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Events for Today
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East Midlands
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- Derbyshire
- Ashbourne & District
Group event: 2024-03-19 : Walk from PDNP car park at Millers Dale, beginning at 9.30.
Group event: 2024-03-19 : 10.30am - 12noon at the Elim Church, Waterside.
- Ashbourne & District
- Leicestershire
- Leicester
Social: 2024-03-19 : All Members' Coffee Morning. As the name suggests, all members are welcome – just drop in. A small charge per person is made to cover the cost of refreshments, including refills, and hire of the room. Please wear your badge – it helps others to remember your name. Venue - Quaker Meeting Ho ...
- Leicester
- Lincolnshire
- Grantham
Meeting: 2024-03-19 : Bernard Bale will be giving a talk 'You Must Remember This'. The meeting will be in the Theatre at the Grantham Guildhall and starts at 2pm
- Grantham
- Nottinghamshire
- Worksop
Group event: 2024-03-19 : Construction or Restoration Activity Submit your best photos of construction work in progress. Examples could include new housing, roadways, or large industrial or commercial complexes that are under construction.
- Worksop
East of England
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- Bedfordshire
- Bedford
Meeting: 2024-03-19 : Open Meeting - 10am at Addison Centre Understanding Ventilation in a Modern House by Roger Hoxey Recent publicity has highlighted the problem of air quality in housing, mould being a serious issue.
- Bedford
- Cambridgeshire
- Ely and District
Group event: 2024-03-19 : Garden Group 1. Talk by Liz Wright 'The Market Garden, Past and Present'. Ely Library 2.15pm, price £3.00. - St Neots & District
Group event: 2024-03-19 : Our Speaker is: Tony Kirby Subject: The Rise and Fall of English Seaside Resorts Tony will be speaking on the subject of the "Tides of Fortune - The Rise and Fall of English Seaside Resorts, 1750 to the present day"
- Ely and District
- Essex
- Benfleet
Social: 2024-03-19 : SIMply FRIENDS: 9:30-11am Tuesday 19 March 2024; The Green Barn, on A130 Open to ALL our u3a Members, a social morning with no agenda. Meet existing u3a friends or make new u3a friends. No need to book, just turn up. Any queries, please contact Bob Munson via SIMply FRIENDS webmail ... - Hullbridge Essex
Meeting: 2024-03-19 : The meeting in March is our open day when you can see displays and talk to facilitators about the many Groups on offer to members. Refreshments will be provided. - Limebrook Maldon
Group event: 2024-03-19 : History group to Middle Temple London - New Eastwood
Meeting: 2024-03-19 : Colin Banks - Man of hats Doors open at 1.15pm. Meeting starts at 1:30pm and finishes at 3.30pm - Rayleigh
Social: 2024-03-19 : SOCIAL EVENT - FISH/CHICKEN & CHIPS LUNCH WITH ENTERTAINMENT Steve Short will entertain us with Magic and a Talk on David Nixon Tickets: £18 per member to include lunch & tea/coffee Venue: British Legion Hall Time: 12 noon to 3pm Tickets on sale at the February and March Monthly Members Me ... - Roding Valley
Group event: 2024-03-19 : A Forest Walk A circular forest walk approximately 3 miles. There is a very long incline at the beginning of the walk and possibly muddy underfoot. Meet: Theydon Bois Village Hall Time: 10:30 am We have permission to park at the rear of the car park. A note on dash will need to be d ... - Southend on Sea
Meeting: 2024-03-19 : Dogs Trust
- Benfleet
- Hertfordshire
- Borehamwood & Elstree
Meeting: 2024-03-19 : John Carlile speaking about the local charity "Gratitude" - Broxbourne
Outing: 2024-03-19 : Shorter Walks - Monthly 3rd Tuesday in the month - Bushey & District
Meeting: 2024-03-19 : Monthly Meeting - at Metropolitan - 10am. The Speaker is Tony Earl on "Thames Barge" About the Speaker Tony worked for forty years in research and development based at the Kodak factory in Harrow. He worked in all areas of the photographic industry both in Europe and the United States. ... - Dunstable
Outing: 2024-03-19 : Lincoln Cathedral and Waterfront Leader: Wendy B, List opens November 2023, Final payment February 2024 The day will start by leaving promptly at 9am for an interesting day out to Lincoln. We will be dropped off at the Minster Yard at the nearest point to the Cathedral and there will be plenty ... - Woodside
Meeting: 2024-03-19 : General Meeting. Change to the previously advertised speaker. Simon Smith will give a talk entitled “The History of Almshouses”.
