We start the day at ‘One of the most spectacular timber framed buildings of medieval England at the heart of village life’. A grand building which over the years has had a very varied usage. We will be met by National Trust guides who will give us an introduction to the fascinating history of this… Read more

Crowland Abbey tour with a professional guide, there will be an adminission charge, which includes tea/coffee refreshments. Probable visit to a coffee shop/cafe afterwards,  Read more

Lunch probably at Navenby (TBC).  All u3a members will be welcome but lunch requests by Thursday 9th at the latest please. Read more

meet in Helpston by the Blue Bell pub, PE6 7ED Read more

Meet at Nassington church, PE8 6QG Read more

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St Michael and the All Angels Uffington, our esteemed Michael Crowe will give the talk. This is another 13th century church renovated by the Victorians  steeped in history with four bells made by Thomas Norris Read more

St Michael's Chesterton Peterborough  , a 13th Century church  on the edge of the suburbs  of Peterborough near the A1. There are memorials to the Beville family, landed gentry from Huntingdonshire who were descendants of William the Conqueror's  cohort, and some of them went to Virginia in the 17th century. Also there is acknowledgement to John Dryden… Read more

2 acre garden with views over the countryside, newly opened after a total redesign. There are big herbaceous borders, a white garden and new structure in the large 18th Century walled garden. Read more

Timed to avoid the school holiday, and the return of the students, our trip to Oxford offers the chance to explore this world-famous university town. Oxford is Britain’s oldest university, and it has quadrangles, gothic spires and listed buildings crammed into its easily accessible centre. With its cobbled lanes, canals, rivers, museums and botanical gardens,… Read more