WALKS/VISITS FOR u3a MEMBERS – MARKING WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH
Continuing the London Region’s successful series of guided walks and
visits to museums and galleries, we are delighted to present a new
programme to mark Women’s History Month during March 2026.
These events have been carefully selected for our members. Each
walk/visit is organised and led by a qualified guide and lasts between 1.5 – 2
hours.
The events are bookable separately and costs £10.00 each with a maximum
of 12 – 20 participants. No refunds.
To book: this notification is for advance information only with the booking
links going live on
8th February 2026 for sessions 4th
-14th March inclusive
15th February 2026 for sessions 18th
-14th March inclusive
Please apply and pay online in advance – it’s quick and easy, saves paper and
helps with administration.
BACs payment: If you do not wish to pay through the online booking system you
may pay by bank transfer to London Region’s bank account – details provided by
email upon request. Note :this is slower than paying online. Place confirmed
only upon receipt of payment.
Booking/Payment Confirmation: Your booking and payment confirmations will
be sent to you by email on receipt of payment. If you think that you have not
received the Booking Confirmation, please check your spam/junk folder before
emailing the contact below.
Please bring your Booking Confirmation and Payment Confirmation with
you (paper or ‘phone) on the day/s you attend, as this will act as your
ticket.
Contact for enquiries: Bookings.lru3a@gmail.com
Registered Charity Number 1186441 https://lru3a.u3asite.uk/
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PROGRAMME SUMMARY
See page reference for event details and booking links
Date & Time Event Type Event Title Page
Wed 4 March
11.00-12.30
Gallery Visit Women in the Imperial War Museum 3
Wed 4 March
13.30-15.00
Gallery Visit Women in the Imperial War Museum
Repeat of morning walk
4
Fri 6 March
1100-12.30/40
Walk Finding the Women 5
Mon 9 March
10.45-12.45
Walk Pioneering Women in Medicine and
Science
6
Mon 9 March
14.15-16.15
Walk Women and Conflict 7
Tue 10 March
11.00-13.00
Gallery Visit Women at the Wallace Collection 8
Sat 14 March
11.00-13.00
Gallery Visit Women at the Wallace Collection
Repeat of visit on 10 March
9
Wed 18 March
11.00-12.30
Gallery Visit Women in the National Portrait
Gallery
10
Wed 18 March
13.30-15.00
Gallery Visit Women in the National Portrait
Gallery Repeat of morning visit
11
Thu 19 March
11.00-12.30
Walk Bloomsbury Women in the 1920s 12
Thu 19 March
14.00-15.30
Walk Bloomsbury Women in the 1920s
Repeat of morning walk
13
Tue 24 March
10.45-12.45
Walk Women and Conflict
Repeat of walk on 9 March
14
Tue 24 March
14.15-16.15
Walk Pioneering Women in Medicine and
Science
Repeat of walk on 9 March
15
Notes
Our experienced Guides have noted any significant points for their own walk in the Programme
description.
On the day, Guides will brief their groups in more detail about the route and any specific
instructions.
However, the following general points apply to all walks:
• A back-marker will be nominated by the Guide to keep an eye on those at the back of
the group.
• Guides may be equipped with voice amplification equipment.
• All Guides are qualified and full members of Guiding associations with third party
insurance but if Applicants have any issues that the Guide needs to know about, please
indicate this in your application form.
• Please wear suitable footwear and clothing; bring drinking water and other essential
personal items; coins (50p recommended) for public toilets.
Contact for enquiries:Bookings.lru3a@gmail.com
Registered Charity Number 1186441 https://lru3a.u3asite.uk/
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VISIT FOR u3a MEMBERS
WOMEN IN THE IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM,
WEDNESDAY 4th MARCH 2026 11.00-12.30 (morning)
GUIDE: HAZEL BEALE
Time Session
Type
Session Description
11.00-
12.30
Visit MEETING PLACE : Imperial War Museum, in the Café, inside the
museum.
