Forthcoming Events
The calendar lists all of our Tuesday Live, Coffee Mornings, Social Events, Group Leaders Meetings etc.
Some of our Group activities such as Walking, Cycling, Art Appreciation, History, AwayDays and Theatre are also shown.
There are also a selection of non u3a events which may be of interest to our members.
Forthcoming events
There will be no Mahjong on this date as it is a Bank Holiday Monday
Alan Speechley will be leading the walk on Monday. Due to the bank holiday traffic it will be a local walk. Details to be sent out via U3A Beacon nearer […]
Venue: Chepstow Leisure Centre
All members of the Group are welcome to come along including Improvers and Beginners. Potential new members of the Group can also come along and join in the dancing.
Venue: St Arvans Memorial Hall
Cost: Free to all Dancing Group members
Tue 1st September 2026
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Tuesday Live
When Wyn met Irene on a gun site near Cardiff in 1943, it was love at first sight. But this book is not just a love story. The letters written […]
Venue: Drill Hall
Mainly following the the Senghenydd Dyke, a 13th century earthwork, thought to mark the edge of a deer park belonging to Caerphilly Castle. About 12 miles, with 450m of ascent. […]
A 9 mile circular starting at Llanthony Priory, a stiff walk up Bal Bach then along the ridge and down to Capel y Ffin. We return along the base of […]
Entry £9, cafe available. Carolyn to send out detailed information nearer to the meeting.
Cost: 9.00
Booking Required
The Bath “Two Tunnels” ride is a beautiful journey – mostly off road using the National Cycling Networks routes (NCN). We will take a wide circular route and eventually will […]
Cost: None
Booking Required
** 1 Ticket available due to cancellation** Matthew Bourne’s award winning ‘The Car Man’ is back! Loosely based on Bizet’s ever- popular opera. Vivid storytelling combines with one of the […]
Venue: Bristol Hippodrome
Cost: £54
Booking Required
Date: 4 September Start Time: 10:00 ready to ride Start from: Lay-by nr Westbury Court Gardens, GL14 1PD, W3W ///morphing.chainsaw.dividers Distance: ~48km (~30 miles) Ascent: ~610m (~2,000 ft) Bike type: […]
Cost: No cost
Booking Required
Sat 5th September 2026
10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Coffee Mornings
Join us for a coffee and a chat in convivial surroundings at the Chepstow Club. Whether you come by yourself or with a friend, it’s a chance to relax over […]
Venue: Chepstow Club
Cost: Free to all members and prospective members
Ala will Petts be leading the walk on Monday in the Mendips. Details to be sent out via U3A Beacon nearer to the event. .
Venue: Chepstow Leisure Centre
Details to follow.
From Symonds Yat West, a figure of 8 loop, taking in Lords Wood and Lady Park wood, with views over the river. About 10 miles, with 750m of ascent. Ready […]
A circular of 8.8 miles, starting at Selworthy church car park. This scenic walk takes in Selworthy Beacon, Hurlstone point, the coast path across to North Hill, across the moors […]
Organiser: Pauline and Colin More information to be provided nearer the time
Around Shirenewton Village with Barbara. This is a four mile circular walk around Shirenewton, across fields, through woods and along country lanes. There are no stiles. Meet at the Tredegar […]
From Dinas Castle Inn CP, Pengenffordd, keeping low level until the inevitable climb up Rhiw Wen, past Rhos Dirion trig then down the Dragon's Back. 11.5 miles 1526ft (465m) ascent. […]
A 12.5 circular walk starting at the layby near the Hermitage, crossing fields to climb below Crug Hywel, across the ridge taking in Pen Cerrig-Calch and Pen Allt Mawr and […]
**Due to cancellations 3 tickets are available**. This comedy musical is the fast paced, hilarious and unbelievable true story of the twisted secret mission that won us World War II. […]
Venue: Cardiff, New Theatre
Cost: tba
Booking Required
Join Lydia Mackie for an interesting and inspiring talk about the history and work of the Red Cross, one of the world's best-known humanitarian organisations. This presentation will explore how […]
Venue: Bulwark Community Centre
Cost: £3
An explosive memoir charting one woman’s career at the heart of one of the most influential companies on the planet, Careless People gives you a front-row seat to Facebook, the decisions that have shaped world events in recent decades, and the people who made them.
