Chester U3A Groups
If you wish to join a group:
- Contact the group co-ordinator of the group to establish if there are any vacancies and how the group operates.
- On your first visit to a group you will be required to show your membership card to the co-ordinator.
- Please advise the co-ordinator if you decide that you no longer wish to belong to a group.
- If you have any problems contacting a group, or if a group is full, please contact our
Some Groups may be full as there is a limit to the number of group members
due to various practical reasons. If you have any problems contacting a Group or if you are
aware of any errors in this directory, please contact our
Our groups have been divided into the following categories. Please click on the appropriate link for more information about any of the groups within a particular category. With the exception of the Scrabble and Recorder Groups, all Groups meet during the day.
- Art and Craft Groups
(Art Appreciation, Collecting, Crafts, Film Appreciation, Knitting, Needlecraft, Painting)
- Health and Leisure Groups (Ballroom Dancing, Cycling, Holistic Therapies,
Sunday at Seven, Table Tennis, Walking)
- History Groups (Film History, Industrial Heritage,
Local History, History, Regional Heritage, Family History)
- Language Groups (French Conversation, French Intermediate, French Improvers,
Further French, Italian, German Conversation, Spanish, Spanish for Beginners, Spanish Improvers)
- Literacy Groups (Literary Appreciation,
Creative Writing, Reading, Play Reading, Scribblers, Story Telling)
- Mind Games Groups (Bridge, Current Affairs, Scrabble)
- Music Groups (Music, Singing for Pleasure, Jazz Appreciation)
- Science and Nature (Ancient Wisdoms, Bird Watching, Computing,
Environmental Issues, Geology, Philosophy, Photography, Psychology, Popular Science Lectures, Science, Wild Flowers)
- Occasional Groups (Heraldry)