
Our groups are informal and friendly. Each group is run by a volunteer Group Coordinator (although some groups, e.g. Pilates, also have a professional tutor). The Coordinator and group members decide among themselves what they want to do and how the group is run.
You must be a member of Barnet u3a before asking to join a group. Simply look through the list, choose which group/s you're interested in and, provided they are not full, you will be most welcome to join. Contact the Group Coordinator to find out more, please include your Barnet u3a number.
If a group is full it is often possible to set up a duplicate group if enough members are interested.
Please note: we are currently in the process of refreshing the descriptions of what all our groups offer. Watch this space!
Groups listed alphabetically
-
Aerobics - Low Impact
Weekly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm -
Aerobics - Low Impact 2
Weekly on Friday afternoons 2:00 pm-3:00 pm
Term time only (from 17th April) -
Android/Tablet Users 1
Monthly on Wednesday mornings 10:15 am-11:30 am
Week 1 -
Antiques and Collectables 1
Monthly on Thursday afternoons 1:30 pm
Week 4 -
Art Appreciation 2
On Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm
Weeks 2 & 4 -
Art History & Appreciation 3
Monthly on Monday mornings 10:30 am
Week 3 -
Art History & Appreciation 4
Fortnightly on Monday afternoons
Weeks 2 & 4 -
Art History & Appreciation 5
Monthly on Friday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
Week 2 -
Art is for Sharing
On Thursday afternoons 12:30 pm-3:00 pm
5 sessions in 10 week blocks -
Astronomy
Evenings
As and When -
Backgammon
Fortnightly on Thursday mornings 10:30 am
Weeks 2 4 -
Balance and Coordination 1
Weekly on Wednesday afternoons 1:45 pm
during term-time -
Balance and Coordination 2
Weekly on Wednesday afternoons 3:00 pm
during term-time -
Balkan Folk Dancing
Monthly on Friday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
Weeks 2 & 4 -
Ballet - Silver Swans
Weekly on Monday afternoons 2:30 pm -
Ballroom Dancing
Weekly on Tuesday afternoons 5:00 pm-6:00 pm
Term time -
Barnet u3a Band
Monthly on Thursday mornings 11:00 am-2:00 pm -
Book Group - A Good Read
Monthly on Tuesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
Week 2 -
Book Group - Contemporary Literary Fiction
Monthly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
Week 2 -
Book Group - Non Fiction
Monthly on Monday mornings 10:30 am
Week 2 -
Book Group 1
Monthly on Sunday afternoons 2:00 pm
Week 2 -
Book Group 10 - Crime 2
Monthly on Tuesday mornings 1:30 pm
Week 3 -
Book Group 2
Monthly on Thursday mornings 10:30 am
Week 4 -
Book Group 3
Monthly on Monday mornings 10:30 am
Week 2 -
Book Group 5
Monthly on Wednesday mornings 10:30 am
Last week of the month -
Book Group 6
Monthly on Friday mornings 11:00 am
Week 1 -
Book Group 8
Monthly on Tuesday mornings 10:30 am
Week 2 -
Book Group 9 - Crime
Monthly on Monday afternoons 3:00 pm
Week 2 -
Bookbinding and Origami 1
Monthly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
1st week -
Bookbinding and Origami 2
Monthly on Monday afternoons 3:00 pm-5:00 pm
2nd Week -
Bowls - Outdoors 1
Weekly afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
On Tuesdays and Thursdays during the Summer season -
Bowls - Outdoors 2
Weekly on Friday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
Summer Season -
Bridge - Beginners
Weekly on Tuesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm -
Bridge - Improvers
Weekly on Tuesday mornings 9:45 am
Log on by 9:30 am please -
Bridge - Intermediate
Weekly on Friday afternoons 1:45 pm-4:15 pm -
Bridge - Intermediate Plus
Weekly on Friday mornings 9:45 am-12:00 pm
Log on by 9:30 am please. Note pre game discussion starts at 09.15. -
Bridge - Tutorials
Weekly on Thursdays
in blocks of 6-week sessions -
