Additional information and further details for some of our interest groups can be seen using the blue links below.  (Please note that not all groups provide additional information.)

For privacy reasons some group leaders may not have provided contact details.  In these cases members should see the current Groups Directory via the Members Information page (password required), or contact the Groups Coordinator using the Contact Form.

Most groups are Open to new members, but some have Waiting lists and a few are Full.

As a quick guide, the Status of each group is indicated as follows:

O indicates a group that is open to new members;
W indicates a group that has a waiting list;
F indicates a group that is full and is not accepting new members.

S	Group Name	Meets when	Start time
O	Ancient History	2nd Wednesday	13:45
O	Antiques and Collectables	3rd Thursday	am
O	Anything Maritime and Military	2nd Thursday	10:30
O	Art – Sketching Outdoors	1st and 3rd Tuesday	10:00
F	Book Club	1st Monday	14:45
F	The Borrowers	2nd Thursday	10:30
W	Building Visits	2nd Monday	pm
O	Canasta and Bolivia	Weekly on a Wednesday	10:15
O	Card Making	1st Tuesday	14:00
O	Computer Help	As required	-
O	Country Dancing	1st & 3rd Friday	14:00
F	Family History	3rd Wednesday	10:30
O	Features and Facts	4th Thursday	13:45
O	Film Unit	As required	-
O	French Conversation 1	2nd & 4th Tuesdays	10:30
O	French Conversation 2	2nd and 4th Friday	10:30
O	From Script to Screen	4th Tuesday (sometimes 5th Tues)	14:00
O	Garden Visits	Normally 4th Friday	10:30
O	Gardening Together	Every Wednesday	14:30
O	Genealogy	1st Friday	09:30
O	German Conversation	Every other Thursday	14:00
F	History of Art	4th Monday	13:30
O	The Hive (Volunteers)	2nd Monday	09:30
O	IT Help Desk	2nd Monday	10:00
O	Italian Conversation	1st and 3rd Thursday	10:30
O	Knit and Natter	1st Wednesday	13:00
O	Lip-Reading	1st Thursday	10:30
O	Literature	3rd Monday	10:30
O	Looking at Art 1	3rd Thursday	10:00
O	Looking at Art 2	3rd Thursday	14:00
O	Mahjong	Every Wednesday	13:00
F	Mathematics	2nd Tuesday	14:00
O	Medieval History	3rd Wednesday	14:00
O	Meditation	Every Tuesday	11:00
O	Meet and Mix	2nd Saturday	10:30
O	MUD Walks	1st Thursday	10:30
O	Music Appreciation	2nd Friday	10:30
O	Myths and Legends	1st Tuesday	14:00
O	Natural History Ramblers	2nd and 4th Tuesday	usually 10:00
O	Needles	3rd Wednesday	13:00
F	Painting and drawing for fun	2nd and 4th Monday	13:00
O	Philology	4th Tuesday	14:00
O	Philosophical Discussion	1st and 3rd Tuesday	12:15
O	Photography	1st Tuesday	13:30
O	Play Reading	1st Wednesday	10:30
W	Play the Blues Too	Alternate Thursdays	14:00
O	Poetry	1st Wednesday	10:00
O	Portuguese	1st & 3rd Monday	10:30
O	Quizzes and Quizzing	2nd Friday	10:15
O	Recorder Consort	Alternate Tuesdays	11:00
O	Rummikub	3rd Monday	13:30
O	Russian Conversation	1st & 3rd Fridays	10:00
O	Science & Technology	1st Wednesday	10:15
O	Shared Learning	4th Tuesday	11:30
O	Social Bridge 1	2nd Tuesday	14:00
O	Social Bridge 2	3rd Friday	14:00
F	Spanish 1	1st & 3rd Fridays	14:00
F	Spanish 2 Culture, Basic Spanish	1st & 2nd Monday	14:00
O	Spanish Improvers	1st & 3rd Tuesday	14:00
O	Spanish Conversation Advanced	2nd and 4th Mondays	11:00
O	Sunday Lunch	1st Sunday	11:30
O	Swimming	Every Monday	11:45
O	Walking - Intermediate	2nd Wednesday	10:30
O	Walking - Long Walks	2nd and 4th Thursdays	10:30
W	Walking - Short Walks	1st Tuesday & 3rd Friday	10:30
O	Watercolour Painting	1st & 3rd Thursday	11:00
O	Weekenders	1st Saturday	10:30
O	Wildlife	4th Thursday	10:15 for 10:30
O	Wine Appreciation 1	2nd Thursday	14:15
F	Wine Appreciation 2	3rd Tuesday	14:00
O	Wine Appreciation 3	4th Wednesday	14:00
F	Wine Appreciation 4	2nd Monday	14:00
O	WordPress	As required	-
O	World Religions	1st Tuesday	10:30
W	Writers	1st Wednesday	14:00
O	Yoga	Every Tuesday	10:30