Hobby groups in Essex

Below you'll find every hobby group we know of in Essex, as well as people looking to join one.

All listings in Essex

Lorraine (Basildon)

Seeking a book club

I am.looking to expand my social circle. I used to be an avid reader and have a love for words. I used to read multiple books and am hoping that a book club will help kick start that love all over again. I'd love to.meet up in a coffee shop, open to most genres. Find military, science fiction.and fantasy harder to get into

Lorraine recommends:

We need to talk about Kevin

by Lionel Shriver | Learn more and buy

Startling,.questioning, psychology testing

Paul (Chelmsford)

Seeking a book club

Looking to make reading a new hobby rather than a small pastime. I like fiction, biography and most things I can find a connecting thread

Paul recommends:

The Chronicles of Thomas Covenenant

by Stephen Donaldson | Learn more and buy

Amazing tolkeinesque writing

Ben (Basildon)

Seeking a gaming group

My name is Ben, I'm 32 years old and recently moved house. I have experience playing D&D, however I have not plated for a while so new to 5e. I'm looking for a welcoming group with regular meet ups for in person games local to me or easily accessible via public transport as I don't drive.

Nigel (Westcliff-on-Sea)

Seeking a book club

59, shy, but love reading, and sitting in Ankas coffee shop.

Nigel (Westcliff-on-Sea)

Seeking a book club

I love reading, as it makes you use your mind. At the moment, I'm reading Reaper Man (Pratchett. The only author who can make me laugh out loud!), Mother Tongue (Bryson), An Astronauts View of Earth (Hadfield), The Otterbury Incident (C. Day Lewis. Yes, it's a kids book, but I still love it), The Life Changing Magic of Not Giving A F++k (Knight), Black Spirits &White (Adams Cram), Bukowski (Bukowski!), Nothing To Envy (Demick), The Experiments (Todd), The Body (Bryson. Such an interesting book), and I've just started, Not The End Of The World (Ritchie). I've been thinking of joining a book club for ages, so here goes.

Ellen (Chelmsford)

Seeking a book club

Just turned 29 & looking to make new friends who share similar interests. Mainly read romance but also some fantasy and thrillers. Would love to be able to talk to other people about books I've read or am reading.

Nmarie (Rayleigh)

Seeking a book club

Hi! My names Niambh (pronounced knee-eve) and I fell In love with reading last year. I’m currently on maternity leave and looking for a book club to socialise but also widen my reading genre range! I love fantasy, romance and I have gotten into thrillers recently:)

Emily (Brentwood)

Seeking a book club

I’m 19 and love horror and non-fiction :) I love going into books blind and I always have many many thoughts on everything I read that I need to share with someone!!!

Wizzlefin (Maldon)

Seeking a gaming group

I'm 33 and a very new newbie interested in finding an in-person D&D table to join!

teeply (Southend-on-Sea)

Seeking a gaming group

Hi I’m Thomas and I’m a long time board gamer and I’m super excited by TTRPGs. I mostly enjoy story RPGs, OSRs, and traditional RPGs. I GM most (if not all) the time for my group. But I’ve not played that many TTRPGs as a PC. I’ve run games of Cyberpunk, Mothership, Slugblaster, Call of Cthulhu, and Heart The City Beneath. While as a PC, I’ve played Savage Worlds and Pathfinder. I really enjoyed playing. And I love putting games together to share in that enjoyment with others. I’m looking to play a story RPG if possible, something like Heart The City Beneath or maybe Mythic Bastionland. But I’m open to anything as enjoy pretty much all TTRPGs.

Kulvinder (Woodford Green)

Seeking a book club

Hi, my name is Kulvinder and I live in Woodford Green. I am looking to slow down a little on work and do something nice for myself. I like to read when I have the time and I would like to meet some new people in the local area.

Sara - Community Agent (Great Dunmow)

Seeking a book club

I am looking into the Elsenham Book Group for an elderly lady who may want to take part

SkyeTheLimit (Colchester)

Seeking a gaming group

I am 21, played in one DnD campaign and 2 Lancer and a Cain campaign before and looking to join my first in person campaign or to just meet new people in an online one ^^

New TTRPG (Southend-on-Sea)

Gaming group

Rules-lite, dark (horror) fantasy, narrative-focused, OSR-inspired, WFRP inspired I'm free to DM just about any time, looking for group Rules are quite light, easy to pick up but with lots of expansion and possibilities D&D, WFRP but better

DC123 (Basildon)

Seeking a gaming group

TTRPG creator, looking for playtesters for a Dark Age, Horror-themed, low fantasy, rules-lite game

Mel (Leigh-on-Sea)

Seeking a book club

A prolific reader across (almost) all genres. Favourite book is Persuasion. Other great reads - The Girl with the Louding Voice, The Great Believers, The Lincoln Highway, Any Human Heart. Would like to chat about books, good and bad, over coffee or wine.

Booklover47 (Basildon)

Seeking a book club

My name is Irene and I live in Steepleview in Basildon. I am retired and I love literature of all genres. I would love to find a friendly Book group near. Me.

Ethan (Colchester)

Seeking a gaming group

29M, looking for a TTRPG group. Open to play anything, willing to GMing anything that isn't DnD. Most of my experience is playing/running VTTs so being part of an in-person group will be something I'll need to adjust to. Vegan btw

Skylar (Saffron Walden)

Seeking a book club

Late 20s woman interested in broadening my reading horizons! I like to read a few different genres but my favourite is fantasy! Either fun romantic fantasy like Emily Wilde's Encyclopedia of Faerie or epic fantasy like Brandon Sanderson's Stormlight Archive! I'd love to connect with people with similar tastes ☆