- Borehamwood & Elstree
- Norfolk
- Thetford
Group event: 2024-03-19 : Trying our hand at understanding “Perspective”
Group event: 2024-03-19 : 10.00am Till 11.30am, Leisure Centre, Main Hall, Croxton Road, Thetford.
Group event: 2024-03-19 : COME AND JOIN US PLAYING SHORT TENNIS AT THE BRECKLAND LEISURE CENTRE, CROXTON ROAD, THETFORD, 12.00 NOON TILL 1.OOP
- Thetford
- Suffolk
- Halesworth
Meeting: 2024-03-19 : The Enigma of Sutton Hoo Sally Sibley has been volunteering at Sutton Hoo for over nine years and regularly gives presentations about the iconic Anglo-Saxon royal burial site. Using a combination of words, images and replica artefacts, Sally describes something of the culture of the people wh ...
- Halesworth
London
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- Greater London
- Ealing
Group event: 2024-03-19 : Midweek Rambles The next Midweek walk is on Tuesday 19th March, led by Peter, and will be from from Slough to Windsor, via the Jubilee River and Eton, and concluding with a walk in Windsor Great Park before returning home from Windsor station. The total distance will be around 6.5 miles ...
Group event: 2024-03-19 : FILM OUTING ‘MONSTER’ directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda, with Sakura Ando, Eita Nagayama, Soya Kurokawa, Hinata Hiiragi, Yûko Tanaka, Mitsuki Takahata, Shido Nakamura. WINNER of Best Screenplay at the Cannes Festival! Long acclaimed as a great storyteller of family dynamics, the Japan ... - Hackney
Social: 2024-03-19 : Tony Hollingworth - Diphtheria - the strangling angel, the introduction of a vaccination programme in UK between the wars. - Hillingdon
Workshop: 2024-03-19 : Using AI to Fight Climate Change with Ian Hawker Starting at 10am to 11:30am Online via Zoom The increasing power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) can help the world mitigate and adapt to climate change. AI is being increasingly used to analyse data collected by the growing number of ground ... - Redbridge & District
Group event: 2024-03-19 : at 10.00 am on ZOOM: USING AI TO FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE. Talk by Ian Hawker, presented by The Third Age Trust. Register here: AI Climate
Group event: 2024-03-19 : at 2.00 pm on ZOOM: REDUCE YOUR RISK OF DEMENTIA. Talk by Sir Muir Gray, presented by The Third Age Trust. Register here: ReduceDementia - Waltham Forest
Meeting: 2024-03-19 : Fascinated by programmes like 'The Detectorists' and 'Digging for Britain'? Roger Mintey, national u3a subject adviser on Metal Detecting, will be giving us today's talk. He is particularly well qualified to do so, having been the discoverer of the famous 'Reigate Hoard' in 1990. That comprised ... - Wandsworth
Group event: 2024-03-19 : Mystery tour (but not that mysterious, so don't get excited!) on a bus, then a walk to the river. Meet at 11am at bus stop D, outside Clapham Junction train station. Exit from the station and turn left, the bus stop is near the Falcon Pub. Coffee break and toilets at the end of the bus journey ...