Nearest underground: Lambeth North on Bakerloo line; Elephant
& Castle on Bakerloo and Northern Lines; Waterloo on Bakerloo,
Jubilee, Northern and Waterloo & City Lines plus national rail.
Various buses run near the Museum – look up TFL.
Suggest participants consult the TFL Step free tube guide.
Description
We will look at artworks in the Imperial War Museum by or about
women, including Dame Laura Knight’s powerful paintings ‘Ruby
Loftus screwing a breech-ring’ (1943) and ‘The Nuremberg Trial
1946′, and Anna Airey’s ‘A shell forge at a national projectile
factory in Hackney Marshes’ (1918). We will hear about women
who were professional photographers and artists during the two
World Wars, and other notable women such as Lucille
Hollingdale, who was awarded the British Empire Medal in 1947
for rescuing British airmen shot down in France, and Joan
Hughes who became Britain’s youngest qualified female test pilot
in 1935 at the age of 17.
Max 12participants.
Cost: £10.00. No refunds.
Hazel Beale: trained as a London Blue Badge guide, City of London guide and London Borough
of Camden guide. She is a volunteer guide at the British Museum, Tate Britain, Tate Modern and
Red House in Bexleyheath. She leads frequent walks and talks for her local U3A (Southeast
London).
Contact for enquiries: Bookings.lru3a@gmail.com
Registered Charity Number 1186441 https://lru3a.u3asite.uk/
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VISIT FOR u3a MEMBERS
WOMEN IN THE IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM,
WEDNESDAY 4th MARCH 2026 13.30-15.00 (afternoon)
GUIDE: HAZEL BEALE
Time Session
Type
Session Description
13.30-
15.00
Visit
MEETING PLACE: Imperial War Museum, in the Café, inside the
THIS IS A
REPEAT
OF THE
VISIT
HELD ON
THE
MORNING
OF THIS
DATE
museum.
Nearest underground: Lambeth North on Bakerloo line; Elephant
& Castle on Bakerloo and Northern Lines; Waterloo on Bakerloo,
Jubilee, Northern and Waterloo & City Lines plus national rail.
Various buses run near the Museum – look up TFL.
Suggest participants consult the TFL Step free tube guide.
Description
We will look at artworks in the Imperial War Museum by or about
women, including Dame Laura Knight’s powerful paintings ‘Ruby
Loftus screwing a breech-ring’ (1943) and ‘The Nuremberg Trial
1946′, and Anna Airey’s ‘A shell forge at a national projectile
factory in Hackney Marshes’ (1918). We will hear about women
who were professional photographers and artists during the two
World Wars, and other notable women such as Lucille
Hollingdale, who was awarded the British Empire Medal in 1947
for rescuing British airmen shot down in France, and Joan
Hughes who became Britain’s youngest qualified female test pilot
in 1935 at the age of 17.
Max 12 participants.
Cost:£10.00. No refunds.
Hazel Beale: trained as a London Blue Badge guide, City of London guide and London Borough
of Camden guide. London).
She is a volunteer guide at the British Museum, Tate Britain, Tate Modern and
Red House in Bexleyheath. She leads frequent walks and talks for her local U3A (Southeast
Contact for enquiries: Bookings.lru3a@gmail.com
Registered Charity Number 1186441 https://lru3a.u3asite.uk/
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WALK FOR u3a MEMBERS
FINDING THE WOMEN
FRIDAY 6TH MARCH 2026
GUIDES: JO WILKINSON and AMANDA McKERRACHER
Time Session
Type
Session Description
11.00-
12.30/40
Walk MEETING PLACE: Goodge Street underground station outside the
EXIT ( there is a separate entrance point) on the Street
(Tottenham Court Road).
Nearest underground, Northern Line.
Walk ends Marchmont Street near Russell Square underground.
Nearest underground, Piccadilly Line
We suggest participants consult the TFL Step free tube guide.
