Winter Programme 2025

Event type: Special
Date: Mon 15 Dec 2025
Duration: 23 days
Until: Tue 6 Jan 2026
Queen's Wood in winter. Credit: Michael Johns

Welcome to the NLU3A’s Winter Programme 2025. We have some enjoyable social activities on offer – including short walks and get-togethers – during the festive break period when most of our regular meeting groups are on holiday. 

Download a full list of the Winter Programme events here.

If you wish to take part in any of the activities, please contact the organiser shown in the programme for each event. All NLU3A members are very welcome at all the events.

List of events

Date: Monday 15 December 2025
Coffee Morning at the Egg & Bake, East Finchley
Time: from 10.30am
Location: Egg & Bake, 122 High Road, East Finchley, N2 9ED
Join your event host Mike Lewin and others for a friendly meet-and-chat event at the Egg & Bake. 
To reserve your spot, please contact Mike on 07884 122942 or via email at: michaelglewin@gmail.com

Date: Tuesday 16 December 2025
Coffee Morning at the Woodman Pub. Highgate
Time: from 10.30am
Location: The Woodman pub, Highgate (next to tube station)
Join your event host Kathy Kyriakides and others for a friendly meet-and-chat event at the Woodman Pub in Highgate. 
To reserve your spot, please contact Kathy on 07956 352137 or via email at: kathleenkyriakides@hotmail.com

Date: Friday 19 December 2025
Short Walk 1: Kenwood to Southend Green
Time: 10.30am start
Place: Kenwood to South End Green
Meeting point: Kenwood House Café at 10.30am
Kenwood to South End Green. Meet at 10.30am at Kenwood House Café. The walk is from Kenwood House downhill to South End Green, Hampstead.
To book your place on this walk or for further information, please email Janet Leifer at: leiferjanet@gmail.com

Date: Friday 19 December 2025
Afternoon Drinks at The Old White Lion with Kathy
Time: 3.00pm onwards
Venue: The Old White Lion pub next to East Finchley Underground Station
Join Kathy and friends for drinks from 3pm in The Old White Lion, next to East Finchley Underground Station. 
To book a place please contact: kathleenkyriakides@hotmail.com or 07956 352137

Date: Tuesday 23 December 2025
Coffee Morning at the Egg & Bake, East Finchley
Time: from 10.30am
Location: Egg & Bake, 122 High Road, East Finchley, N2 9ED
Join your event host Mike Lewin and others for a friendly meet-and-chat event at the Egg & Bake. 
To reserve your spot, please contact Mike on 07884 122942 or via email at: michaelglewin@gmail.com

Date: Friday 26 December 2025
Short Walk 2: Waterlow ParkTime: 10.30am start
Location: Waterlow Park
Meeting point: Outside Lauderdale House Café at 10.30am
Blow away the cobwebs following the excesses of Christmas with a Boxing Day walk through Waterlow Park on Highgate Hill, downhill towards Parliament Hill Fields, ending at Swains Lane. 
To book your place on this walk or for further information, please email Janet Leifer at: leiferjanet@gmail.com

Date: Monday 29 December 2025
Coffee Morning at The Old White Lion, East Finchley
Time: from 11.00am
Location: The Old White Lion pub next to East Finchley Underground Station
Join your event host Sally and others for a friendly meet-and-chat event at the Old White Lion. 
To reserve your place, please send an email to sallyatko24@gmail.com

Date: Tuesday 31 December 2025
New Year’s Eve Coffee Morning with Ruth Silver
Time: 10.00am – 12.00pm
Location: Collingridge House, 5 Old Park Road, Enfield Chase EN2 7BE 
Join Ruth and others from the northern reaches of our catchment area for a friendly meet-and-chat event at Collingridge House, Enfield Chase which is just a short walk away from Enfield Chase station. If you don’t fancy walking up Windmill Hill, there is a bus stop outside the station and one stop to the top of Old Park Road. Bus numbers 121, 307, 377, and 456 stop at the top of Old Park Road. There is plenty of on street parking.
To reserve your spot, please contact Ruth at: membership@nlu3a.org.ukand she will confirm the Flat Number.

Date: Tuesday 31 December 2025
New Years Eve Drinks at The Old White Lion with Kathy
Time: 3.30pm until 6.30pm
Location: The Old White Lion pub next to East Finchley Underground Station
Join Kathy and friends for a drink from 3.30pm to see off the old year in The Old White Lion, East Finchley Station. 
To book a place please contact: kathleenkyriakides@hotmail.com or 07956 352137

Date: Friday 2 January 2026
Short Walk 3: Canal WalkTime: 10.30am start
Location: Haggerston to the Angel
Meeting point: Outside Highbury and Islington Station at 10.30 am.
Walk off those extra pounds you have put on over the festive period with a water side stroll along the Regents Canal from Haggerston to the Angel, Islington. It is a level walk, so not too strenuous. 
To book your place on this walk or for further information, please email Janet Leifer at: leiferjanet@gmail.com

Date: Tuesday 6 January 2026
Pub Lunch at Mossy Well Pub, Muswell Hill.
Time: 12.00pm
Location: Mossy Well pub, Muswell Hill Click here for pub website
Join Sally and others for a lovely pub lunch at the Mossy Well, named after a medieval Holy Well at the top of Muswell Hill. The pub is located on the Muswell Hill roundabout, and we will be seated upstairs at the long tables. It's the perfect opportunity for good conversation and great food! 
To book your place, please send an email to sallyatko24@gmail.com