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Groups

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Languages

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Fellwanderers

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Music

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Indoor games

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Garden Groups

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Literature and Reading

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Dance

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Science & Nature

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Films

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Arts & Crafts

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History

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Wining & Dining

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Cycling

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Amblers

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Arts & Architecture

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Health & Mindfulness

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Sports

One of the main benefits of joining the u3a is being able to participate in our interest groups. We have over 70 groups running very successfully covering a wide range of interests and activities. Whichever group or groups you choose to join you can be sure of a warm and friendly welcome. You can find out more about each of our groups by using the links in the list below.

A group may have a limit on the number of members it can accommodate and may have a waiting list. If a group is full or we don't have a current group that covers your interest, would you consider starting a new group? If so then please contact our u3a overall Groups Coordinator Pam Priestley to discuss.

To join a group contact the Group Coordinator via the Group email link on the group's page.

If you are a group leader or considering becoming one we have various resources to support you.

Find out more

Click on the Group name to see more information about the group including venues

Groups listed by category

Art & Crafts

  • Art
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Friday mornings 10:00am-12:30pm
  • Artistic Licence
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Friday mornings 10:00am-12:00pm
    No meetings on Bank holidays
  • Patchwork & Quilting
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Tuesday afternoons 1:30pm-3:30pm
    1st & 3rd Tuesday

Arts

  • Architecture Appreciation
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Tuesday mornings 10:00am-12:00pm
    1st Tuesday
  • Art Appreciation
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00pm-4:00pm
    3rd Tuesday. Tea and coffee available from 1:45 pm
  • Philosophy
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Wednesday mornings 10:00am-11:30am
    1st Wednesday. Refreshments from 09:30

Cycling

  • Cycling
    Status: Active
    Weekly 10:00am
  • E-bikers and Friends
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Thursdays 10:00am
    April to November in clement weather

Gardening

General

  • Computer Help
    Status: Active
    Assistance as needed.
  • Discussion
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Monday mornings 10:30am-11:30am
    3rd Monday. No meetings July & August
  • Monthly meetings
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Wednesday mornings 10:30am
    3rd Wednesday. No meetings in June, July & August
  • Non Fiction Book Group
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Wednesday afternoons 2:00pm

Health & Mindfulness

  • Gentle Strollers
    Status: Active
    on Wednesday mornings 11:00am
    1st & 3rd Wednesdays. No walks in August or 1st Wednesday in September
  • Health Matters
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Thursday mornings 10:00am-12:00pm
    Last Thursday. We meet September to November and February to June
  • Mindfulness Meditation
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Tuesday mornings 10:00am-11:30am
  • Moving to Music 1
    Status: Wait list only
    Weekly on Monday mornings 10:45am-12:00pm
    no meetings June to August
  • Moving to Music 2
    Status: Wait list only
    Weekly on Wednesday mornings 12:15pm-1:15pm
    No sessions June to August
  • Tai Chi
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Friday mornings
  • Yoga
    Status: Full
    Weekly on Thursday afternoons 5:00pm-6:30pm

History

  • American History
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Thursday afternoons 2:00pm-3:00pm
    3rd Thursday. No meetings July & August
  • European History
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Friday mornings 10:00am-12:00pm
    1st Friday. September-July
  • Family History
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Thursday mornings 10:00am-12:00pm
    2nd Thursday from Oct-May. Informal meetings during the summer
  • Hanoverians
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Tuesday mornings 10:00am-11:30am
    4th Tuesday. No meetings July & August
  • Themes in World History
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Monday afternoons 2:00pm-4:00pm
    1st Monday. Refrehments from 1:45 pm

Indoor games

  • Bridge
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Friday afternoons 1:30pm-4:30pm
  • Chess
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Wednesday mornings 10:00am-12:00pm
  • Cribbage
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Monday afternoons 2:00pm-4:00pm
    1st & 3rd Monday
  • Mah Jong
    Status: Active
    on Friday afternoons 1:30pm-3:30pm
    1st, 3rd & 5th Friday
  • Scrabble 1
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Monday afternoons 2:00pm-4:00pm
    1st & 3rd Monday
  • Scrabble 2
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00pm-4:30pm
    We do not meet in August
  • Table Top Games
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Wednesday afternoons 2:00pm-4:00pm
    1st & 3rd Wednesdays. October until March inclusive.