Description
Walk with us to hear the stories of fascinating women from past
centuries whose lives still inspire us today. We will meet a
mother and daughter whose remarkable lives gave us two of the
most famous pieces of writing of the 18th and 19th centuries,
activists both for and against women’s suffrage and a woman
born into slavery who overcame appalling suffering to live by her
own rules. There will be medical trail blazers, writers, royalty and
nameless, desperate mothers. We will delve into these intriguing
lives as we explore the fine streets and delightful squares of
Bloomsbury.
Max 20 participants.
Cost: £10.00. No refunds.
Jo Wilkinson : Born and bred in Central London, Jo is a guide in the City of London, Camden, the
British Museum, the Foundling Museum and the London Charterhouse. With a degree in Ancient
History she enjoys nothing more than introducing the place she still regards as home to others.
Amanda McKerracher: Amanda is an historian who guides in the City of London, Camden, the
Guildhall Art Gallery and the Old Palace, Croydon. With a love of gardening and an interest in
literature, the squares of Bloomsbury hold a special fascination for her which she enjoys sharing
with visitors.
Contact for enquiries: Bookings.lru3a@gmail.com
Registered Charity Number 1186441 https://lru3a.u3asite.uk/
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WALK FOR u3a MEMBERS
PIONEERING WOMEN IN MEDICINE AND SCIENCE,
MONDAY 9th MARCH 2026
GUIDE: KAREN GOLANSKI
Time Session
Type
Session Description
10.45-
12.45
Walk MEETING PLACE : Outside Euston Square underground station
(exit on south side of Euston Road). NOT EUSTON STATION.
Nearest underground Lines: Metropolitan, Circle and
Hammersmith & City Lines.
The walk ends on Euston Road opposite the Unison Building.
Suggest participants consult the TFL Step free tube guide.
Description
On this tour I will introduce you to some extraordinary and single-
minded women who had to use brains, determination and
cunning to enter a world that had been a no-entry zone for them.
Some may be familiar names but some will not and deserve more
recognition.
Max 15 participants.
Cost: £10.00. No refunds.
Karen Golanski : Karen has been a walking tour guide for 10 years starting with the City of London
qualification followed by Westminster and Camden. Her previous career was as a physiotherapist.
Special interests in her portfolio include medicine, law and order, theatre and the role of women in
London history.
Contact for enquiries: Bookings.lru3a@gmail.com
Registered Charity Number 1186441 https://lru3a.u3asite.uk/
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WALK FOR u3a MEMBERS
WOMEN AND CONFLICT,
MONDAY 9th MARCH 2026
GUIDE: KAREN GOLANSKI
Time Session
Type
Session Description
14.15 –
16.15
Walk MEETING PLACE :St. Martin in the Fields Church (on the steps)
close to Trafalgar Square.
Nearest underground stations: Leicester Square on Piccadilly and
Northern Lines. Charing Cross underground on Northern and
Bakerloo Lines and Charing Cross national rail.
NB Charing Cross may have access issues.
The walk ends at Westminster Underground station.
Suggest participants consult the TFL Step free tube guide.
Description
A walk exploring the influence of women in various conflicts in
our history, both on and off the field of battle. The walk will be of
interest to both sexes!
Max 15 participants.
Cost: £10.00. No refunds.
Karen Golanski : Karen has been a walking tour guide for 10 years starting with the City of London
qualification followed by Westminster and Camden. Her previous career was as a physiotherapist.
Special interests in her portfolio include medicine, law and order, theatre and the role of women in
London history.
Contact for enquiries: Bookings.lru3a@gmail.com
Registered Charity Number 1186441 https://lru3a.u3asite.uk/
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VISIT FOR u3a MEMBERS
WOMEN AT THE WALLACE COLLECTION
TUESDAY 10th MARCH 2026
GUIDE: RICHARD COHEN
Time Session
Type
Session Description
11.00 –
13.00
Visit MEETING PLACE :
In the forecourt in front of the Wallace museum, near the Wallace
Fountain to the right of the main entrance
Manchester Square, London W1U 3BN.
Nearest underground station is Bond Street on the Elizabeth,
Central and Jubilee Lines.
Suggest participants consult the TFL Step free tube guide.
