Event Category: Summer Programme

  • Summer Evening Drinks with Sally at The Old White Lion

    Location: The Old White Lion, 121 Great North Road, East Finchley, N2 0NW Join Sally and friends for a drink to mark the end of the Summer Programme from 4pm in The Old White Lion, next to East Finchley station.   To book a place, please contact the organiser Sally Atkinson. Read more

  • Short Walk 7: Golders Hill Park

    Meeting point: Outside Golders Hill Park Café at 10.30am The park is managed by the City of London Corporation as part of the parkland and commons in and near Hampstead Heath, and is part of the Hampstead Heath Site of Metropolitan Importance for Nature Conservation. To book your place on this walk or for further information, please contact the organiser Janet… Read more

  • LAV Group: Oxford and the Bodleian Library

    Please book by 12 August Meeting point: Marylebone Mainline station for train journey to Oxford, time to be confirmed The visit will include lunch at the King’s Head and a 60-minute conducted tour of the Bodleian Library at 2pm (costs £15) followed by free time in the City of Oxford. The Bodleian Library - Delve into the drama… Read more

  • Historic Walk: The Heart of High Barnet

    Please book by 12 August. Meeting point:  Meet outside Barnet College in Wood Street at 9.50am Join us for a walk through 1000 years of history. See the brewery that became a town hall, and a church that became a shopping centre. Marvel at some truly beautiful houses and alms-houses. Hear about the Battle of Barnet, and a fair… Read more

  • Historic Walk: North Bank of the Thames

    Meeting point: Westminster station (on the Circle and District line, one stop west from Embankment on the Charing Cross branch of the Northern line) at 10.30 for a 10.45 start This walk, from Westminster Pier to Walbrook Wharf, is based upon an article included in a Londonist blog by Matt Brown on 11 February this year.… Read more

  • Short Walk 6: River Lea

    Meeting point: Outside Tottenham Hale station at 10.30am This walk incorporates only a small section of the 50-mile route that follows the River Lea from Luton to the Thames by way of London’s former market garden valley.  To book your place on this walk or for further information, please contact the organiser, Janet Leifer. Read more

  • Taster Session: Scrabble – Prussia

    We meet once a month at The King of Prussia in Regents Park Road, N3 1DH, which is almost opposite Finchley Central tube station and on several bus routes. We would welcome new members particularly to this Summer Programme taster session. If you can, please bring your own Scrabble set with you, at least for… Read more

  • Historic Walk: Kings Cross and St Pancras

    Meeting point: Kings Cross Rail Station at Information Point near departure boards and seating. Please assemble at 10.15 for 10.30 start The aim of the NLU3A London History Group is to provide a comfortable walk for exploring the historical interest of a particular area, including viewing buildings, churches, ruins, and open spaces. We begin at Kings… Read more

  • Pooter Walk: The Diary of a Nobody walk

    Please book by 12 August. This 90-minute walking tour shows you the inspiration behind the places and characters created by the brothers Grossmiths in their satirical diary of a middle-class Victorian, The Diary of a Nobody. The walk starts near Upper Holloway station (less than 5 mins from Archway station) and ends at the Nags Head junction… Read more

  • Art on Location 5: Lauderdale House

    Meeting point: The café at Lauderdale House This year, the NLU3A Art Groups will be meeting up again at local venues during the summer to work ‘en plein air’. Please note that benches at the venues are limited, so it is recommended that you bring a portable stool. If you haven’t worked outside before, please bring… Read more