Bridge - u3a Team Event
Monthly on Sunday afternoons 3:30 pm
Week 1 -
Calligraphy 1
Fortnightly on Monday mornings
Weeks 1 & 3 -
Calligraphy 2
Monthly on Monday mornings 11:00 am
Week 4 -
Canasta
Weekly on Thursday afternoons 1:30 pm-5:00 pm -
Chess
Fortnightly on Wednesday afternoons 3:00 pm-5:00 pm
Weeks 1 & 3 -
Choir/Singing
Weekly on Wednesday mornings 10:30 am
During term time -
Climate Change & Environment
Monthly on Tuesday afternoons 1:00 pm-2:30 pm
Week 3 -
Comparative Religions
Monthly on Friday mornings 10:30 am
Week 3 -
Creative Writing 1
Monthly on Monday afternoons 3:00 pm
Week 3 -
Creative Writing 2
Monthly on Monday afternoons 3:00 pm
Week 3 -
Cribbage 1
Fortnightly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm
Weeks 1 & 3 -
Cribbage 2
Fortnightly on Wednesday afternoons 12:30 pm-2:30 pm
Weeks 1 & 3 -
Crochet
Fortnightly on Monday afternoons 12:00 pm-2:00 pm
Weeks 1 & 3 -
Croquet
Weekly afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
On Tuesdays and Thursdays during the Summer season -
Cryptic Crosswords
Fortnightly on Wednesday afternoons 1:30 pm-3:00 pm
Weeks 2 & 4 -
Current Affairs 1
Fortnightly on Tuesday mornings 10:30 am-12:30 pm -
Current Affairs 2
Monthly on Friday afternoons 2:30 pm
Week 3 -
Current Affairs 3
Monthly on Thursday mornings 10:30 am-12:00 pm
2nd Thursday -
Current Affairs 4
Monthly on Tuesday mornings 10:30 am
Week 2 -
Current Affairs 6
Monthly on Friday mornings 11:00 am-12:30 pm
Week 2 -
Current Affairs 8
Fortnightly on Wednesday mornings 10:30 am -
Current Affairs 9
Fortnightly on Tuesday mornings 10:30 am-11:30 am
Weeks 1 & 3 -
Cycling
Fortnightly on Tuesday mornings 10:00 am
Weeks 2 & 4 -
Darts
Fortnightly on Friday mornings 11:30 am-12:45 pm
Weeks 1 & 3 -
Digital Photography
Monthly on Wednesday mornings 11:30 am
Week 3 -
Egyptology
Monthly on Tuesday mornings 10:30 am
2nd Tuesday -
Family History
Monthly on Wednesday mornings 11:00 am
Week 3 -
French - Beginners/Improvers 1
Weekly on Monday mornings 11:00 am -
French - Fluent Speakers 1
Weekly on Friday mornings 10:30 am -
French - Fluent Speakers 2
Fortnightly on Saturday mornings 10:30 am
Weeks 1 & 3 -
French Conversation 5
Weekly on Wednesday mornings 10:30 am-12:00 pm -
French Improvers
Weekly on Friday afternoons 1:15 pm-2:45 pm -
French Improvers 2
Weekly on Thursday mornings 10:30 am
But not week 1 if the monthly U3A members' meeting in Ewen Hall is of interest. -
French Improvers 3
Weekly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-3:00 pm -
French Reading
Fortnightly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm -
Fringe Theatre 2
On Thursday mornings 11:00 am
Quarterly -
Fringe Theatre 3
Monthly on Saturday afternoons 2:30 pm
Week 3 -
Fun and Games 1
Weekly on Friday afternoons 1:30 pm-3:30 pm -
Fun and Games 2
Weekly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm -
Garden Visits
Monthly on Tuesday mornings
Week 3, Time: As and When -
Gardening 1
Monthly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm
Week 1 -
Gardening 2
Monthly on Friday mornings 10:30 am
Week 2 -
Gardening 3
Monthly on Thursday mornings 10:30 am
Week 2 -
Gardening 4
Weekly on Monday mornings -
German - Improvers
Fortnightly on Friday afternoons 1:30 pm -
German Conversation - Advanced
Weekly on Thursday mornings 12:00 pm-12:40 pm -
German Conversation 1
Weekly on Thursday mornings 10:00 am
* but not Week 1 -
German Conversation 2
Monthly on Tuesday mornings 11:00 am
Week 2 -
Golf - Short Hole
Weekly on Wednesday mornings 10:00 am
during the Summer season -
Greek Classics in Translation
Monthly on Tuesday mornings 11:00 am
Week 3 -
Guitar Group 1 - "The Young Once"
Fortnightly on Monday afternoons 10:00 am-12:00 pm
Weeks 1 & 3 -
Guitar Group 2
Fortnightly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm -
History - Britain 1
