Groups are the core activity of any U3A.

Many groups meet in one another’s homes, providing a friendly background; others meet in venues around the region and here, too, you will be sure of a warm welcome. There is no formal structure, no classroom atmosphere, but learning for the pleasure of learning is the name of this game. For the most part, our groups are self-led while others, for example language groups, will have an experienced teacher; all of them are informal, inspired and enthused by their members.

Our website will regularly update information on groups, so keep checking these pages and you won’t miss anything! Below you will find a list of all our groups. You can sort them in various ways.

• American History Status: Active
• Armchair Critics Status: Active
• Art – Anyone can draw Status: Active
• Art We Like Status: Active
• Away days Status: Active
• Bills Interesting Topics Group Status: Active
• Book Group Contemp Novelists Status: Active
• Books in Translation Status: Active
• Bridge Beginners Plus Status: Active
• Bridge Improvers Plus Friday Status: Active
• Bridge Improvers 1 Status: Active
• Bridge Improvers Wednesday Status: Active
• Bridge Inter Plus OR Plus Adva Status: Active
• Canasta Status: Active
• Carpe Diem (Latin) Status: Active
• Ceramics Status: Full
• Chair Yoga & Meditation Status: Active
• Chess Club Status: Active
• Climate change Sci and Soc Status: Active
• Country Dancing Status: Active
• Cryptic Crossword 1 Status: Active
• Cryptic Crossword 2 Status: Active
• Dance Status: Active
• Drawing & Painting with iPad Status: Active
• Drawing from life Status: Active
• Explore the Thames+Tributaries Status: Active
• Far Away Days Status: Active
• Film in the cinema Status: Active
• French Conversation Adv Status: Active
• French Everyday conversation Status: Active
• French Literature Status: Active
• Garden Visits Status: Active
• German conversation Status: Active
• History a Sideways Look Status: Active
• History a Sideways Look 2 Status: Active
• History of Art Status: Active
• Italian Conversation Status: Active
• Jazz Apppreciation Status: Active
• Knitting for charity Status: Active
• LAVG Status: Active
• Life Art & Politics Status: Active
• Life Drawing & Painting Studio Status: Active
• Mah Jong Status: Active
• Modern and Contemporary Litera Status: Active
• Museums & Galleries Status: Active
• Opera Status: Active
• Photography Status: Active
• Play Reading Status: Active
• Playing Chamber Music Status: Active
• Poetry Aloud Status: Active
• Poetry Appreciation Status: Active
• Portrait Studio Status: Active
• Reading Classic Novels Status: Active
• Reading in Translation Status: Active
• Reading Shakespeare Status: Active
• Reading the World Status: Active
• Shape of London Status: Active
• Sharing Novels and poetry Status: Active
• Singing for Pleasure Status: Active
• Spanish, Brush up your Spanish Status: Active
• Sunday Tea Status: Active
• Technology and changing times Status: Active
• Walks – London Historic Status: Active
• Walks Local Short Status: Active
• Weaving Words Status: Active
• Who do you think you are? Status: Active
• Wine appreciation Status: Active
• Women and Wisdom Status: Active
• Women in Society Status: Active
• Women talk women Status: Active