| Status: | Active, open to new members |
| Leader: |
Lynne Standing
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| Group email: | Going Places 1 (was Towns and Villages 4) group |
| When: | Monthly on Thursday mornings 10:00 am 2nd Thursday |
| Venue: | Various |
HORSHAM U3A – GOING PLACES
Going Places is a very popular form of activity with quite a few of our members. There are several groups with up to 25 or so members in each group.
Although each group is autonomous, they are run basically in the following manner:
On inception and thereafter towards the end of each year, a meeting is held by the members of each group, to decide the programme of visits for the following year. As with many U3A groups, members are encouraged to organise a group visit every now and again.
Each group holds a visit on a regular day each month. As can be seen from the Horsham U3A programme, the groups meet on different days of the month. The visits are to a reasonably local Town or Village but occasionally to a place of interest usually indoors, when it is anticipated that the weather may be inclement, particularly in the winter months.
The members meet, usually at about 10.30 am for coffee, at a place advised by the Organiser. At about 11.00 am (if not before) we are joined by our guide who can be a ‘Blue Badge Guide’, or a local resident, probably connected with the local Museum or Historical Society.
The tour takes approximately an hour and a half and usually ends up at a local hostelry for lunch. The latter is not obligatory but can be very enjoyable and a chance to meet and discuss the morning’s visit. The tours are very enjoyable and informative, giving a historical picture of the local area.
If anybody is interested in joining one of the Groups, please contact the appropriate Leader or the Horsham U3A Group Co-ordinator.
Overall Group Leader Co-ordinator Lynne Standing 01403 710081; mob 07463 252804
Going Places Group 1 - 2026 visit programme as at 14 November 2025
| Date | Visit | Contact details | Organiser |
| 8th January 2026 | Lunch at the Bolney Stage 12:30 | 01444 881200 | Lynne Standing |
| 12th February | Horsham Museum | 01403-254959 museum@horsham.gov.uk | Jan Williams |
| 12th March | Goring village and Church | Heather Byrne & Sheila Connor | |
| 9th April | Steyning village | Janet Pennington 01903 417848/07703 133952 jpsussex@icloud.com | Mary MacFarlane |
| 14th May | Dunsfold airfield | Nancy Edwards nancedwards@rutland.co.uk (Paul McCue as guide) | Alan & Pat Selwood |
| 11th June | Highdown gardens, nr Worthing | Bernadette Uwins | |
| 9th July | Amberley village | Grahame? | Val Orr |
| 13th August | Charterhouse school, nr Godalming | Lynne Standing | |
| 10th September | Shere, Surrey | Dorothy & Mike Harrod | |
| 8th October | Cranleigh village | Vanessa & Jim White | |
| 12th November | Planning meeting, Rookwood Golf Club | info@warnhambarn.co.uk | Lynne Standing |
| 10th December | tba in November | ||
| Backup options | |||
| 1st May - 31st October | Marlipins Museum. Shoreham | ||
| any | Chddingfold | ||
| any | WWT, Arundel | ||
| 13th June - 16th September | Sackville College, East Grinstead | Almoner, weekday mornings 01342 323414 | |
| any | Guided tour of Henfield | Alan Barwick at the Museum 01273 492507 office@henfield.gov.uk | |
| any | Guided tour of Guildford | 01483 453162 | |
| any | Guided tour of Petworth | Ian Yonge yonge.ian@outlook.com | |
| any | St Mary's House & gardens, Bramber | 01903 816205 on Tuesdays info@stmarysbramber.co.uk | |
| any | St Mary de Haura church, Steyning | william.payne@gmail.com | |
| any | Batemans house & garden, Burwash | Jan Williams |