Fortnightly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm -
History - Britain 2
Monthly on Friday afternoons 2:30 pm
Week 3 -
History - European 1
Monthly on Thursday afternoons 2:00 pm
Week 1 -
History - European 2
On Thursday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
On the 2nd and 3rd Thursday of each month. -
History - Local 1
Monthly on Friday afternoons 2:00 pm
Last Week of the Month -
History - Local 2
Mornings 11:00 am
as and when -
History - London 1
Fortnightly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm
Weeks 1 & 3 -
History - London 3
Monthly on Friday mornings
Last Friday of the Month -
History - Medicine 2
Monthly on Wednesday mornings 10:30 am
Week 2 -
History - Medieval
Fortnightly on Thursday afternoons 1:30 pm -
History - Roman Britain
Monthly on Thursday mornings 11:00 am-1:00 pm
Week 3 -
Italian - Beginners 2
Fortnightly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm -
Italian - Beginners plus (Pre Intermediate)
Fortnightly on Tuesday mornings 10:30 am
Weeks 1 & 3 -
Italian - Intermediate
Weekly on Monday afternoons 12:15 pm-1:15 pm -
Italian - Lower Intermediate
Fortnightly on Thursday afternoons 2:00 pm
Weeks 2 & 4 -
Italian - Lower Level
Weekly on Monday mornings 9:30 am-10:30 am -
Italian Conversation - Advanced Level
Weekly on Monday mornings 11:00 am-12:00 pm -
Japanese Affairs
Monthly on Mondays 2:30 pm-4:30 pm
Last Monday -
Jazz Appreciation
Fortnightly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm -
Jewellery Making 1
Fortnightly on Tuesday mornings 10:00 am -
Jewellery Making 2
Fortnightly on Friday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
Weeks 1 & 3 -
Jewellery Making 3
Monthly on Friday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
Week 1 -
Jive Dancing
Weekly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm -
Knitting 1
Monthly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm
Week 1 -
Latin (GCSE & Above)
Weekly on Thursday afternoons 12:00 pm-1:00 pm -
Line Dancing - Advanced
Weekly on Tuesday afternoons 2:30 pm -
Line Dancing - Beginners
Weekly on Tuesday afternoons 3:45 pm-4:45 pm
During term time. -
Mahjong 1
Weekly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm -
Mahjong 2
Weekly on Wednesday mornings 10:30 am -
Mahjong 3
Weekly on Wednesday afternoons 2:00 pm -
Mahjong 5
Weekly on Thursday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm -
Members on their own (MOTO)
Fortnightly on Mondays
Week 1 (mornings) & Week 3 (afternoons) -
Music Appreciation 1 – The Vinyl Countdown
Fortnightly on Tuesdays 10:30 am-12:00 pm
From 26th May -
Music Appreciation 2
Fortnightly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:15 pm -
Music Appreciation 3
Fortnightly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm -
Natural History
Monthly on Thursday mornings 10:00 am
Week 3 -
Needlework 1
Fortnightly on Tuesday mornings 10:30 am -
Opera Appreciation
Weekly on Tuesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm -
Out & About 1
Monthly on Thursday mornings
Week 2 -
Out & About 2
On Thursday mornings
Varies -
Painting
Weekly on Tuesday afternoons 1:30 pm -
Painting with Acrylics
Fortnightly on Wednesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm -
Philosophy
Fortnightly on Monday mornings 10:30 am
Weeks 1 & 3 -
Piano Playing
Weekly on Wednesday mornings 11:00 am -
Pilates - Chair 1
Weekly on Wednesday mornings 10:30 am -
Pilates - Chair 2
Weekly on Tuesday afternoons 3:00 pm
during term time -
Pilates 1
Weekly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-3:00 pm -
Pilates 10 Beginners
Weekly on Monday mornings 11:00 am -
Pilates 2
Weekly on Thursday afternoons 2:30 pm -
Pilates 3
Weekly on Tuesday afternoons 2:15 pm-3:15 pm -
Pilates 4
Weekly on Thursday afternoons 12:30 pm -
Pilates 5
Weekly on Monday afternoons 3:15 pm-4:15 pm -
Pilates 6