Group event: 2024-03-19 : The March meeting of the Birding and Wildlife Group is at Wetlands, Barnes at 11am meeting in the courtyard. All are welcome. Binoculars are advisable. March is the start of Spring so expect to see a lot more action around. Much will depend on how the weather and winds are at the end of the month ...
- Ealing
North West
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- Cheshire
- Halton
Meeting: 2024-03-19 : 2.00pm - History group meeting at St Paul’s Church Hall, Widnes, WA8 7QU.
- Halton
- Cumbria
- Ambleside & District
Group event: 2024-03-19 : B: Ullock Pike, Long Side, Carl Side & Dodd – 10km (6.25 miles), 800m (2600ft). Park roadside near Ravenstone Hotel NY 235 295 or near Sawmill Cafe, Dodd NY 235 284. Chris Traynier
Group event: 2024-03-19 : D: Claife Heights circular – 5km (3 miles), a few gradual hills and gravelly tracks, but no stiles or hard steep climbs. Park Hill Top NT CP SD 370 956. Kathy Cole - Grange & District
Meeting: 2024-03-19 : Groups and Membership Morning - South Lakes
Group event: 2024-03-19 : Vincent van Gogh ( postponed from January) 2pm Abbot Hall Social Centre All welcome
- Ambleside & District
- Greater Manchester
- Stockport
Group event: 2024-03-19 : Rummikub
Group event: 2024-03-19 : MEETING
- Stockport
Northern Ireland
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- Down
- Shimna
Meeting: 2024-03-19 : Monthly Meeting Mountain Notes : A Nature Diary by Maggie Doyle Our AGM will also take place at this meeting YMCA Glenada House at 2.30pm All Welcome
- Shimna
Northumbria
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- County Durham
- Bishop Auckland & District
Meeting: 2024-03-19 : Speaker is Wayne Dixon talking about The Weardale Railway
- Bishop Auckland & District
- Northumberland
- Blyth & District
Group event: 2024-03-19 : This will be at the Blyth Town football club hall from 1330 to 1500 every Tuesday. Email the group leader Christine from the group page or speak to her for any further info.
Group event: 2024-03-19 : The group will meet at my home on South Beach and work round the dining room table. The advantages of this are that there is no weekly cost and I have ready access to all sorts of resources that might be of help, including German TV. From 2 classes will meet on a Tuesday, one at 10am and another at ...
- Blyth & District
- Tyne-and-Wear
- Houghton-le-Spring
Meeting: 2024-03-19 : Monthly u3a Meeting at 2pm held at The Welfare Hall, Houghton le Spring Speaker - Gary Bankhead - Durham River Wear Assemblage (update) - Newcastle
Group event: 2024-03-19 : 1030-1200pm, Newcastle u3a Pink lane meeting rooms. Bring stiches & chatter.
Group event: 2024-03-19 : 1100-1200pm, The Northumberland Club, Jesmond. Enjoy a healthy scamper while walloping a ball.
Group event: 2024-03-19 : 1400-1600pm, Zoom only. Viewing extracts from the television adaption of, 'Summer's Lease' by John Mortimer. A murder mystery set in 1980's Italy where an English family are holidaying.
Group event: 2024-03-19 : 1330-1530. u3a Pink lane meeting room Room 2. British Society of Dowsers curriculum. Dowsing Water, Archaeology, Health and Earth Energies. Use of Dowsing Tools, charts, maps, videos. - Washington Village
Group event: 2024-03-19 : Questions to be set by Gloria and Toby
- Houghton-le-Spring
Scotland
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- Argyll
- Isle of Bute
Group event: 2024-03-19 : Indoor sketching - still life, using books and reference materials as inspiration, learning techniques from each other. 10.00-12.00, at the Anchor Hub, Port Bannatyne.
