981
I am a geoscientist with more than 45 years of experience. After working as a mine geologist in the Yorkshire Coalfield for 12 years, I moved on to seismic exploration for coal, potash and other minerals focussing on seismic interpretation and delineating geological structure to aid mine planning. My prospect experience includes projects in UK, Spain, Turkey, Australia, Africa, Argentina and Canada.
ng and engineering around the world. Although I am now retired I continue to hold Board appointments with national and international regulatory and standards organisations which I find professionally stimulating and thoroughly rewarding.