Weekly on Tuesday afternoons 1:30 pm-2:30 pm -
Pilates 7
Weekly on Wednesday mornings 10:30 am -
Pilates 8
Weekly on Wednesday mornings 11:45 am -
Pilates 9
Weekly on Monday mornings 9:45 am -
Play Reading 2
Monthly on Monday mornings 10:00 am
Week 2 -
Play Reading 3
Monthly on Thursday afternoons 1:30 pm
Week 3 -
Play Reading 5 - Comedies
Monthly on Tuesday afternoons 2:30 pm-4:30 pm
Week 1 -
Poetry Reading
Weekly on Monday afternoons 2:30 pm
On weeks 1 & 3 we meet on Zoom; weeks 2 & 4 we meet at members homes -
Psychology
Monthly on Thursday mornings 10:00 am
Week 4 -
Real Ale Group (RAG)
Monthly on Thursday evenings 6:30 pm
Week 2 -
Recorder Beginners
Fortnightly on Tuesdays 2:30 pm -
Recorder Improvers
Monthly on Fridays 10:30 am-12:30 pm
Week 1 and 3 -
Remarkable Women 1
Fortnightly on Monday mornings 10:00 am
Weeks 1 & 3 -
Remarkable Women 2
Mornings
Occasionally -
Rummikub
Weekly on Wednesday afternoons 1:30 pm -
Science & Technology 1
Monthly on Monday afternoons 2:30 pm-4:30 pm
Week 1 -
Science & Technology 2
Monthly on Friday mornings 10:30 am
Week 2 -
Scrabble 1
Weekly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm -
Shakespeare (Exploring) 1
Fortnightly on Thursday afternoons 2:30 pm-4:30 pm
Weeks 2 & 4 -
Shakespeare (Exploring) 4
Fortnightly on Monday mornings 11:00 am-1:00 pm
Weeks 2 & 4 -
Singing for Pleasure
Weekly on Wednesday afternoons 2:00 pm -
Spanish - Improvers 2
Fortnightly on Wednesday afternoons 2:00 pm
Weeks 2 & 4 -
Spanish - Intermediate
Weekly on Tuesday mornings 10:30 am -
Spanish - Intermediate/Advanced
Weekly on Friday afternoons 2:00 pm-3:30 pm -
Spanish - Lower Intermediate
Fortnightly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm -
Spanish Conversation - Intermediate/Advanced
Weekly on Tuesday mornings 11:00 am-12:30 pm -
Spanish for Improvers 1
Monthly on Wednesdays 2:00 pm
Weeks 2 and 4 -
Sunday Lunches
Monthly on Sunday mornings
The last Sunday of the Month -
Table Tennis 1
Weekly on Wednesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm -
Table Tennis 2
Weekly on Tuesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm -
Tai Chi 1
Weekly on Tuesday mornings 10:00 am
during Term Time -
Tai Chi 2
Weekly on Wednesday mornings 9:30 am
during Term Time -
Tai Chi 3
Weekly on Tuesday mornings 11:00 am
during Term Time -
Tai Chi 4
Weekly on Wednesday mornings 10:30 am
during Term Time -
Tap dancing
Weekly on Monday afternoons 1:00 pm -
Ten Pin Bowling
Fortnightly on Wednesday mornings 10:30 am -
Ukulele 1 - Intermediate
Weekly on Wednesday mornings 10:15 am -
Ukulele 2 - Intermediate
Weekly on Wednesday afternoons 2:15 pm -
Ukulele 3 - Beginners
Weekly on Wednesday afternoons 4:00 pm -
Walking - Nordic
Weekly on Friday afternoons 1:30 pm -
Walks - All Day
Monthly on Thursday mornings 9:30 am
Week 3 (Summer only) -
Walks - Capital Ring
Monthly on Wednesday mornings 9:15 am
Week 2 -
Walks - London History 1
Monthly on Wednesday mornings 11:00 am
Week 2 -
Walks - London History 3
Monthly on Tuesday mornings 11:00 am
Week 1 -
Walks - London Loop
Monthly on Monday all day
Week 3 -
Walks - Longer 2
Monthly on Wednesday mornings 10:15 am
Week 1 -
Walks - Longer 3
Monthly on Monday mornings 10:00 am
Week 1 (except Public Holiday = Week 2) -
Walks - Medium
Monthly on Thursday mornings 10:30 am
Week 2 -
Walks - Short
Fortnightly on Sunday mornings 10:30 am -
Walks – London History 4
Monthly on Thursdays
Week 3 -
Wine Appreciation 1
Monthly on Thursday afternoons 6:30 pm
Last Thursday of the Month -
Wine Appreciation 2
Monthly on Wednesday evenings 7:30 pm
Week 3 -
Wine Appreciation 3
Monthly on Tuesday mornings 10:30 am-12:00 pm
Week 3 -
World War II
Monthly on Thursday mornings 11:00 am
Week 3 -
Yoga 1 - Mat
Weekly on Thursday afternoons 1:45 pm-2:45 pm -
Yoga 2 - Chair
Weekly on Thursday mornings 12:00 pm-1:00 pm
* not Week 1