Events

24 Feb 2026 – Florence Nightingale Museum – Away Day

Florence Nightingale Museum: Tour. Florence Nightingale was named after the Italian city in which she was born. She laid the foundation of professional nursing when she established her nursing school in St Thomas’ Hospital, where the Museum is now situated. Her most famous contribution came during the Crimean War, where she gained her nickname, ‘the Lady with the Lamp’.

Our guided tour starts at 12.30pm and lasts about 30 minutes. Afterwards you’ll have the opportunity to look round the exhibits on your own, which, it is suggested, should take another 30 minutes.

There are a couple of places nearby to stop for coffee – Gail’s Bakery and the Slug & Lettuce (they are happy to serve coffee only), located on the corner of York Road and Chicheley Street. Afterwards a stroll around the Jubilee Gardens near the London Eye may be in order, weather permitting, or a visit to Tate Modern, about a 15-minute walk along the South Bank, or you can take the bus.

Meeting Time/Place: 11.15am (note later time than usual), Waterloo Station opposite Platform 4 Travel: From Waterloo Station it’s approximately a 15-minute walk to the Museum in Lambeth Palace Road.

Cost: £13.40 (includes entry fee and tour)

Accessibility: The exhibition is all on the ground floor.

To join us, please fill in the form in the centre of this newsletter and send it with your cheque, made payable to Kingston u3a GAS, to Pam Townsend. pamandgil@icloud.com, 07789 397635

2nd March – Monthly Meeting – Being a Global Pharmacist

Trudi Hilton talks about setting up pharmacy services in war-torn areas

Held at the Richard Mayo Hall, Kingston Doors open at 1.30 talk starts at 2.00. Coffee/ tea and biscuits at the end of the talk. Cost £1.00 to members £1.50 foe guests.

20th March 2026 – Global Warming & Your Grandchildren’s World – Surrey Network

Presented by Dr Colin Summerhayes & Professor Jan Zalasiewicz

We offer hybrid events so that members can attend the hall or view the study days online. The fees from February 2025, including coffee/tea and biscuits, are £12 for hall attendance or £7 online, £15 for guests and £15 for all attendees paying at the door, although booking in advance is preferred.

For more Details and Booking Information Click on the Link Below

https://surreynetwork.u3asite.uk/events/

13 April Monthly Meeting – Archaelogical Frauds, Hoaxes and Silly Things

A talk by Scott McCracken

Held at the Richard Mayo Hall, Kingston Doors open at 1.30 talk starts at 2.00. Coffee/ tea and biscuits at the end of the talk. Cost £1.00 to members £1.50 foe guests.

11th May Monthly Meeting – To be Confirmed

Held at the Richard Mayo Hall, Kingston Doors open at 1.30 talk starts at 2.00. Coffee/ tea and biscuits at the end of the talk. Cost £1.00 to members £1.50 foe guests.

1st June Monthly meeting – Walking with Polar Bears

Gillian Lloyd a photographer, her travels abroad with her photographs

Held at the Richard Mayo Hall, Kingston Doors open at 1.30 talk starts at 2.00. Coffee/ tea and biscuits at the end of the talk. Cost £1.00 to members £1.50 foe guests.

6th Nov – Charles Dickens Museum – Visits

48 Doughty Street in Bloomsbury was the London home of Charles Dickens 1837-1839.

The five-storey house opened as a museum 100 years ago on 9 June 1925. It holds the world’s most important Dickens collection. It contains many mementos from Dickens’s life and writings.

The house is furnished throughout as it was when Dickens and his family were in residence. There are thousands of objects on display, including the writing desk where he wrote Great Expectations and A Tale of Two Cities. I

n the basemen kitchen is the washhouse copper, which was cleaned out every December so they could boil the Christmas pudding. The artefacts, manuscripts, paintings and furniture give a valuable insight into Dickens’s life,

his family and the times in which they lived.

Only small handbags or backpacks are allowed in the Museum and must be worn on the front, or carried by hand.

After the visit, to round off your day, you may want to spend time in the British Museum, which is a short walk away from Dickens’s house.
Date: Thursday, 6 November

Meeting Time/Place: 10.15am, Waterloo Station opposite platforms 1-4

Travel: We leave the Station via the escalator to walk to the bus stop and take a bus to Russell Square (details to follow). After refreshments at the Caffè Tropea in the Square (not included in the price), we set off for the 15/20-minute walk to the Museum. Depending on the group size, our entry may be staggered, with half entering at 12pm and half at 12.15pm. If this is the case, the second group will stay a little longer at the Caffè to avoid congestion outside the Museum.

Cost: £11.35 (entry to Museum and self-guided tour). There is no reduction for National Art Pass holders when in a group.

Accessibility: There are five floors with many stairs. There is a staff operated platform lift as far as the 4th floor, then stairs to the attic.

To join us, please fill in the form in the centre of this newsletter and send it with your cheque, made payable to Kingston u3a GAS, to Hazel Burr.

07950 687553

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London Region U3A Talks and Walks August to October

For infomation about our current Talks and Walks programme view here: May-July. You can also click on the event title in the list below. To book, once events are open for bookings, click on the title of the particular event you want to attend and follow the booking link there. The May and June events are now all fully booked (sorry). Bookings for the July events: mostly all events booked now. Only one left with tickets, see below.

24 Feb 2026 – Florence Nightingale Museum – Away Day

2nd March – Monthly Meeting – Being a Global Pharmacist

20th March 2026 – Global Warming & Your Grandchildren’s World – Surrey Network

13 April Monthly Meeting – Archaelogical Frauds, Hoaxes and Silly Things

11th May Monthly Meeting – To be Confirmed

1st June Monthly meeting – Walking with Polar Bears

6th Nov – Charles Dickens Museum – Visits

London Region U3A Talks and Walks August to October

Forthcoming events

Forthcoming events