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York u3a

Groups

Our many registered interest groups are run by volunteer Leaders. Browse the titles by name, category, meeting day or venue and select a group name for more details. Apply to join by contacting the group leader.

Most groups currently have spaces, or will operate a waiting list. Group Leaders should reply within the week. If you do not hear back in that time, leave a message with the office 01904 289 293.

If you would consider starting a group for an interest that you have read these notes.

Groups listed alphabetically

  • 21st Century Fiction
    Status: Wait list only
    Monthly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-3:30 pm
    3rd Monday of the month
  • Absolute Beginners Bridge Course
    Status: Full
    Weekly on Tuesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
  • Accessible Apple Tech
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Friday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    2nd and 4th Fridays of the month
  • Advanced Cryptic Crosswords
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Wednesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    2nd and 4th Wednesdays in a month
  • Android Beginners
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    2nd Monday of the month
  • Android Experienced Users
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Monday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    3rd Monday of the month
  • Apple iPad/Mac individual support
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Tuesday mornings 10:00 am-11:00 am
    2nd Tuesday of the month
  • Apple Mac Group
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Wednesday mornings 10:00 am-11:15 am
    2nd Wednesday of the month
  • Archeology
    Status: Wait list only
    Monthly on Monday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    1st Monday of the month
  • Art for Leisure
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Monday afternoons
    First Monday of the month
  • Arts and Crafts Movement
    Status: Wait list only
    Monthly on Tuesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    1st Monday of the month
  • Astronomy for Everyone
    Status: Wait list only
    Monthly on Friday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    1st Friday of the month
  • Beginners Italian
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Wednesday afternoons 1:00 pm-3:00 pm
    1st Wednesday of the month starting on 2nd October 2024
  • Birdwatching 1
    Status: Full
    Monthly on Thursday all day 10:30 am-3:30 pm
    3rd Thursday of the month
  • Birdwatching 2
    Status: Full
    Monthly on Thursday all day 10:00 am-4:00 pm
    3rd Thursday of the month
  • Birdwatching 3
    Status: Full
    on Friday all day 10:00 am-3:00 pm
    Every 4 weeks
  • Bridge (Thursday)
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Thursday afternoons 12:45 pm-4:00 pm
  • Bridge, Practice Play
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Friday afternoons 1:00 pm-4:00 pm
  • Can't sing Won't Sing 
    Status: Wait list only
    on Friday mornings 10:00 am-11:00 am
    Sep 27th taster session, then Oct 11th, Nov 15th, Jan 10th, Feb 14th, Mar 14th, May 9th, Jul 11th
  • Cercle français (French Intermediate/Advanced)
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Thursday mornings 10:00 am-10:40 am
    1st and 3rd Thursdays
  • Children's Literature
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-3:00 pm
    1st Monday of the month
  • Choir
    Status: Full
    Weekly on Wednesday afternoons 2:00 pm-3:30 pm
    Wednesdays in Autumn and Spring terms only
  • Classical Guitar
    Status: Active
    14.00-16.00 on 1st Friday in the month & 10.00-12.00 on 3rd Tuesday in the month
  • Contemporary Literature
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Wednesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    3rd Wednesday of the month
  • Creative Writing
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Monday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    2nd Monday of the month
  • Crime Fiction - 1st Thursday
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Thursday mornings 10:30 am-11:30 am
    1st Thursday of the month
  • Crime Fiction - 2nd Thursday
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Thursday mornings 10:30 am-11:30 am
    2nd Thursday of thr month
  • Crime Fiction - 4th Thursday
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Thursday mornings 11:00 am-12:00 pm
    4th Thursday of the month
  • Crime Fiction by Zoom
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Wednesday afternoons 4:00 pm
    4th Wednesday of the month
  • Croquet
    Status: Active
    Weekly
    Tuesday 2pm, Wednesday 10am and Saturday 10am April to end of September
  • Cryptic Crosswords
    Status: Wait list only
    Fortnightly on Wednesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    1st and 3rd Wednesdays
  • Current Affairs
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Tuesday afternoons 1:30 pm-3:30 pm
    1st and 3rd Tuesdays of the month
  • Cycling
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Wednesday all day 10:30 am-3:00 pm
    1st Wednesday of the month
  • Digital Photography
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Thursday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    4th Thursday of the month
  • Discover French Culture
    Status: Wait list only
    Fortnightly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    Alternate Mondays
  • Drone Swarm
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    4th Monday of the month
  • Duplicate Bridge Group
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Tuesday afternoons 12:30 pm-4:00 pm
  • Early Days of Cinema
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    3rd Monday of the month
  • eBike Cycling
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Thursday all day 10:30 am-3:00 pm
    3rd Thursday of the month
