Membership of Waterlooville u3a gives access to a wide variety of interest/activity groups. You can learn and develop new skills, or share yours with others - it is a two-way street. Joining an activity group is the perfect way of keeping your brain and body active with a bunch of friendly like-minded people.
Our groups meet in various venues around the local area, ranging from members' homes to local halls/rooms and are informal and friendly. Details of the times and location of group meetings may be found by following the links to the individual groups below - some meet weekly, others fortnightly or monthly.
If group meetings involve any costs, such as room hire, speaker, instructor, etc. group members are expected to contribute equally to cover those costs. In most cases, members pay for a number of sessions in advance (as with non-u3a groups) although others are on a pay-as-you-go basis - it depends on the nature of the group activity.
Group enquiries can be made in several ways :
Email groups@waterloovilleu3a.org.uk
Visit the Groups Table at any Coffee Morning or General Meeting
Use our Contacts page
If the group is full, your name can be added to the Waiting List and you will be offered a space when you reach the top of the list.
u3a works on the principle of cooperative self help. All our groups are run voluntarily by members themselves. So if you have an interest why not share it? It only takes two or three people with similar interests to form a group and then others will join in. Everyone in the group helps each other and shares their knowledge.
Groups listed by venue
Acorn Centre
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Bridge
Weekly on Friday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
Friday morning -
Canasta 3
Fortnightly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
2nd & 4th Monday -
Sewing
Weekly on Thursday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm -
Sewing B
Monthly on Friday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
2nd Friday
Age Concern Borrow Centre
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Mah Jong 1
Fortnightly on Tuesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
1st & 3rd Tuesday -
Quizzers 2
Monthly on Wednesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
2nd Wednesday -
Table Tennis 3
Fortnightly on Friday afternoons 1:45 pm-3:45 pm
2nd & 4th Friday
Church of the Resurrection, Drayton
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Genealogy (Family History)
Monthly on Thursday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
1st Thursday afternoon
Cosham Library
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Books (Page Turners)
Monthly on Friday afternoons 2:30 pm-4:00 pm
1st Friday afternoon
Cowplain Activity Centre
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Pilates 3
Weekly on Thursday mornings 10:00 am-11:00 am -
Pilates 4
Weekly on Thursday mornings 11:15 am-12:15 pm
Cowplain Social Club
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Snooker 1
Weekly on Monday afternoons 1:00 pm-4:00 pm
Denmead Community Centre
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Art History 2
Monthly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
1st Tuesday afternoon -
Board Games (Modern)
Fortnightly on Monday afternoons 1:30 pm-3:30 pm
1st & 3rd Monday afternoon -
Table Tennis 1
Fortnightly on Thursday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
2nd & 4th Thursday -
Table Tennis 2
Fortnightly on Friday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
1st & 3rd Friday
Hampshire Rose
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Backgammon
Fortnightly on Monday mornings 10:30 am-12:30 pm
1st & 3rd Monday morning
Horizon Leisure Centre
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Badminton 1 - Improvers
Fortnightly on Wednesday afternoons 1:00 pm-3:00 pm
1st & 3rd Wednesday afternoon -
Badminton 2 - Beginners
Fortnightly on Thursday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
2nd & 4th Thursday morning
Horndean Technology College
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Cookery & Baking
Monthly on Saturday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
Dates agreed by the group
Jubilee Centre, Waterlooville
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Drawing 2
Fortnightly on Tuesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
1st & 3rd Tuesday
Jubilee Hall
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Tai Chi 2 - Improvers
Weekly on Thursdays 10:00 am-11:00 am
Lovedean Village Hall
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Modern History 2 (from 1485)
Fortnightly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
1st & 3rd Tuesday afternoon -
Painting 2
Weekly on Monday mornings 9:30 am-12:00 pm -
Ukulele
Weekly on Thursday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
Members' Homes
