Most of our events are group based and follow a regular pattern of meetings or activities including Bridge, Current Affairs, French, Italian, Reading, Spanish, 10-pin Bowling, and Walking Cricket (summer only). You will find more details about each of these on the respective group pages and also on the calendar. This page provides information about irregular or one-off events so please check back often to see what is new.
You will also find a calendar showing all of our u3a events and activities with a month to a view.
Forthcoming events
The June plan has changed due to logistics issues but the venues could be reviewed in 2027 to see if the situation has changed. We are going to Dalemain Mansion […]
Cost: £28 to £33 - see details below
Booking Required
16th June 2026
10:30 am
Open Meeting
A talk by Catherine Raynor. Doors open 10 am for registration and group information with a 10.30 meeting start.
Venue: Bishop Auckland Town Hall
Cost: Free to members
It's that time of year again to discuss potential venues for the coming year. This will be at the usual place of the Methodist Church with a 10 am start. […]
Cost: Free to members
Booking Required
The Art & Architecture group have organised a coach trip to the York Art Gallery on Friday, 19th June to see their exhibition of Japanese Woodcuts. There will be free […]
Cost: £21.50 for A&A members
Booking Required
A different venue in Sedgefield for us, I'm sure it will be lovely. This will be our first visit to The Impeccable Pig (I just love the name, hee hee!). […]
Cost: Each member pays for his/her own meal plus an appropriate tip.
Booking Required
Scrampston Hall is south of Pickering but north east of York. This will be a coach trip on Wednesday, 8th July. We shall leave the bus stop outside Monaco in […]
Cost: £26 - £44.50 see details below
Booking Required
Please note that the coach that had been booked was filled within hours of this event going live. A larger coach has been sourced and this is now full. Those […]
Cost: NT members £20 (coach). Non NT members £34 (£20 coach + £14 entry).
Booking Required
I believe this is a new one for our Sunday Lunch group so we will give it a go :). The pub can be found near Darlington on the A68, […]
Cost: Each member pays for his/her own meal plus an appropriate tip.
Booking Required
21st July 2026
10:30 am
Open Meeting
A talk by Jane Ruffer & Richard Hinch. Doors open 10 am for registration and group information with a 10.30 meeting start. Doors open 10 am for registration and group […]
Venue: Bishop Auckland Town Hall
Cost: Free to members
Eileen has organised a trip to Crook Hall for us this summer along the lines of the Botanic Garden talk and tour last August. Our guide will be Clive Parker […]
Cost: £11 discounted group rate including the talk and tour. Admission free for NT members with talk and tour £1.50 per member.
Booking Required
We went here last year for the first time and found the food good and the value for money excellent . There is plenty of room on the road outside […]
Cost: Each member pays for his/her own meal plus an appropriate tip.
Booking Required
18th August 2026
10:30 am
Open Meeting
A talk by Helen Neave, Founder & Director. Doors open 10 am for registration and group information with a 10.30 meeting start.
Venue: Bishop Auckland Town Hall
Cost: Free to members
Kathryn Hulme will be our September speaker on behalf of Forget-Me-Not flower designers and flower school in Shildon. Bookings for this event will start in June and end in August.
Cost: Free to Garden members but £2 for other u3a visitors.
Booking Required
This walk will depend on the volume of water in the River Tees on the day
15th September 2026
10:30 am
Open Meeting
We have Neil Storey talking to us again in September. He is usually informative and amusing so a Town Hall meeting to look forward to. Doors open 10 am for […]
Venue: Bishop Auckland Town Hall
Cost: Free to members
On Tuesday, 6th October we shall hold our annual planning meeting. Doors open at 9.30 for a 10 am start with a view to having the room cleared by noon. […]
Cost: Included in subs and free to members
Booking Required
20th October 2026
10:30 am
Open Meeting
TBA. Doors open 10 am for registration and group information with a 10.30 meeting start.
Venue: Bishop Auckland Town Hall
Cost: Free to members
Please note that this talk is Wednesday, 4th not Tuesday, 3rd. Our November speaker is Martin Roberts and he will be giving one of his garden talks about our local […]
Cost: Free to members with £2 contribution to overheads from any other u3a visitor
Booking Required
17th November 2026
10:30 am
Open Meeting
A talk by Edward Gorringe CEO. Doors open 10 am for registration and group information with a 10.30 meeting start.
Venue: Bishop Auckland Town Hall
Cost: Free to members
Lesley Collins will talk to us about fashions in English gardens. Doors open 10 for 10.30 start.
Cost: Free to group members. £2 for other u3a members towards room hire.
Booking Required
15th December 2026
10:30 am
Open Meeting
Entertainment from our own String Band. Doors open 10 am for registration and group information with a 10.30 meeting start.
Venue: Bishop Auckland Town Hall
Cost: Free to members
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