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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 meeting day

Monday

  • Country Dancing
    Status: Wait list only
    on Monday mornings 9:00am-10:30am
    1st, 3rd and 5th Monday
  • Cribbage
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Monday afternoons 2:00pm-4:00pm
    1st & 3rd Monday
  • Discussion
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Monday mornings 10:30am-11:30am
    3rd Monday. No meetings July & August
  • Folk Music & Song
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Monday afternoons 2:00pm-4:00pm
  • 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
  • Instrumental Music
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Monday mornings 10:00am-12:00pm
  • Monday Garden Club
    Status: Full
    Monthly on Monday mornings 10:00am-12:00pm
    1st Monday
  • Moving to Music 1
    Status: Wait list only
    Weekly on Monday mornings 10:45am-12:00pm
    no meetings June to August
  • Psychology in the News
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Monday afternoons 2:00pm-4:00pm
    3rd Monday
  • Scottish Dancing
    Status: Wait list only
    Fortnightly on Monday mornings 9:00am-10:30am
    2nd & 4th Mondays
  • Scrabble 1
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Monday afternoons 2:00pm-4:00pm
    1st & 3rd Monday
  • Themes in World History
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Monday afternoons 2:00pm-4:00pm
    1st Monday. Refrehments from 1:45 pm

Tuesday

  • 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
  • Books on Tuesday
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Tuesday mornings 10:00am
    2nd Tuesday
  • 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).
  • Hanoverians
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Tuesday mornings 10:00am-11:30am
    4th Tuesday. No meetings July & August
  • Indoor Bowling
    Status: Full
    Weekly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00pm-4:00pm
  • Mindfulness Meditation
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Tuesday mornings 10:00am-11:30am
  • Music for All
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Tuesday mornings 10:30am-12:00pm
    1st or 2nd Tuesday
  • Patchwork & Quilting
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Tuesday afternoons 1:30pm-3:30pm
    1st & 3rd Tuesday
  • Play Reading
    Status: Dormant
    Monthly on Tuesday afternoons 1:30pm
    Last Tuesday
  • Scrabble 2
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00pm-4:30pm
    We do not meet in August
  • Singing for Fun
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Tuesday mornings 10:45am-12:30pm
    No meetings in August
  • Table Tennis (Doubles)
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Tuesday afternoons 1:30pm-3:00pm
  • Tuesday Walkers
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Tuesdays
    Main group 1st & 3rd Tuesdays, Explorers subgroup 2nd, 4th & 5th Tuesdays

Wednesday

  • Badminton
    Status: Full
    Weekly on Wednesday afternoons 3:45pm-5:15pm
  • Ballroom Dancing
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Wednesday afternoons 2:00pm-3:00pm
    No meetings in August
  • Chess
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Wednesday mornings 10:00am-12:00pm
  • Digital Photography
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Wednesday mornings 10:00am-12:00pm
    2nd Wednesday. Summer meetings (June-September) are at photography locations
  • First Wednesday Garden Group
    Status: Wait list only
    Monthly on Wednesday mornings 10:00am
    1st Wednesday
  • Gentle Strollers
    Status: Active
    on Wednesday mornings 11:00am
    1st & 3rd Wednesdays. No walks in August or 1st Wednesday in September
  • Italian Conversation
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Wednesday mornings 10:00am-12:00pm
  • Monthly meetings
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Wednesday mornings 10:30am
    3rd Wednesday. No meetings in June, July & August
  • Moving to Music 2
    Status: Wait list only
    Weekly on Wednesday mornings 12:15pm-1:15pm
    No sessions June to August
  • Natural History
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Wednesday afternoons 2:00pm
    2nd Wednesday October to March
  • Non Fiction Book Group
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Wednesday afternoons 2:00pm
  • Norwegian
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Wednesday mornings
    Alternate weeks
  • Philosophy
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Wednesday mornings 10:00am-11:30am
    1st Wednesday. Refreshments from 09:30
  • Recorder Ensemble
    Status: Wait list only
    Weekly on Wednesday mornings 10:00am-12:00pm
  • Table Tennis (Singles)
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Wednesday afternoons 2:00pm-3:30pm
  • Table Top Games
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Wednesday afternoons 2:00pm-4:00pm
    1st & 3rd Wednesdays. October until March inclusive.

Thursday

  • 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
  • American History
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Thursday afternoons 2:00pm-3:00pm
    3rd Thursday. No meetings July & August
  • 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
  • E-bikers and Friends
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Thursdays 10:00am
    April to November in clement weather
  • Family History
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Thursday mornings 10:00am-12:00pm
    2nd Thursday from Oct-May. Informal meetings during the summer
  • Fellwanderers
    Status: Wait list only
    Monthly on Thursdays
    3rd Thursday
  • Fellwanderers Plus
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Thursdays 9:30am
    1st Thursday
  • Health Matters
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Thursday mornings 10:00am-12:00pm
    Last Thursday. We meet September to November and February to June
  • Jazz Appreciation
    Status: Dormant
    Monthly on Thursday afternoons 2:00pm-4:30pm
    3rd Thursday
  • Poetry and Prose
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Thursday afternoons 1:30pm
    Last Thursday
  • 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
  • Wine Appreciation 1
    Status: Wait list only
    Monthly on Thursday afternoons 2:00pm-4:00pm
    2nd Thursday. No meetings June, July & August
  • Yoga
    Status: Full
    Weekly on Thursday afternoons 5:00pm-6:30pm

Friday

  • 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
  • Bridge
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Friday afternoons 1:30pm-4:30pm
  • European History
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Friday mornings 10:00am-12:00pm
    1st Friday. September-July
  • Friday 1 Garden Group
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Friday mornings 10:00am-12:00pm
    3rd Friday
  • Friday 2 Garden Group
    Status: Wait list only
    Monthly on Friday mornings 10:00am-12:00pm
    2nd Friday
  • German Conversation
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Friday mornings 10:00am-12:00pm
    1st & 3rd Fridays
  • Literary Studies
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Friday afternoons 2:00pm-3:30pm
    3rd Friday
  • Mah Jong
    Status: Active
    on Friday afternoons 1:30pm-3:30pm
    1st, 3rd & 5th Friday
  • Pickleball
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Friday mornings
    Three groups: see info below
  • Science and Technology
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Friday afternoons 2:00pm-3:30pm
    Last Friday
  • Tai Chi
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Friday mornings
  • Tennis
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Friday afternoons 2:00pm-3:30pm
    April to September
  • Wine Appreciation 3
    Status: Wait list only
    Monthly on Friday afternoons 1:45pm
    1st Friday. No meeting in July or August

Saturday

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