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Art Appreciation
Monthly on Friday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
2nd Friday afternoon -
Board Games 2
Monthly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
3rd Monday afternoon -
Books 1 (Reading)
Monthly on Monday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
3rd Monday morning -
Books 2 (Friday)
Monthly on Friday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
4th Friday afternoon -
Books 5
Monthly on Thursday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
2nd Thursday afternoon -
Books 6
Monthly on Thursday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
4th Thursday afternoon -
Canasta 1
Fortnightly on Wednesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
1st & 3rd Wednesday -
Country & Western music
Monthly on Wednesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
Last Wednesday -
Creative Writing
Monthly on Monday mornings 10:00 am-11:30 am
1st or 2nd Monday morning -
Current Affairs 1
Monthly on Wednesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
2nd Wednesday -
Folk Roots Appreciation
Monthly on Thursday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
1st Thursday -
French Beginners
Monthly on Friday afternoons 2:30 pm-4:00 pm
4th Friday -
French Conversation 1
Weekly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm -
French Conversation 3
Monthly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm -
French Les Moyens
Weekly on Thursday mornings 10:30 am-12:00 pm -
French Refreshers
Monthly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
4th Monday -
Fun French
Fortnightly on Wednesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
2nd & 4th Wednesday -
Fun with Watercolours
Weekly on Thursday afternoons 1:00 pm-4:00 pm
Every Thursday afternoon -
German (Intermediate)
On Monday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
Twice a month -
Learn Guitar & Sing 1
Fortnightly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
2nd & 4th Tuesday -
Learn Guitar & Sing 2
Fortnightly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
1st & 3rd Tuesday -
Maths Puzzles
Monthly on Tuesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
4th Tuesday -
Music - Popular
Monthly on Thursday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
2nd Thursday afternoon -
Music Appreciation
Monthly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
2nd Tuesday afternoon -
Poetry
Monthly on Wednesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
2nd Wednesday afternoon -
Spanish Conversation
Weekly on Wednesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm -
Weaving & Felting
Fortnightly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
1st & 3rd Tuesday afternoon -
Wine Appreciation 2
Monthly on Monday evenings 7:30 pm-9:30 pm
2nd Monday evening -
Wine Appreciation 3
Monthly on Tuesday evenings 7:00 pm-9:00 pm
1st Tuesday -
Wood Turning
Weekly on Friday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
Members' Homes and Out'n'About
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Buildings Appreciation
Monthly on Tuesday mornings 10:30 am-12:00 pm
4th Tuesday morning -
Collectables
Monthly on Tuesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
1st Tuesday -
Geology 1
Monthly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
2nd Monday afternoon
Newlands Community Hall
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Line Dancing For Fun
Fortnightly on Tuesday mornings 10:00 am-11:00 am
1st & 3rd Tuesday
Online
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Art History 1
Monthly on Wednesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
2nd Wednesday morning -
Carry on French
Weekly on Monday mornings 9:45 am-11:15 am
Out 'n' About
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Bus Trippers
Our trips out take place on variable days and times - we like to live dangerously! -
Cycling
Weekly on Thursday mornings 9:15 am-12:30 pm -
Walking - Stragglers 1
Fortnightly on Tuesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
1st & 3rd Tuesday -
Walking - Striders 1
Fortnightly on Friday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
2nd & 4th Friday -
Walking - Striders 2
Fortnightly on Monday afternoons 1:30 pm
1st & 3rd Monday -
Walking - Striders 3
On Friday mornings 10:15 am-1:00 pm
Alternate Friday mornings -
Walking - Strollers 1
Monthly on Friday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
1st Friday morning
Pear Tree Court, Horndean
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Film Club
Monthly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
3rd Tuesday -
French Conversation 2
Fortnightly on Wednesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
1st & 3rd Wednesday -
German Conversation
Monthly on Tuesday afternoons 3:45 pm-5:15 pm
1st Tuesday -
Photography 1
Fortnightly on Tuesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
