Out and About
Future outings
Guided tour of Raystede Centre for Animal Welfare,The Broyle, Ringmer, BN8 5AJ on 11am, Thursday, 28th March 2024. Lunch may be pre-booked, see Margaret for menu. Car sharing can be arranged.
Repeat Tour of Harvey’s Brewery on Thursday 18th April at 6:30 pm cost £12.50#
Visit to Volks Railway Thursday May 2nd 10.30am refreshments - optional,
11am talk whilst travelling on the railway
Thursday, 2nd May 2024
Cost £5.00
November 28th 2023 At the Jubilee Library a talk about “Rare Books”. It will be on Tuesday, 10.30 on 28th November. The rare books will be taken out of storage and shown. It will last for about an hour. Cost £4.00.
Previous visits:
11am, Wednesday, 19th April 2023 Brighton Police Cells
11am Thursday 25th May Tour of the Shoreham Fort. Cost £5.50, tours last for 1 1/2 hours.
Thursday, 30th March at 11am Masonic Sussex Centre (Queens Road)
Thursday, 2nd March at 11am Visit to R.N.L.I. Life Boat Station at Shoreham. £5.00 donation
Wednesday, 22nd February 2023 at 11am. Embassy Court Tour. If you were unable to go contact Margaret who may be able to arrange a second tour is there is sufficient interest.
PLEASE NOTE: This tour is not suitable for those with mobility issues or severe vertigo as access to the top of the building is up some stairs and the roof terrace is quite exposed.·
. An introduction to Wells Coates’ architecture
· Roof terrace access
· Displays of archive materials
· Viewing of an original Embassy Court fitted kitchen, on loan from Brighton Museum
· Walks around parts of the front and rear of the building
· Plenty of photo opportunities
We charge £7 per person for U3A members.
Local visits are organised to many interesting local places. These have included visits to Behind the scenes at Glyndebourne Opera, the historic Brighton Synagogue, Newhaven Energy recovery facility - Veolia, to name some of the more recent.