General Meetings are held on the first Tuesday of the month at 2.30pm at the Old Barn Hall, Bookham when there is a speaker, a small amount of business and a chance to chat with fellow members over a cup of tea.

Our next meeting in the Old Barn Hall will be on Tuesday 3rd of March when Ann Lovelace presents a talk about The Orpheus Centre, accompanied by one or two students who shall demonstrate their talents.

In the mid-1990s, musician and songwriter Sir Richard Stilgoe and neurologist Dr Michael Swallow started a pilot offering disabled people the opportunity to take part in a week of music and performance.
These were so effective that Sir Richard decided to start a place where disabled people and students could work together for longer than a week – to change their own and other people’s lives by creating new music and performing in public.
The Orpheus Centre opened in 1997 at Sir Richard’s former family home in Godstone. Surrey.
Orpheus originally started with just five disabled students who lived on-site, learning to cook, manage budgets, do laundry and go shopping.

Contact details of all the current Committee and co-opted members can be found on the Committee page.

Online U3A Learning Events - free to Members

Don't forget as part of your u3a membership you can also attend online learning events which range from meditation, mathematics, laughing yoga, family history etc all available free on Zoom, more information can be found HERE where you can scroll down for the events or subscribe to receive a monthly notification.

Senior Moments

The latest quarterly edition (Feb 2026) of Senior Moments has been loaded to the website and can be read by clicking on Documents/Senior Moments on the menu bar above or HERE. Amongst other things this contains a number of interesting articles from Groups. Copies are also available for collection at the meetings, one per household please. 

Local News and Events

  National Highways website gives information on local closures, check here for more information.

Please see here for further information on access to Wisley during the current roadworks on the RHS website.

Connect On Demand Bus Service available following this link HERE for information. Bookham and Fetcham areas are serviced by the CENTRAL North territory. This will take you to the new stop to stop service.

Surrey Network Study Days

The next Study Day at the Yehudi Menuhin school will be on Friday 20th February 2026 -  The Story, Development & Operation of the National Garden Scheme.

Presented by Clare Bevan, Clare Waters, Georgina Waters, Sarah Wilson, Vicky Flynn & Richard Claxton

 Details of these events can be found under the 'Documents' tab in the menu system or can be accessed by clicking HERE These events will be held in the Menuhin Hall Stoke d'Abernon starting at 9:30am, but members will also be able to access these events from home. 

Details of other activities undertaken by Surrey U3A Network can be found by accessing their website HERE. 

Future Events