- Isle of Bute
- East Dumbartonshire
- Lenzie
Group event: 2024-03-19 : Scrabble at Ianthe McAlpine's house 2pm - 4 pm
Group event: 2024-03-19 : Meet at Pro Bowl, Milton Rd, Kirkintilloch 2 pm to 4 pm
- Lenzie
- Fife
- Fife
Group event: 2024-03-19 : 10:30am at the Victoria Hotel, Kirkcaldy
- Fife
- Lanarkshire
- Bearsden & Milngavie
Meeting: 2024-03-19 : Monthly Meeting – From Barrow to Baghdad and back; Philip Caine, author, and former resident of Baghdad.
- Bearsden & Milngavie
South East
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- Buckinghamshire
- Aston Clinton
Group event: 2024-03-19 : 2.30pm. A talk on 'Are computers really smart or do we just make them look smart?' by John McCormick - South Bucks
Group event: 2024-03-19 : 2pm - Beacon Centre, Holtspur: Impressions of Kazakhstan - Suzanne Todd
Group event: 2024-03-19 : 12.00 Royal Standard Wooburn Common
Group event: 2024-03-19 : 10.00 Hazlemere Tennis Club - Wendover Buckinghamshire
Group event: 2024-03-19 : Cublington Meet at The Unicorn, High Street, Cublington. LU7 0LQ. Map Ref 838222 for a 5.8 mile walk across undulating open fields with good views. No steep hills. 7 stiles. Food orders to be in by mid-day Friday 15th March. Leader: JGi
- Aston Clinton
- Hampshire
- Gosport
Group event: 2024-03-19 : Winter and Spring - Hartley Wintney
Group event: 2024-03-19 : Leader Liz, 5 miles Bentley/Alton. We will meet in the car park of Anchor Inn in Lower Froyle, best approached from HW by turning left at the Golden Pot and following the road down to Lower Froyle. The pub is on the right past the main village. The walk is on a mixture of track and paths with v ... - Locks Heath
Group event: 2024-03-19 : The Coastguard Aviation service (Chris Bond)
Group event: 2024-03-19 : A presentation by Chris Bond about the Coastguard Aviation Service
- Gosport
- Kent
- Saxon Shore (Herne Bay and Whitstable)
Social: 2024-03-19 : Coffee morning at 10.30 am at Sheila’s in Herne Bay. Please see newsletter for details.
- Saxon Shore (Herne Bay and Whitstable)
- Oxfordshire
- Headington
Meeting: 2024-03-19 : Cinema going and culture - Neville Harris - Wantage & Grove
Meeting: 2024-03-19 : 2 pm Speaker: Vivien Sieber KINO AND KINDER My Jewish grandmother ran the family cinema in Vienna until it was stolen by the Nazis in 1938. She escaped to London, a penniless refugee, and cared for girls saved on the Kindertransport, in Tynemouth and Windermere. My father was interned on the ...
- Headington
- Surrey
- Caterham & District
Group event: 2024-03-19 : Drury Lane Theatre Backstage tour - 2nd trip
- Caterham & District
- Sussex
- Brunswick Westward
Meeting: 2024-03-19 : SCIENCE, MEDICINE & TECHNOLOGY: Zoom Meeting, 11am OSTEOPOROSIS AND BONE HEALTH: THE WORK OF THE ROYAL OSTEOPOROSIS SOCIETY (ROS) At the next Zoom SMT meeting, open to all members, we are pleased to welcome as our speaker SUSAN DOYLE, member of the Royal Osteoporosis Society (ROS) and a v ... - Heathfield & District
Meeting: 2024-03-19 : Wealden Recycling - Julie Goodwin - Midhurst
Meeting: 2024-03-19 : "History Without the Boring Bits" - Susan Howe Susan relates the fun bits of history, such as a stately home which has a ghostly dog who shows you to your room and then walks through the wall! - Patcham
Group event: 2024-03-19 : Tuesday March 19th - St.Augustine's church Scaynes Hill @ 2pm - Tea and cakes are available -£5. See Group page for more details.
