| Status: | Active, open to new members |
| Leader: | |
| Group email: | Sunday Lunch Club group |
| When: | On Sundays 3rd Sunday of the month 12.15 for 12.30 |
| Venue: | See Events |
| Cost: | Each member pays for his/her own meal plus an appropriate tip. |
This group has been running since January 2020. Members take turns offering to organise a lunch and suggest venues. Some are favourites that we have enjoyed in the past and some are new that someone has recommended we try. All venues are table service. We try to schedule several months ahead.
Anne coordinates the dates and organisers. The organisers make a provisional booking at their venue of choice (usually for 10 or 12 people) with final numbers confirmed to the venue by the organiser about 10 days before. Each organiser needs to have a slide for the monthly meeting for the 2 months before the lunch date as well as a sign-up form at the monthly meeting to gather names. Chris or Pam can help with slide/booking form preparation if needed.
Members make their own way to the venues and arrange car sharing if needed.
Forthcoming events
Recent Sunday Lunches
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The Cross Keys 16/8/26
Read more: The Cross Keys 16/8/26A huge long table today at The Cross Keys in Hamsterley, 19 of us enjoyed a lovely lunch here so 2 photos required and I remembered before anyone had started eating :). We've been here a few times now and will probably be back next year sometime.
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The Impeccable Pig 21st June 26
Read more: The Impeccable Pig 21st June 26Here we are at The Impeccable Pig in Sedgefield - what an enormous beautiful place and not a bad price for father's Day - £30. We really enjoyed it. Got chucked out at 2.30pm but we'd all finished haha 🙂
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The Copper Mine in Crook 17/5/26
Read more: The Copper Mine in Crook 17/5/26We had a delicious meal at The Copper Mine. There were 17 of us but a few of were missing from the photo because they had gone for a walk on this lovely day, as I had forgotten all about taking a photo 🙂
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Headlam Hall 19/4/26
Read more: Headlam Hall 19/4/26This is a lovely place, plenty of parking when we turned up and an annex to ourselves! It was very posh :). The meal was absolutely delicious, only a couple of roast potatoes but plenty of veg - one of us was really brave and asked for some mash - heehee :). It was a…
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Viva in Crook 22/3/26
Read more: Viva in Crook 22/3/26A lovely lunch today at Viva Italian Restaurant in Crook. A new venue for us and I think we will be back. We had good service apart from waiting a while for a couple of the desserts. Apologies for cutting a little bit of Brenda off (I obviously didn't check the photo!). I'll let you…
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Restaurant/Pub list 2026
Read more: Restaurant/Pub list 2026Photos etc will be uploaded nearer to the dates of the events but this is just a little heads up 🙂
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The Hammer & Pincers 15/2/26
Read more: The Hammer & Pincers 15/2/26We all had a lovely meal and chat on Sunday 15th Feb at The Hammer & Pincers in Newton Aycliffe - there were 11 of us in the end. Some people couldn't make it due to either illness or the snow! The service was excellent and the waitress lovely and cheerful 🙂 We will be…
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Bishop Auckland Golf Club 18/1/26
Read more: Bishop Auckland Golf Club 18/1/26We had a lovely first lunch of the year here. 16 of us enjoyed our lunch and, after ordering, the meal came soon after - hooray! A small hiccup in that they wanted us to pay in one lump but negotiation took place and we all paid separately (as usual) haha :).
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Thomas Wright House 16/11/25
Read more: Thomas Wright House 16/11/25Table one - so many of us (16), we had to have 2 tables! We had a lovely meal and catch-up at The Thomas Wright House. We had the Garden Room to ourselves and the service was excellent. Table two - enjoying the meal. I think we will definitely be back in the near future.
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The Devonport, 19/10/25
Read more: The Devonport, 19/10/2510 of us found our way here to Middleton-One-Row on Sunday, 19/10/25. A few hiccups with starters arriving after main meal came out (bit of a breakdown in communication :)) but all sorted and we really enjoyed our meal.
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The Dun Cow 21/9/25
Read more: The Dun Cow 21/9/25Lovely meal this last Sunday at The Dun Cow in Sedgefield. We were only 10 members, due to holidays and illness but we had a great time.
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The George & Dragon, Heighington 17 Aug 25
Read more: The George & Dragon, Heighington 17 Aug 25On Sunday 17/8/25 we made a return visit to The George & Dragon in Heighington. I think most of us enjoyed their meal but a couple of people didn't have such a good experience. Anyway, we had good chat and atmosphere and we would go again.
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