Description
To mark Women’s History Month, we take a fresh look at the
Wallace Collection focussing on a diverse selection of
extraordinary art works representing women of power and women
in many different situations. The Wallace is a national museum in
an historic London town house. Its 25 galleries form a unique
collection as it has remained almost unchanged for more than 125
years. The setting of the gallery is truly elegant and a glorious
reminder of a long-since departed aristocratic way of life. There is
also a very comfortable place for refreshments in the gallery after
the tour.
Max 20 participants.
Cost: £10.00. No refunds.
Richard Cohen : He is an experienced guide with qualifications to guide in several different parts
of London. He has worked for many years with U3A in London and is passionate about sharing his
enthusiasm for the history of our great city. You can read more about him here.
Contact for enquiries: Bookings.lru3a@gmail.com
Registered Charity Number 1186441 https://lru3a.u3asite.uk/
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VISIT FOR u3a MEMBERS
WOMEN AT THE WALLACE COLLECTION
SATURDAY 14th MARCH 2026
GUIDE: RICHARD COHEN
Time Session
Type
Session Description
11.00 –
13.00
Visit
MEETING PLACE : In the forecourt in front of the Wallace
REPEAT
OF VISIT
OF 10
MARCH
Museum near the Wallace Fountain to the right of the main
entrance
Manchester Square, London W1U 3BN.
Nearest underground station is Bond Street on the Elizabeth,
Central and Jubilee Lines.
Suggest participants consult the TFL Step free tube guide.
Description
To mark Women’s History Month, we take a fresh look at the
Wallace Collection focussing on a diverse selection of
extraordinary art works representing women of power and women
in many different situations. The Wallace is a national museum in
an historic London town house. Its 25 galleries form a unique
collection as it has remained almost unchanged for more than 125
years. The setting of the gallery is truly elegant and a glorious
reminder of a long-since departed aristocratic way of life. There is
also a very comfortable place for refreshments in the gallery after
the tour.
Max 20 participants.
Cost: £10.00. No refunds.
Richard Cohen : Richard is an experienced guide with qualifications to guide in several different
parts of London. He has worked for many years with U3A in London and is passionate about sharing
his enthusiasm for the history of our great city. You can read more about him here.
Contact for enquiries: Bookings.lru3a@gmail.com
Registered Charity Number 1186441 https://lru3a.u3asite.uk/
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VISIT FOR u3a MEMBERS
WOMEN IN THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY,
WEDNESDAY 18th MARCH 2026 11.00-12.30 (morning)
GUIDE: HAZEL BEALE
Time Session
Type
Session Description
10.45 for
11.00-
12.30
Visit MEETING PLACE : Meet inside the entrance after the Security
Check near the Information Desk.
Recommended: allow time to get through Security, visit facilities,
leave items in lockers.
Nearest underground: Leicester Square on Piccadilly and
Northern Lines. Charing Cross underground on Northern and
Bakerloo Lines and Charing Cross national rail.
NB Charing Cross may have access issues.
Suggest participants consult the TFL Step free tube guide.
Description
We will look at artworks by or about women in the National
Portrait Gallery, including the 1872 portrait by Ford Madox Brown
of Millicent Garrett Fawcett, the campaigner for women’s
suffrage, with her blind husband Henry Fawcett, the 1900 portrait
by John Singer Sargent of the physician and suffragist Elizabeth
Garrett Anderson, and the 1913 self-portrait by Dame Laura
Knight who in 1936 became the third female full member of the
Royal Academy. We will also see portraits of notable women such
as Mary Wollstonecraft, Ada Lovelace, Mary Beale, Octavia Hill
and the Pankhursts.
Max 12 participants.
Cost:£10.00. No refunds.
Hazel Beale : trained as a London Blue Badge guide, City of London guide and London Borough
of Camden guide. London).