  • Eco Friendly Support Group
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Friday afternoons 1:30 pm-3:30 pm
    Generally the second Friday of the month starting on 13th September 2024
  • Enjoying the Classics
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Thursday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    2nd Thursday of the month
  • Expanding Horizons
    Status: Full
    Monthly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    2nd Monday of the month
  • Exploring Ideas
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Tuesday evenings 7:30 pm-9:30 pm
  • Exploring the Bible
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Monday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
  • Exploring the Poets
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month
  • Facebook Group
    Status: Active
    Anytime
  • Feng Shui Short Course
    Status: Full
    Weekly on Thursday afternoons 2:00 pm-3:30 pm
    Short Course starting on 9/1/25 for 6 weeks
  • Fiddlesticks
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Wednesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    2nd Wednesday of the month
  • Films Plus
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Tuesday evenings
    Around 6-9pm each Tuesday evening
  • Fit & Flexible (2 groups)
    Status: Wait list only
    Weekly on Monday mornings
    Advanced 10-11 am, Standard 11.30 - 12.30 pm, every Monday except in school holidays
  • Fly Tying and Fly Fishing
    Status: Active
    Monthly
    From October to March we will have a set day and time at the u3a Centre, the rest of the year the dates / times for fishing are variable
  • Folk and Fairy Tales
    Status: Full
    Monthly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    Usually 4th Monday of the month
  • Folk Music
    Status: Wait list only
    Fortnightly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    1st and 3rd Mondays of the month
  • French Conversation 1
    Status: Full
    Weekly on Monday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
  • French Conversation 2
    Status: Wait list only
    Fortnightly on Monday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    1st and 3rd Mondays
  • French Intermediate
    Status: Full
    Fortnightly on Friday mornings 10:30 am-12:00 pm
    2nd and 4th Fridays
  • Gardening for all
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Tuesday mornings 9:30 am-12:00 pm
    Fortnightly on Tuesday mornings from 9.30am to noon, first meeting on September 24th 2024. Autumn and winter terms
  • Gardening for Learners
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Thursday mornings 10:30 am-12:00 pm
  • Genealogy Together
    Status: Wait list only
    Monthly on Thursday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    1st Thursday of the month
  • Geology of Yorkshire
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Wednesday all day 10:30 am-4:00 pm
    3rd Wednesday of the month
  • German Conversation 1
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Thursday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    2nd and 4th Thursdays
  • German Conversation 2
    Status: Wait list only
    Fortnightly on Friday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    1st, 3rd and 5th Fridays of the month
  • Go
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Tuesday afternoons 1:30 pm-3:30 pm
    2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month
  • History Discussion Group
    Status: Wait list only
    Monthly on Tuesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    2nd Tuesday each month between October and July
  • How not to age
    Status: Active
    on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    1st & 3rd Tuesday monthly, starting 17th September 2024
  • Improving Oral German
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Wednesday mornings 10:00 am-11:00 am
    2nd and 4th Wednesdays
  • Indoor Bowls (Monday)
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-3:30 pm
  • Indoor Bowls (Thursday)
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Thursday afternoons 2:00 pm-3:30 pm
  • iPad Users
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Tuesday mornings 10:00 am-11:15 am
    3rd Tuesday of the month
  • Jive & Basic Ballroom
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
  • Language and Linguistics
    Status: Wait list only
    Monthly on Thursday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    2nd Thursday of the month
  • Latin Beginners
    Status: Wait list only
    Weekly on Wednesday afternoons
    In 12 week blocks
  • Learn self publishing
    Status: Active
    on Wednesday afternoons 1:30 pm-3:30 pm
    4th Wednesday, bimonthly – Sept, Nov, Jan, Mar, May, July
  • Life Drawing
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Tuesday afternoons 1:30 pm-3:30 pm
    1st Tuesday of the month
  • Listening to Jazz
    Status: Wait list only
    Monthly on Wednesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    1st Wednesday of the month
  • Mah Jong One
    Status: Wait list only
    Fortnightly on Thursday afternoons 1:30 pm-4:30 pm
    1st and 3rd Thursdays
  • Mah Jong Two
    Status: Wait list only
    Weekly on Thursday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:30 pm
  • Map Reading & Navigation
    Status: Wait list only
    Wednesday 14, 21, 28 August and 11 September, 2024
  • Military History
    Status: Wait list only
    Monthly on Thursday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    2nd Thursday of the month
  • Music Miscellany
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Wednesday mornings 10:15 am-12:15 pm
    1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month
  • Over the hill walking group
    Status: Wait list only
    Monthly on Thursday all day 10:30 am
    2nd Thursday of the month
  • Parliamo Italiano 2
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Wednesday mornings 11:00 am-12:30 pm
    1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month