Venue: Chepstow Library Hub
Date: 18 September Start Time: 09:30 ready to ride Start from: Bridge Street Car Park, Ledbury, HR8 2AJ; W3W ///prancing.assurance.keys (nearest toilets are a 5 min walk away on Bye […]
Cost: No cost
Booking Required
Meet at 9.45 AM – Ride will start at 10 AM Park either on the road or in car park before the barrier. ST 212 913, What3words – “breaches.barrel.circulate”, or […]
Cost: none
Booking Required
Details to follow.
Mon 21st September 2026
2:00 pm
Non u3a
A zoom talk by Brenda Ainsley - JOIN ZOOM MEETINGHTTPS://US02WEB.ZOOM.US/J/89069219527?PWD=5AKWDMIZHFAQRHASBW6NN7SY5VOXLA.1MEETING ID: 890 6921 9527PASSCODE: F7BPPN https://webmail.cali.uk/?_task=mail&_action=get&_mbox=INBOX&_uid=3453&_token=BrSgHH8GxcGUO1CzyRnYXwOphrnG6IQs&_part=2
Venue: Zoom
A Royal Day Out ticket that covers entry into The King’s Gallery, The Royal Mews and The State Rooms. What’s On: The King’s Gallery has an exhibition Queen Elizabeth: Her life in […]
Cost: £80 to include coach, entry to the Palace and gratuities.
Booking Required
Meet 9.45 am for 10.00 start. Parking - Bypass Pontardawe car park at a cost of £3.80. (Clearly marked on the internet) This route is entirely off-road and in the […]
Cost: Car park £3.80
Booking Required
Details to be confirmed
Up to and along the Offas Dyke path to Hay Bluff, contour around to just below Llan-oleu; the source of the Monnow. Continue contouring around climbing to Black Hill, down […]
Bristol – Bath loop from Conham River Park. Distance approximately 20 miles. Some of this ride takes place on the wonderful tarmac cycle paths around Bristol. There it is easy […]
Cost: none
Booking Required
Sat 3rd October 2026
10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Coffee Mornings
Join us for a coffee and a chat in convivial surroundings at the Chepstow Club. Whether you come by yourself or with a friend, it’s a chance to relax over […]
Venue: Chepstow Club
Cost: Free to all members and prospective members
All members of the Group are welcome to come along including Improvers and Beginners. Potential new members of the Group can also come along and join in the dancing.
Venue: St Arvans Memorial Hall
Cost: Free to all Dancing Group members
Tue 6th October 2026
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Tuesday Live
DNA: the blueprint of life and, during the early 1950s, a baffling enigma that could win a Nobel Prize. Everyone knows that James Watson and Francis Crick discovered the double […]
Venue: Drill Hall
Details to follow
Talk. Carolyn to send out detailed information prior to the meeting.
Booking Required
Thu 15th October 2026
9:30 am - 1:30 pm
Group Leaders
Invitations will be sent out nearer the date. Format will be similar to previous meetings and includes a buffet lunch. All GLs are welcome to come along.
Venue: Chepstow Club
Cost: Free to Group Leaders
Booking Required
In this epic examination of one of the most infamous murders of the twentieth century, bestselling author of The Five, Hallie Rubenhold, gives voice to those who were never properly heard--the women.
Venue: Chepstow Library Hub
Details to follow
Cost: No cost
Booking Required
Booking Required
For many of us, filling up with fuel is simply another routine task. Yet the modern service station is the product of over one hundred years of technological innovation, changing […]
Venue: Bulwark Community Centre
Cost: £3 includes Tea/Coffee
Thornwell to Oldbury on Severn (via Olveston) Meet 9.45 am for 10 am start. From the car park in Tenby lane ST 539917 (2nd on the right up the hill […]
Cost: None
Booking Required
All members of the Group are welcome to come along including Improvers and Beginners. Potential new members of the Group can also come along and join in the dancing.
Venue: St Arvans Memorial Hall
Cost: Free to all Dancing Group members
Tue 3rd November 2026
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Tuesday Live
Tony Broom and his guide dog will be joining us this afternoon to share his story of sight loss. Tony lost his sight quickly, without warning.. come and listen to […]
Venue: Drill Hall
Henry Avery Tipping gardens talk by Helena Garrish. Meet at Gwentlands, cost TBD. Carolyn to send out detailed information prior to the meeting.
Booking Required
Sat 7th November 2026
10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Coffee Mornings
Join us for a coffee and a chat in convivial surroundings at the Chepstow Club. Whether you come by yourself or with a friend, it’s a chance to relax over […]
Venue: Chepstow Club
Cost: Free to all members and prospective members