- Brunswick Westward
South West
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- Channel IIsles
- Guernsey
Social: 2024-03-19 : Talk by Olympia McEwen - Royal Court Foyer, 10.30 - 11.30am
- Guernsey
- Channel Isles
- Jersey
Group event: 2024-03-19 : 1.30pm
Group event: 2024-03-19 : 2.00pm
Group event: 2024-03-19 : 2.30pm
Group event: 2024-03-19 : 2.30pm
- Jersey
- Devon
- Moor`s Edge
Group event: 2024-03-19 : 2pm at Jill's house. Reading a new play. - Plympton
Group event: 2024-03-19 : St. Maurice Church Community Hall, Plympton. 10.00 a.m.
Group event: 2024-03-19 : St. Peter’s Lutheran Church. 2.00 - 4.00 p.m. - Sidmouth
Outing: 2024-03-19 : CLARKS SHOPPING VILLAGE, STREET A coach has been organised to take us to Street Outlet Village. The coach will leave Sidmouth Triangle at 9.30 and return around 5pm. There will be other pickup points depending on request. The cost is £18.50 for the return journey. There are many places av ...
- Moor`s Edge
- Somerset
- Yeovil
Group event: 2024-03-19 : The Bridge group is for those wanting to improve their play. Members are guided in bidding and playing strategies in a friendly and informal atmosphere. Members meet at the South Street Centre, Yeovil on Tuesday afternoons 2.00 - 4.00pm
Group event: 2024-03-19 : 10.00am to 11.30 at the Labour Club Len Copland - 'Yeovil and Why We Should Be Proud Of Our Town Now, Along With It's Past
- Yeovil
Wales
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- Glamorgan
- Cynon Valley
Group event: 2024-03-19 : Visit to The Old Railway Line Garden Centre in November 2023. We began our day out from Aberdare with an enjoy able minibus drive over the Brecon Beacons,(now known as Bannau Brycheiniog). The weather was clear and the views were beautiful. It wasn't long before we reached our destination.(The Old ...
- Cynon Valley
- Gwent
- Torfaen
Group event: 2024-03-19 : 11.00 On Zoom
Group event: 2024-03-19 : 12.30 At St. Mary's Church Hall Croesyceiliog
- Torfaen
- Monmouthshire
- Caldicot
Group event: 2024-03-19 : AREA TBA. LED BY Peter Edwards. MEET TBA. PUB TBA.
Group event: 2024-03-19 : Tuesday 19th March. Walk in the Wye Valley that avoids hills and no stiles, and passes the top of Cleddon Falls, so it should be easy for all. Parking will be at Nine Wells Carpark. To get to this start point we suggest you travel via Chepstow, up to Trellech on the B4293. As you enter Trelle ...
Group event: 2024-03-19 : Arrangements for the walk on Tuesday March 19th are as follows: Meet at the choir hall car park at 10.00am, and then drive to the Coach & Horses pub at Caerwent to order our lunch and meet other members of our group. After ordering our lunch we can then drive to the bottom end of #Chepstow le ...
- Caldicot
- Powys
- Hay
Meeting: 2024-03-19 : Amanda Huntley ‘Treasures of the Huntley Film Archives’ Award-winning Hereford archives dedicated to preserving and making accessible filmed history. 10.30am start, Tea/Coffee available from 10am at the Baskerville Hall Hotel.
- Hay
West Midlands
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- Herefordshire
- Leominster & District
Meeting: 2024-03-19 : AGM
- Leominster & District
- Staffordshire
- Stoke-on-Trent South
Group event: 2024-03-19 : The group meets weekly at Michelin Athletic Club Sports and Leisure, Rosetree Avenue, Trent Vale. ST4 6NL. Meetings take place on Tuesday afternoons 1.30 to 2.30PM. The next meeting date is 19th March 2024. Should you have any queries, please contact Group Leader Dave Darby on 01782 317408.
