Interest Groups are an integral part of the U3A experience, and below you will find a list of those groups that the Crouch End and District U3A currently offers.
Please note that if you would like to partake in the activities of any group, you must first be a member of that group.
To join a group complete the contact form on the page of the group in which you are interested. The group page provides a description of aims and objectives, location and frequency of meetings or events.
The contact form requires your name, email address, and membership number, and a message. Your message will be send to the Group Convener, who will reply with more specific details about the group and its programme as well as availability of places.
You will be required to show proof of membership when you attend a group activity for the first time.
Where a group meeting is held in someone’s home and the host provides coffee, tea, biscuits etc, it is U3A convention to offer the host a small contribution to the cost. The current U3A policy is 50p.
The Groups
A
Ancient History
Architecture
Art – Beginners
Art – Intermediate
Art Appreciation 1
Art Appreciation 2
B
Book and Literature Groups
Book Group 1
Book Group 2
Crime Fiction Book Club
Play Reading
Poetry for Pleasure
World Literature
Book Group 1
Book Group 2
Bookbinding
Bridge
C
Craft Groups
Bookbinding
Crochet
Felt Making
Textiles
Crime Fiction Book Club
Crochet
Current Affairs
Current Affairs In Depth
D
E
Economics
Exhibitions & Galleries
F
Family History
Felt Making
Feminism
Films
Foreign Films
French Book Group
French Conversation
Fringe Theatre
Futurology
G
Gardens and Gardening
Gentle Exercise (Feldenkrais)
Geology
Green London Wayfarers
H
History Groups
The 1960s & 1970s
Ancient History
Family History
History
Local History
I
Italian Conversation 1
Italian Conversation 2
J
L
Language Groups
French Book Group
French Conversation
Italian Conversation 1
Italian Conversation 2
Latin
Polish Conversation
Spanish Conversation 1
Spanish Conversation 2
Latin
Lawn Bowls
Local History
Longer Walks
M
Music Groups
Jazz and Improvised Music
Music Appreciation
Opera
Recorder
Singing for Fun
Strings
Ukulele
O
P
Pétanque
Philosophy
Photography
Play Reading
Poetry for Pleasure
Polish Conversation
R
S
Science & Technology
Scrabble
Shorter Walks
Singing for Fun
Spanish Conversation 1
Spanish Conversation 2
Sport Groups
Badminton
Lawn Bowls
Pétanque
Table Tennis
Tennis
T
Theatre Groups
Fringe Theatre
West End Theatre
U
W
Walking Groups
Green London Wayfarers
Longer Walks
Middle Way Walkers
Shorter Walks
We’re Talking Travel
West End Theatre
Wine … and More
Wine Appreciation
World Literature
Writing 1 & 2
Writing 3
Timetable of Group Activities
Monday
Art Appreciation 1
Fourth Monday of the month, 2 – 3.30 p.m.
Crime Fiction Book Club
Second Monday of the month, 6 – 7.30 p.m.
Films
Second Monday of the month, 2 – 4 p.m.
Geology
Every other Monday, 10 – 11.30 a.m.
Lawn Bowls
Weekly, 2 – 4 p.m. (Bowling season only)
Local History
Alternate Mondays, 10 a.m. – noon
Play Reading
Third Monday of the month, 2 p.m.
Shorter Walks
Usually alternate Mondays, 1 p.m.
Strings
Fortnightly, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Table Tennis
Weekly, 2 – 3.30 p.m.
Tuesday
Art – Intermediate
Fortnightly, 1 – 3 p.m.
Badminton
Weekly, 3.30 – 5.30 p.m.
Book Group 1
Fourth Tuesday of the month, 2 – 3.30 p.m.
Bridge
Alternate Tuesdays, 2.30 – 4.30 p.m.
Crochet
Fourth Tuesday of the month, 10.30 a.m. – 12.30 p.m.
Gardens
Third Tuesday of the month, 10 – 11.30 a.m.
Italian
Fortnightly, 2 – 4 p.m.
Photography
First Tuesday of the month, 2 p.m.
Poetry
Third Tuesday of the month, 2.30 – 4 p.m.
Spanish Conversation 2
Fortnightly, at 3 p.m.
Strings
Fortnightly, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Textiles
First Tuesday of the month, 10 a.m. – noon
Ukulele
Fortnightly, 2.30-4.30 p.m.
We’re Talking Travel
Third Tuesday of the month, 1 – 3 p.m.
Writing
Monthly, 10.30 a.m. – 12 noon
Wednesday
Ancient History
Monthly, 2.30 – 4.30 p.m.
Art Appreciation 2
Fourth Wednesday of the month, 11 a.m. – 12.30 p.m.
Decluttering
Monthly, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Family History
Fourth Wednesday of the month, 2 – 4 p.m.
Felt Making
Weekly, 10.30 a.m. – 12.30 p.m.
Feminism
Second Wednesday of the month, 2 p.m.
Futurology
First Wednesday of the month, 7 p.m.
Green London Walk
First Wednesday of the month, all day
History
Alternate Wednesdays, 10 – 11.30 a.m.
Latin
Fortnightly, 2.15 – 3.30 p.m.
Pétanque
Every other Wednesday, 10 a.m.
Philosophy
Third Wednesday of the month, 2 – 3.30 p.m.
Polish Conversation
Monthly, from 10.30 a.m.
Singing for Fun
Fortnightly, 2 – 3 p.m.
Writing Group 3
Monthly, from 10 a.m.
Thursday
Monthly Meetings
Second Thursday of the month, 10 a.m. – noon
The 1960s & 1970s
Third Thursday of the month, 2 – 4 p.m.
Architecture
Monthly, 10.30 a.m.
Art – Beginners
Fortnightly, 1 – 3 p.m.
Book Group 1
Fourth Thursday of the month, 3 – 4.30 p.m.
Book Group 2
Third Thursday of the month, 3 – 4.30 p.m.
Current Affairs
First and third Thursday of the month, 2.30 – 4.30 p.m.
French Book Club
Monthly, 10.30 p.m. – noon
French Conversation
Fortnightly, 2.30 – 4 p.m.
Gentle Exercise (Feldenkrais)
Weekly, 12.15 – 1.15 p.m.
Jazz and Music Improvisation
Fortnightly, 2.15 – 4 p.m.
Longer Walks
Fourth Thursday of the month, 10.30 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Middle Way Walks
Third Thursday of the month, all day
Recorder
Fortnightly, 2 – 3.30 p.m.
Science & Technology
Fortnightly, 2.30 – 4 p.m.
Scrabble
Fortnightly, 2 – 4 p.m.
Wine … and More
Third Thursday of the month, 7 p.m.
Wine Appreciation
First Thursday of the month, 7 – 9 p.m.
Friday
Bird-watching
Monthly, 10.30 a.m. – 12.30 p.m.
Economics
Monthly, 2 – 4 p.m.
Exhibitions & Galleries
Monthly
Music Appreciation
Monthly, 2.30 p.m.
Tennis
Weekly, 10.30 a.m.
World Literature
Monthly, 2.30 – 4 p.m.