London meetings are held on either the last Wednesday of each month between 17:30 and 19:30 or the last Saturday of the month between 14:30 and 17:30. No meetings are held in July or August. Please check the Calendar for details of the venue.

Proceedings include papers prepared by members, talks on current topics and observing techniques, and more formal addresses by experts and professionals.

The 'December' meeting is usually held in the third week of December, when the Association's Christmas Lecture is presented.

The Annual Exhibition Meeting is held in June and it is customary for an Ordinary meeting to be held away from London in April and September. Other meetings, including those held outside London, are usually held on Saturdays. Dates, venues and topics of meetings are given in the Journal.

Individual or combined Section meetings are frequently held at venues in various parts of the country.

The Association also organises or supports a number of residential weekend courses, and in recent years these have been held at Winchester, Preston, Horncastle and Dundee.

The Events Calendar provides a diary of meetings and events in the coming year.