Group event: 2024-03-19 : The committee is delighted to offer a weekly Yoga Class at Longton Central Hall on Tuesday mornings, 10-11am commencing 19th March. Group Leader is Mary Pyatt, who is a dru registered teacher. Her contact number is: 01782 342290.
- Stoke-on-Trent South
- Warwickshire
- Coventry Sherbourne
Meeting: 2024-03-19 : The Art Group at Wyken Community Centre, is a friend of Coventry Sherbourne u3a but not part of the u3a. Taking place 11.00am to 1.00pm every Tuesday, the contribution to the room hire is £4 per week, but there is no tuition or pre-determined subjects, just access to some art books and friendly ad ... - Warwick District
Group event: 2024-03-19 : Stalin - John Holmes
- Coventry Sherbourne
- West Midlands
- Handsworth Wood
Group event: 2024-03-19 : 19th Mar. The Vine Inn, Kinver - Kings Norton & District
Group event: 2024-03-19 : Meet 9:40 outside K N Station to catch 9:50 49 bus to Rubery Morrisons to start walk at 10.25 Alan and Vicky - Olton & District
Outing: 2024-03-19 : Coach Trip to St Fagans, Cardiff. Coach leaves Olton Friary - 8.30am
Group event: 2024-03-19 : Computer Course 6/10 via Zoom 10am
Group event: 2024-03-19 : St Margaret's Hall, Olton - 10.15am and 11.15am
Group event: 2024-03-19 : Intermediate/Advanced - Facilitators House - 11am
Group event: 2024-03-19 : Solihull Methodist Church Hall - 2pm - Silhill
Group event: 2024-03-19 : Stratford Garden Centre / Lime Tree Restaurant for Lunch Car Share. For details, click --> STRATFORD
- Handsworth Wood
- Worcestershire
- Bromsgrove
Meeting: 2024-03-19 : AGM, 40th Anniversary event, including Guest Speaker Quintin Watt talking about ‘The Bromsgrove Guild in the Great War’. (In person at the Methodist Church Centre) 14:00hrs - Pershore & District
Meeting: 2024-03-19 : The Time Travelling Medicine Man Kevin Goodman, medical historian and author, talking about Medieval Medicine - Redditch
Meeting: 2024-03-19 : 2pm at The Bridge Church Community Hall, Evesham Road, Headless Cross, B97 4JX. Sylvia Edwards will be presenting "The Art of the Burning Man". - Worcester
Group event: 2024-03-19 : Leader: Shan Area: Leintwardine to Downton on the Rock Starting Point: Leintwardine Village Hall and Comminity Centre car park SY7 0LB What3words: prefix.standards.calculating Start time: 10am or as soon as we are all there. Distance to drive: 40 miles; Time to drive: 1hr 15 minutes minutes (f ...
- Bromsgrove
Yorkshire Humber
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- Yorkshire
- Driffield & Wolds
Group event: 2024-03-19 : We have two Groups Meetings held in the Community Centre in the main hall on the first, third and fourth Thursday of the month. Group 1—12.30pm for 1 hour Group 2—1.45pm for 1 hour Group Leader: Maggie Bray, Tel: 07753 224793
Group event: 2024-03-19 : "Alfred Buchanan Cheetham, fisherman and later worker with Shackleton & Scott" Sheila Cadman The group meets at 10:00 am on the first and third Tuesday of the month in the Driffield Community Centre. For more information, please contact Susan Adamson - 01377 270429 - Garforth, Kippax and District
Group event: 2024-03-19 : Meet Fortnightly on Tuesday at The Elders, Great Preston 10.30am - 12.30pm,,Contact the convenor for more information,, Jenny Evans Art Group Convenor - Skelmanthorpe & District
Group event: 2024-03-19 : Meet at Skelmanthorpe Parish Council Building (upstairs) 1pm
Group event: 2024-03-19 : Meet at Skelmanthorpe parish Council Building at 10am
- Driffield & Wolds