2nd & 4th Tuesday morning
Portchester Parish Hall
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Mah Jong 2
Fortnightly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
2nd & 4th Tuesday
Portsmouth Golf Club
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Current Affairs 2
Monthly on Thursday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
2nd Thursday -
Drawing 1
Weekly on Wednesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
Sacred Heart Church, Waterlooville
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Pilates 1
Weekly on Monday mornings 9:55 am-10:55 am -
Pilates 2
Weekly on Monday mornings 11:10 am-12:10 pm -
Singing For Pleasure
Fortnightly on Wednesday afternoons 2:00 pm-3:30 pm
1st & 3rd Wednesday
Springwood Community Centre, Waterlooville
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Archaeology 1
Monthly on Tuesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
1st Tuesday morning -
Archaeology 2
Monthly on Wednesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
1st Wednesday morninng -
Art in the Afternoon
Fortnightly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
2nd & 4th Monday afternoon -
Canasta 2
Fortnightly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
2nd & 4th Tuesday -
Card Games
Fortnightly on Wednesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
2nd & 4th Wednesday -
Cribbage
Fortnightly on Tuesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
2nd & 4th Tuesday -
Geology 2
Monthly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
1st Monday afternoon -
Quizzers 1
Monthly on Thursday mornings 10:30 am-12:30 pm
2nd Thursday -
Rummikub 1
Fortnightly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
1st & 3rd Tuesday -
Rummikub 2
Fortnightly on Wednesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
2nd & 4th Wednesday -
Science
Monthly on Thursday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
4th Thursday morning -
Scrabble
Fortnightly on Thursday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
1st & 3rd Thursday afternoon -
Tai Chi 3 - Beginners
Weekly on Monday mornings 11:00 am-12:00 pm
Tenpin
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Ten Pin Bowling
Weekly on Thursday afternoons 1:45 pm-4:00 pm
Various places
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Birdwatchers
Monthly on Saturday mornings 9:30 am-12:00 pm
Last Saturday morning -
Dining Out
11:30 am-3:00 pm
2nd Wednesday & 4th Sunday lunchtime -
Local History 1
Weekly on Wednesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
2nd Wednesday afternoon -
Local History 3
Monthly
Variable meeting days/times -
Members On Their Own (MOTO) 1
Monthly - days/times vary -
Members On Their Own (MOTO) 4
Monthly - days/times vary -
Outings 1
Monthly on Wednesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
4th Wednesday -
Outings 5
Monthly on Friday mornings 11:15 am-12:15 pm
1st Friday morning -
Photography 2
On Monday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
Twice a month -
Photography 3
Fortnightly on Tuesday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
2nd & 4th Tuesday afternoon -
Photography 4
Monthly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
2nd Monday afternoon -
Sunday Diners
Monthly on Sunday afternoons 12:30 pm
2nd Sunday lunchtime -
The Potting Shed
We meet on variable dates and times -
Walking - Strollers 2
Monthly on Tuesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
3rd Tuesday morning -
Walking - Strollers 3
On Friday mornings 10:30 am-1:00 pm
Alternate Friday mornings -
Weekenders
Fortnightly
1st Saturday & 3rd Wednesday
Waterlooville Baptist Church
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Line Dancing Improvers
Weekly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-3:00 pm
Waterlooville Community Centre (WACA)
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Pilates 5
Weekly on Monday mornings 10:00 am-11:00 am -
Tai Chi 1 - Improvers
Weekly on Friday afternoons 11:45 am-12:45 pm
Waterlooville Library
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Books 4
Monthly on Wednesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
3rd Wednesday morning -
Modern History 1 (from 1485)
On Thursday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
Twice a month
Waterlooville Sports Bar
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Snooker 2
Fortnightly on Thursday afternoons 1:00 pm-3:00 pm
1st & 3rd Thursday
Woodman Pub, Purbrook
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Knitting
Fortnightly on Wednesday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm
1st & 3rd Wednesday
Unspecified venue
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Lunch Club
Variable meeting venues and dates -
Radio Hams
Variable meeting times -
Walking - Stragglers 3
On Friday mornings 11:00 am-2:00 pm
Alternate Friday mornings