She is a volunteer guide at the British Museum, Tate Britain, Tate Modern and
Red House in Bexleyheath. She leads frequent walks and talks for her local U3A (Southeast
Contact for enquiries: Bookings.lru3a@gmail.com
Registered Charity Number 1186441 https://lru3a.u3asite.uk/
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VISIT FOR u3a MEMBERS
WOMEN IN THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY,
WEDNESDAY 18th MARCH 2026 13.30-15.00 (afternoon)
GUIDE: HAZEL BEALE
Time Session
Type
Session Description
13.15 for
13.30 –
15.00
Visit
THIS IS A
REPEAT
OF THE
VISIT
MADE IN
THE
MORNING
OF THIS
DAY
MEETING PLACE :Meet inside the entrance after the Security
Check near the Information Desk.
Recommended: allow time to get through Security, visit facilities,
leave items in lockers.
Nearest underground : Leicester Square on Piccadilly and
Northern Lines. Charing Cross underground on Northern and
Bakerloo Lines and Charing Cross national rail.
NB Charing Cross may have access issues.
Suggest participants consult the TFL Step free tube guide.
Description
We will look at artworks by or about women in the National
Portrait Gallery, including the 1872 portrait by Ford Madox Brown
of Millicent Garrett Fawcett, the campaigner for women’s
suffrage, with her blind husband Henry Fawcett, the 1900 portrait
by John Singer Sargent of the physician and suffragist Elizabeth
Garrett Anderson, and the 1913 self-portrait by Dame Laura
Knight who in 1936 became the third female full member of the
Royal Academy. We will also see portraits of notable women such
as Mary Wollstonecraft, Ada Lovelace, Mary Beale, Octavia Hill
and the Pankhursts.
Max 12 participants.
Cost: £10.00. No refunds.
Hazel Beale : trained as a London Blue Badge guide, City of London guide and London Borough
of Camden guide. London).
She is a volunteer guide at the British Museum, Tate Britain, Tate Modern and
Red House in Bexleyheath. She leads frequent walks and talks for her local U3A (Southeast
Contact for enquiries: Bookings.lru3a@gmail.com
Registered Charity Number 1186441 https://lru3a.u3asite.uk/
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WALK FOR u3a MEMBERS
BLOOMSBURY WOMEN IN THE 1920s,
THURSDAY 19TH MARCH 2026 11.00-12.30 (morning)
GUIDE: OONAGH GAY
Time Session
Type
Session Description
11.00-
12.30
Walk MEETING PLACE : Russell Square underground station outside
on the street.
Nearest underground station – Russell Square on Piccadilly Line.
Walk ends Red Lion Square near Holborn underground which is
on Central and Piccadilly Lines.
Suggest participants consult the TFL Step free tube guide.
Description
Discover visionary cultural and political thinkers of the 1920s in
East Bloomsbury, such as Winifred Holtby, Dorothy L Sayers and
the economist Eileen Power. We associate Bloomsbury women
with Virginia Woolf, but there were many other influencers who
came here, attracted by low rents, and cultural connectivity.
Women in particular could live here independently and develop
new ideas for society following the Greet War. Annie Besant took
up the cause of Indian independence. Cultural life in London
became much more diverse with the addition of women’s voices,
and professions such as the law became open to them for the
first time. See where the first woman barrister to prosecute a
murder trial began her career; Helena Normanton has only
recently been recognised with an English Heritage plaque.
Max 20 participants.
Cost: £10.00. No refunds.
Oonagh Gay is a qualified Camden and Islington guide with 11 years experience. She specialises
in walks on the subject of pioneering women. She worked as a researcher for the House of
Commons Library for 30 years in her previous career and has a lifelong interest in London history.
Contact for enquiries: Bookings.lru3a@gmail.com
Registered Charity Number 1186441 https://lru3a.u3asite.uk/
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WALK FOR u3a MEMBERS
BLOOMSBURY WOMEN IN THE 1920s
THURSDAY 19TH MARCH 2026 14.00-15.30 (afternoon)
GUIDE: OONAGH GAY
Time Session
Type
Session Description
14.00 –
15.30
Walk
THIS IS A
REPEAT
OF THE
MORNING
WALK ON
THIS
DATE
MEETING PLACE :Russell Square underground station outside on
the street.