Languages

  • French - Basic
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Monday afternoons 1:30pm-3:30pm
    2nd & 4th Monday
  • French Conversation
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Monday afternoons 1:30pm-3:30pm
    2nd & 4th Mondays
  • German Conversation
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Friday mornings 10:00am-12:00pm
    1st & 3rd Fridays
  • Italian Conversation
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Wednesday mornings 10:00am-12:00pm
  • Norwegian
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Wednesday mornings
    Alternate weeks

Literature, films & creative writing

  • Books on Tuesday
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Tuesday mornings 10:00am
    2nd Tuesday
  • Classic Films
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Thursday afternoons 2:00pm
    1st Thursday. No group - open to all - just turn up
  • Creative Writing
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Thursday afternoons 2:00pm-4:00pm
    1st Thursday. Meet September to November and February to June
  • Literary Studies
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Friday afternoons 2:00pm-3:30pm
    3rd Friday
  • Play Reading
    Status: Dormant
    Monthly on Tuesday afternoons 1:30pm
    Last Tuesday
  • Poetry and Prose
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Thursday afternoons 1:30pm
    Last Thursday

Music & Dance

  • Ballroom Dancing
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Wednesday afternoons 2:00pm-3:00pm
    No meetings in August
  • Country Dancing
    Status: Wait list only
    on Monday mornings 9:00am-10:30am
    1st, 3rd and 5th Monday
  • Folk Music & Song
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Monday afternoons 2:00pm-4:00pm
  • Instrumental Music
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Monday mornings 10:00am-12:00pm
  • Jazz Appreciation
    Status: Dormant
    Monthly on Thursday afternoons 2:00pm-4:30pm
    3rd Thursday
  • Jive
    Status: Closed
  • Moving to Music 1
    Status: Wait list only
    Weekly on Monday mornings 10:45am-12:00pm
    no meetings June to August
  • Moving to Music 2
    Status: Wait list only
    Weekly on Wednesday mornings 12:15pm-1:15pm
    No sessions June to August
  • Music for All
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Tuesday mornings 10:30am-12:00pm
    1st or 2nd Tuesday
  • Recorder Ensemble
    Status: Wait list only
    Weekly on Wednesday mornings 10:00am-12:00pm
  • Scottish Dancing
    Status: Wait list only
    Fortnightly on Monday mornings 9:00am-10:30am
    2nd & 4th Mondays
  • Singing for Fun
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Tuesday mornings 10:45am-12:30pm
    No meetings in August

Photography

  • Digital Photography
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Wednesday mornings 10:00am-12:00pm
    2nd Wednesday. Summer meetings (June-September) are at photography locations

Science, & Nature

Sport

  • Badminton
    Status: Full
    Weekly on Wednesday afternoons 3:45pm-5:15pm
  • Crown Green Bowling
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Tuesday mornings 10:00am-12:00pm
    We only bowl during the bowls season which runs from early April until late August/early September (weather and green condition dependant).
  • Indoor Bowling
    Status: Full
    Weekly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00pm-4:00pm
  • Indoor Bowling 2
    Status: Closed
  • Pickleball
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Friday mornings
    Three groups: see info below
  • Table Tennis (Doubles)
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Tuesday afternoons 1:30pm-3:00pm
  • Table Tennis (Singles)
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Wednesday afternoons 2:00pm-3:30pm
  • Tennis
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Friday afternoons 2:00pm-3:30pm
    April to September

Walking

  • All Walking Groups
    Status: Active
  • Amblers 1
    Status: Active
    on Thursdays 10:30am
    1st & 3rd in month
  • Amblers 2
    Status: Full
    Fortnightly on Thursdays 10:30am
    1st & 3rd Thursday
  • Amblers 3
    Status: Active
    on Thursdays 10:00am
    1st & 3rd and occasionally 5th in month
  • Amblers 4
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Thursday mornings 10:00am-1:00pm
    3rd in month
  • Amblers Plus 2
    Status: Full
    Monthly on Thursdays 10:00am
    4th Thursday
  • Fellwanderers
    Status: Wait list only
    Monthly on Thursdays
    3rd Thursday
  • Fellwanderers Plus
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Thursdays 9:30am
    1st Thursday
  • Gentle Strollers
    Status: Active
    on Wednesday mornings 11:00am
    1st & 3rd Wednesdays. No walks in August or 1st Wednesday in September
  • Ramblers
    Status: Active
    on Thursdays 10:00am
    2nd & (possibly) 5th in month
  • Ramblers Plus
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Thursdays 8:00am-5:00pm
    2nd & 4th in month
  • Strollers
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Thursdays 10:30am
    2nd & 4th Thursdays
  • Tuesday Walkers
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Tuesdays
    Main group 1st & 3rd Tuesdays, Explorers subgroup 2nd, 4th & 5th Tuesdays

Wining & Dining

  • Come Dine with Us
    Status: Active
    Various dates
  • Saturday Lunch Club
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Saturdays 12:30pm-3:00pm
    1st Saturday
  • Wine Appreciation 1
    Status: Wait list only
    Monthly on Thursday afternoons 2:00pm-4:00pm
    2nd Thursday. No meetings June, July & August
  • Wine Appreciation 3
    Status: Wait list only
    Monthly on Friday afternoons 1:45pm
    1st Friday. No meeting in July or August