u3a

Woodstock and District

Members at one of the Speaker Meetings at St Hugh's

Our speaker meetings are in St Hugh’s Centre, Hensington Road, Woodstock OX20 1JL (map) on the first Thursday of the month. Doors open at 2.15pm for the speaker at 2.30pm. Visitors are welcome for the nominal fee of £3. After the invited speaker has given their talk and had questions there is time to mix with other members and have tea/coffee/biscuits.

Do come along to meet us and find out more. 

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Events

Forthcoming events

4th June 2026
2:15 pm
Meeting
John Wilford talks about his 30 years as a sound engineer and tour manager, working with well-known artistes and musicians
Cost: £3 for visitors (refunded if you join the u3a), Free for members
19th June 2026
11:00 am
Outing
The Historic Churches group is entering it's 4th year, with a visit to St Andrews Oddington on Otmoor. As always, the visit of on the third Thursday of the month, […]
Cost: free, but the Chuch will appreciate donations and Gift Aid if possible too
Next Saturday Morning Social is on 6th June at St Mary Magdalene Church, Woodstock 10 -12noon. All welcome by host Denise. Money raised from the sale of refreshments by St Mary's is given to North Oxford Food Bank.

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Members also have access to our many Interest groups and if these are full, waiting places are offered. Interest groups develop around members' own interests and skills and their willingness to run a group and share their knowledge.

Our branch is linked to the Thames Valley Network of u3as where there is access to other talks/lectures by Zoom. Other regions offer Summer Schools and other events and access to these can be found through the various websites or magazine.

We are a part of the National Third Age Trust, who oversee the 1000 plus u3a's in the United Kingdom. They have a brilliant series of online talks, information from here

The Trust publish u3a Matters magazine which is optionally delivered to your home. Please add the fee to your membership as on the membership form. A full year gives five issues.

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