Nearest underground station Russell Square on Piccadilly Line.
Walk ends Red Lion Square near Holborn underground which is
on Central and Piccadilly Lines.
Suggest participants consult the TFL Step free tube guide.
Description
Discover visionary cultural and political thinkers of the 1920s in
East Bloomsbury, such as Winifred Holtby, Dorothy L Sayers and
the economist Eileen Power. We associate Bloomsbury women
with Virginia Woolf, but there were many other influencers who
came here, attracted by low rents, and cultural connectivity.
Women in particular could live here independently and develop
new ideas for society following the Greet War. Annie Besant took
up the cause of Indian independence. Cultural life in London
became much more diverse with the addition of women’s voices,
and professions such as the law became open to them for the
first time. See where the first woman barrister to prosecute a
murder trial began her career; Helena Normanton has only
recently been recognised with an English Heritage plaque.
Max 20 participants.
Cost:£10.00. No refunds.
Oonagh Gay is a qualified Camden and Islington guide with 11 years experience. She specialises
in walks on the subject of pioneering women. She worked as a researcher for the House of
Commons Library for 30 years in her previous career and has a lifelong interest in London history.
Contact for enquiries: Bookings.lru3a@gmail.com
Registered Charity Number 1186441 https://lru3a.u3asite.uk/
Page 13 of 15March 2026 Walks and Visits
WALK FOR u3a MEMBERS
WOMEN AND CONFLICT,
TUESDAY 24th MARCH 2026
GUIDE: KAREN GOLANSKI
Time Session
Type
Session Description
10.45 –
12.45
Walk
THIS IS A
REPEAT
OF THE
WALK ON
MON 9th
MARCH
MEETING PLACE : St. Martin in the Fields Church (on the steps)
close to Trafalgar Square
Nearest underground stations: Leicester Square on Piccadilly
and Northern Lines. Charing Cross underground on Northern
and Bakerloo Lines and Charing Cross national rail.
NB Charing Cross may have access issues.
The walk ends at Westminster Underground station.
Suggest participants consult the TFL Step free tube guide.
Description
A walk exploring the influence of women in various conflicts in
our history, both on and off the field of battle. The walk will be of
interest to both sexes!
Max 15 participants.
Cost:£10.00. No refunds.
Karen Golanski : Karen has been a walking tour guide for 10 years starting with the City of London
qualification followed by Westminster and Camden. Her previous career was as a physiotherapist.
Special interests in her portfolio include medicine, law and order, theatre and the role of women in
London history.
Contact for enquiries: Bookings.lru3a@gmail.com
Registered Charity Number 1186441 https://lru3a.u3asite.uk/
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WALK FOR u3a MEMBERS
PIONEERING WOMEN IN MEDICINE AND SCIENCE,
TUESDAY 24th MARCH 2026
GUIDE: KAREN GOLANSKI
Time Session
Type
Session Description
14.15-
16.15
Walk
THIS IS A
REPEAT
OF THE
WALK ON
MON 9
MARCH
MEETING PLACE : Euston Square underground station (exit on
the south side of Euston Road). NOT EUSTON STATION
Nearest underground Lines : Metropolitan, Circle and
Hammersmith & City Lines.
The walk ends on Euston Road opposite the Unison Building.
Suggest participants consult the TFL Step free tube guide.
Description
On this tour I will introduce you to some extraordinary and single-
minded women who had to use brains, determination and
cunning to enter a world that had been a no-entry zone for them.
Some may be familiar names but some will not and deserve more
recognition.
Max 15 participants.
Cost:£10.00. No refunds.
Karen Golanski : Karen has been a walking tour guide for 10 years starting with the City of London
qualification followed by Westminster and Camden. Her previous career was as a physiotherapist.
Special interests in her portfolio include medicine, law and order, theatre and the role of women in
London history.
Contact for enquiries: Bookings.lru3a@gmail.com
Registered Charity Number 1186441 https://lru3a.u3asite.uk/
