These are outings venturing outside London itself to enjoy visiting places of interest.
We visit locations such as country houses and gardens, picturesque towns and villages, and places of historic interest. The outings last a whole day, with a coach picking people up at East Finchley tube station in the morning and getting home by 6.00pm–7.00pm.
Further Away Days are open to all NLU3A members. You don't need to join an Interest Group to come along – just choose an outing that interests you and apply. To secure a place, you’ll need to pay in advance for coach travel and admission charges.
Upcoming Further Away Days will be advertised here, in The Northern Line magazine, and in the monthly news email.
Forthcoming events
Further Away Day to Waltham Abbey and river cruise
Sat 21 Sep 2024
On Saturday 21 September, Further Away Days are offering a River Lea cruise plus a visit to Waltham Abbey and its busy Saturday market. The coach will be leaving East […]
Cost: £54
Booking Required
Previous events
Credit: Len Williams/Wikimedia Commons
Mon 3 Jun 2024
9:30am
This Further Away Day outing is on Monday 3 June, when we will visit the Cliveden estate and Cookham village in Berkshire. We will travel by coach, leaving East Finchley […]
Cost: The cost for NLU3A members will be £26 for those who are also members of the National Trust, or £44.50 for those who are not NT members.
Booking Required
Polesden Lacey House and Gardens
Fri 24 May 2024
9:30am
Our planned Further Away Day trip to Polesden Lacey on 8 March unfortunately had to be cancelled at the last minute due to snow. We have now managed to re-book […]
Cost: £42.00 (U3A members)/£45.00 (non-U3A members) National Trust members pay less: £28.00 (U3A members)/£31.00 (non-U3A members)
Booking Required
Mon 22 Apr 2024
On Monday 22 April we will be visiting the Wimpole Hall Estate in Cambridgeshire, a magnificent neo-classical mansion built in the 1640s. The house was remodelled several times in the […]
Tue 1 Aug 2023
We will be visiting Saffron Walden and Audley End (which we last visited 10 years ago, as the very first Far Away Day outing!) Our first stop is at the […]
Cost: £30.00 NLU3A members, 33.00 non-members
Booking Required