  • Petanque (3 groups)
    Status: Wait list only
    Weekly afternoons 1:30 pm-3:30 pm
    Monday, Wednesday and Thursday every week
  • Philosophy
    Status: Wait list only
    Weekly on Thursday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
  • Play Canasta
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Tuesday afternoons 1:30 pm-3:30 pm
  • Play Chess
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Tuesday afternoons 1:30 pm-3:45 pm
    2nd and 4th Tuesdays
  • Play Reading 1
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Thursday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    1st and 3rd Thursdays of the month
  • Play Reading 2
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Thursday afternoons 1:30 pm-3:30 pm
    1st and 3rd Thursdays of the month
  • Poetry Group 2
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Friday afternoons 1:15 pm-3:30 pm
    1st and 3rd Fridays of the month
  • Political Ideas
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Tuesday afternoons
    2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month
  • Press Cuttings
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Monday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    2nd Monday of the month
  • Rambling
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Tuesday all day 10:30 am
  • Revisiting the Classics
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Friday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    4th Friday of the month, excluding December
  • Rock Music+ Appreciation
    Status: Wait list only
    We meet socially regularly at cafes and pubs and some of us attend gigs
  • Rummikub One
    Status: Wait list only
    Monthly on Wednesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    3rd Wednesday
  • Rummikub Two
    Status: Wait list only
    Monthly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    3rd Monday of the month
  • Scrabble (social play)
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Thursday afternoons 1:30 pm-4:00 pm
    4th Thursday of the month
  • Sew Friendly
    Status: Wait list only
    Monthly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    3rd Tuesday of the month
  • Shakespeare at the Globe
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:30 pm
    1st & 3rd Monday's of ther month starting from 7/10/24
  • Sign Language, Beginners
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Wednesday mornings
    Wednesday mornings, September to December, to suit members
  • Sign Language, Continuers
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Wednesdays
    Wednesday afternoons, September - December, to suit members
  • Singing Together
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Friday afternoons 1:30 pm-3:30 pm
    2nd and 5th Fridays of the month
  • Smartphone PhotoArt Group
    Status: Active
    Monthly meetings as notified by the group leader
  • Social History
    Status: Active
    Monthly afternoons 1:30 pm-3:30 pm
    First Tuesday and Thursday in the month
  • Spanish Continuers
    Status: Wait list only
    Weekly on Friday mornings 10:15 am-11:50 am
    Every Friday except 1st in month
  • Spanish Stories & Current Affairs
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Tuesday mornings 10:00 am-11:30 am
    1st and 3rd Tuesdays starting on 1st October 2024
  • Spirituality
    Status: Active
    on Monday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    4th Monday of the month
  • Table Tennis (Thursday)
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Thursday afternoons 1:00 pm-3:00 pm
  • Table Tennis (Tuesday)
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Tuesday afternoons 1:00 pm-3:00 pm
  • Tai Chi
    Status: Wait list only
    Weekly on Wednesday afternoons 1:30 pm-2:30 pm
  • Tai Chi (2)
    Status: Wait list only
    Weekly on Wednesday afternoons 2:30 pm-3:30 pm
  • The Scribblers
    Status: Wait list only
    Monthly on Tuesday mornings 10:00 am
    3rd Tuesday of the month
  • Thursday Monthly Rambles
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Thursday all day 10:30 am-3:00 pm
    Last Thursday of the month
  • Travel Abroad
    Status: Active
    As needed for the trip
  • Travel UK
    Status: Active
    As needed for the travel
  • Ukulele (Andante / Beginners)
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Thursday afternoons 2:00 pm-3:30 pm
    1st and 3rd Thursdays of each month
  • Ukulele Advanced
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Thursday afternoons 2:00 pm-3:30 pm
    2nd and 4th Thursday of each month
  • Urban Sketch Group
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Thursday afternoons 1:30 pm-4:00 pm
    2nd Thursday of the month
  • Walking on the Wolds
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Friday mornings 10:00 am-12:30 pm
  • Walking, Enjoying the Countryside
    Status: Wait list only
    Monthly on Friday all day 10:30 am-3:00 pm
    3rd Friday of the month (not December)
  • Walks around York
    Status: Wait list only
    Monthly on Monday all day 10:30 am
    3rd Monday of the month
  • Walks through time (2 groups)
    Status: Active
    Monthly on Tuesday afternoons 1:30 pm-3:30 pm
    Tuesday / Wednesday depending on group joined, usually 2nd in month
  • Water Fitness
    Status: Active
    Weekly on Monday afternoons 1:30 pm-2:30 pm
    Not bank holidays
  • World of Science and Engineering
    Status: Active
    Fortnightly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
    From September to March
  • Write On
    Status: Wait list only
    mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
    One or two sessions a month, dates given to members
  • Writing for us, together
    Status: Full
    Monthly on Tuesday mornings 10:00 am-1:00 pm
    3rd Tuesday of the month
  • York & Dijon u3a Exchange
    Status: Active
    As required.
  • York History Walks
    Status: Wait list only
    Monthly on Tuesday afternoons 1:30 pm-3:30 pm
    Tuesday nearest 21st in month