Stanford-Le-Hope & District

Day Trips

All Day trips are sold at the monthly meeting on a first come, first serve basis.
The only exception to this is when the trips have been organised by one of the groups, in which case the group members are offered the places on their trip first.

We would very much appreciate any help that u3a members may be able to offer including the selling of tickets at the General meeting days and seeing people on and off coaches on the day of travel.

If you feel that you may be able to help please put your name forward to the Day Trip Coordinators email Christine Gomm telephone Christine on 07905 117622 OR email Jean Jardine telephone 07551 952211

When booking we will require your membership number and if we are travelling by coach where you'd like to be picked up (either Lampits Hill, The Springhouse or The Oaks). To help, you can download an Event Booking Form by clicking the coloured text, print off and complete with the details required. Please note that when we have two coaches available for a trip they may not both stop at all 3 Pick - UP points

For those that do wish to organise trips, we have a lot of planning information available on the Website.
There is a link to the Events booking form on the right hand column.

Dates for your Diary
Thu May 2nd Tenth Anniversary Afternoon Tea
In order to celebrate our U3a's tenth anniversary we holding an afternoon tea at Ye Olde Plough House in Bulphan. Arrival time 12:30 for a 13:00 sit down.
As many of you will be aware this is an excellent venue and should we be lucky enough to have a sunny day we will be able to have the doors open onto the gardens which are very pleasant indeed.
For this is a special event our committee have agreed a subsidy.
This brings the cost per head to a very reasonable £23.00 per head.
The tickets will be available from 1:30 at our March general meeting.
Payments can be made in cash or by cheque payable to "SLH U3A"
Tue Jun 4th Bardfield Vineyard and Blake House
This interesting vineyard is situated near Braintree.
We will be greeted on arrival ahead of our guided tour. We will explore the Tudor building, meet the alpacasand stroll the vineyard before enjoying 4 tastings of home grown wines.
After our tour we can enjoy a ploughmans lunch of ham or cheese.
We then head over to Blake House to browse the farm shop and craft centre or perhaps visit their tearooms.
The tickets are £40.00 per head for this event and will be on sale at our April meeting from 1:30.
Payment can be made by cheque payable to 'SLH U3A' or by Cash.
Mon Jul 15th Hastings
This will be our second trip this popular resort
Our first trip to Hastings was way back in 2017.
We enjoyed the trip then and expect to this time as well.
What does Hasting have to offer?
The town has many hidden gems. Amongst its famous fishing net huts is Hasting contemporary art gallery.
A trip on the East Cliff or West cliff railway is a must
Visit Hastings Castle, an area of outstanding natural beauty.
You could have time to visit the nearby town of Battle famous for the 1066 battle of Hastings.
Coach Pick-up Times - Lampitts Hill 8:30, Springhouse 8:40, The Oak 8:50.
The cost of this trip is a bargain at £22.00.
Tickets will be on sale from Chris Gomm and Jean Jardine at our May General meeting from 1:30.
We will accept cheques, Payable to "SLH U3a" or Cash.
More Group Pages
Ambling Art Group Bird Watching Book Club
Boules / Pétanque - Wednesday am Boules/Pétanque-Wednesday-pm Canasta Coffee, Cake and Chat
Couples Lunch Cribbage Day Trips Family History
Flower Arranging French Basic Conversation Gallery Visits Golf
Holiday Travel Languages - Basic Italian Line Dancing Line Dancing 2
Local History Local Research Projects London Walks Lunch & Chat
Memory Lane Mixed Craft Music Makers Old British M/C and Car Enthusiasts
PÉTANQUE/BOULES-Friday-am Photography Play Reading 1 Quilting
Quiz Night Rambling Scrabble Singing for Fun
Singles Lunch Tea, CAKE and Play Reading Ten Pin Bowling Ten Pin Tuesday
Trips - Theatre UKE3A (Ukulele) Wine Appreciation
More Group Pages
Ambling Art Group
Bird Watching Book Club
Boules / Pétanque - Wednesday am Boules/Pétanque-Wednesday-pm
Canasta Coffee, Cake and Chat
Couples Lunch Cribbage
Day Trips Family History
Flower Arranging French Basic Conversation
Gallery Visits Golf
Holiday Travel Languages - Basic Italian
Line Dancing Line Dancing 2
Local History Local Research Projects
London Walks Lunch & Chat
Memory Lane Mixed Craft
Music Makers Old British M/C and Car Enthusiasts
PÉTANQUE/BOULES-Friday-am Photography
Play Reading 1 Quilting
Quiz Night Rambling
Scrabble Singing for Fun
Singles Lunch Tea, CAKE and Play Reading
Ten Pin Bowling Ten Pin Tuesday
Trips - Theatre UKE3A (Ukulele)
Wine Appreciation