| Status: | Active, open to new members |
| Leader: | |
| Group email: | Going Places 2 (was Towns and Villages 2) group |
| When: | Monthly on Friday mornings 10:00 am 3rd Friday |
| 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
2026 Programme
| Date | Location / Venue | Organiser |
| Friday 16th January | Skittles The Fountain Inn ,Ashurst,BN44 3AP | Sue Ford & Bernadette Judd |
| Friday 20th February | Charterhouse School Hurtmore Rd, Godalming GU7 2DX | Mick & Diana Brassington |
| Friday 20th March | Games meeting | Loes Coen & Dave Roberts |
| Friday 17th April | Saint Hill Manor Saint Hill Rd, East Grinstead RH19 4JY | Gillian & Alan Rantell |
| Friday 15th May | Marlipins Museum 36 High St, Shoreham-by-Sea BN43 5DA | Shiela Campbell & Pauline willis |
| Friday 19th June | Horsham town tour Horsham Museum, 9 Causeway, Horsham RH12 1HE | Dave & Doreen Kerr |
| Friday 17th July | Petworth village visit | Dorothy & Mike Harrod |
| Friday 21st August | Cranleigh village visit | Gaynor & Mukesh Udeshi |
| Friday 18th September | Amberley museum New Barn Rd, Amberley, Arundel BN18 9LT | Dave & Stella Roberts |
| Friday 16th October | Dunsfold village visit | Margaret Andrews |
| Friday 20th November | St Mary de Haura Church Church St, Shoreham-by-Sea BN43 5DQ | Loes Coen & Dave Roberts |
| Friday 11th December | Christmas planning meeting and lunch Warnham Barn, Rookwood Gold Centre, Robin Hood Ln, Warnham, Horsham, RH12 3RR | Dave Roberts |