Monthly Meetings:
Unless otherwise notified, the ordinary monthly meetings are held in St Paul’s Church Hall, Compstall on the third Thursday of each month at 9.30am (for coffee and socializing). To enable members to use the bus service, the business of the meeting will start at 10.15am and will finish at 11.45am approx.
Attendance fee is £2 for members and £2 for visitors.
When attending a meeting please show your Membership Card and have the entrance fee ready (preferably in £1 or £2 coins).
You MUST show your membership card at all U3A events, including groups.
- Please use the Etherow Country Park Car Park.
- Please remember to bring and buy books and C.D’s at the monthly meetings.
Forthcoming events
Meet outside Costa coffee in the centre of Marple. We will stroll along the canal to Romiley ending at the station where we can get a bus back to Marple
Roy McCarthy Coaches have provisionally reserved 20 places on their trip. Prices :£1,325 p.p. sharing; £190p.p. (single) extra for sea view over St Brelades Bay. Dinner, bed and breakfast. Deposits […]
Cost: £1325 pp sharing; £190pp extra
Booking Required
Further information from the Gardening group or from Margaret Hoggs.
Booking Required
21st May 2026
9:30 am
Talks
Talk presented by Caroline Mellow Smith
Venue: St Pauls Church Hall
Come and join us for a delicious fish supper. £25. At 6:30pm - for 7:00pm Please contact Pat or Shirley to check there are spaces for you to book. Payment […]
Cost: £25
Booking Required
Meet in the car park at Jacksons Brickworks, Pool House Road, Off Middlewood Road, Upper Poynton, SK12 1TY. The walk will take us along parts of the Middlewood Way, the […]
Three gardens that can challenge our perception of what makes a garden:
Cost: £3
18th June 2026
9:30 am
Talks
The Car Man is a ballet by Matthew Bourne at the Lowry Theatre. Ticket price at discount rate £54.50 p.p. Loosely based on the ever popular Bizet’s opera Carmen, this […]
Cost: £54.50
Booking Required
u3a Festival is back – the biggest celebration of the curiosity, creativity and community spirit that makes u3a so special. Join us for three days of hands-on workshops, musical performances, sports tournaments, fascinating talks and many more […]
Venue: York University
Cost: £18 for a day, £50 for all three days
Booking Required
Details to be confirmed
Further information from the Gardening Group or Margaret Hoggs.
Booking Required
The award winning Trentham Gardens feature an Italian garden, a floral labyrinth and rivers of grass and vast wildflower and woodland meadow. At the centre of the gardens is a […]
Cost: £27
Booking Required
16th July 2026
Talks
Talk to be presented by Frank Vigon. To be confirmed
Venue: St Pauls Church Hall
(25th July x 5 days sailing from Liverpool) for a group of 10 travellers. Twin Cabin Prices:Interior Twin Cabin (I Grade Cabin) - £749ppOcean View Twin Cabin (E Grade Cabin) […]
Booking Required
August on the train to Liverpool to visit St George’s Hall & Mersey Ferries. A “round the bay” trip. Will advise the details at a later date
Details to be confirmed..
11th August 2026
to 14th August 2026
Summer School
The Metropolitan University is located in the centre of Manchester and less than 20 minutes’ walk from Oxford Road Railway Station.The campus has modern facilities, student en-suite rooms with Wi-Fi […]
Cost: £215 (non residential) £430 (Residential)
Booking Required
Details to be confirmed
20th August 2026
9:30 am
Meeting
Further information from the Gardening Group or Margaret Hoggs.
Booking Required
A Guided tour of the restored ‘Victoria Baths’. Tour starts at 10.30am. Cost of the tour is £9pp plus £3pp for tea/coffee and biscuits on arrival. Booking at the General […]
Cost: £9 plus £3 tea and biscuits on arrival
Come an join us on a tour of Uzbekistan ( minimum 5 & maximum 12 people). This a private tour run by the company called “ Travel the Unknown”. And […]
Cost: £1995 plus £345 single supplement (not incl. flights)
Booking Required
17th September 2026
9:30 am
Meeting
Philip Caine is a writer and speaker. Who will be presenting "From Baghdad and Back Again"
Venue: St Pauls Church Hall
Come an join us on a tour of Uzbekistan ( minimum 5 & maximum 12 people). This a private tour run by the company called “ Travel the Unknown”. And […]
Cost: £1995 plus £345 single supplement (not incl. flights)
Booking Required
15th October 2026
9:30 am
Meeting
11th November 2026
Outing
Emily will give us a presentation on the Winter Garden, at Dunham Massey, and how it is looed after today.
Booking Required
19th November 2026
9:30 am
Meeting
Mike Barley Presents - "A trip through the Norwegian Fjords"
Venue: St Pauls Church Hall
10th December 2026
9:30 am
Meeting