All Events are shown on this page (including our Thursday meetings). Most of these events are Ealing U3A ones but there are also details of some London Region of U3As events shown.
Forthcoming events
Thursday 8th October 2026
10:20 am - 12:00 pm
Meeting
Title: Mysteries and ConundrumsSpeaker: Andy Smith Has science and technology got it all worked out or are there aspects of our human existence and experience about which boffins and psychologists […]
Venue: Ealing Green Church
2 x Guided tours of Battle of Britain Bunker + Museum on Wed 14th & Tuesday 20th October Guided visits to Battle of Britain Bunker along with access to the […]
Cost: £10
Booking Required
Thursday 15th October 2026
Social
Our Coffee Mornings in October are on Thursday 15th at 5 venues in Acton, Ealing, Greenford, Hanwell and Northfields/South Ealing - venue details below. You can just turn up, you […]
2 x Guided tours of Battle of Britain Bunker + Museum on Wed 14th & Tuesday 20th October Guided visits to Battle of Britain Bunker along with access to the […]
Cost: £10
Booking Required
Thursday 22nd October 2026
10:20 am - 12:00 pm
Meeting
Photo Competition 2026 ResultsThe results of this year’s Ealing u3a Photographic Competition and award of the prizes This will be followed by an Interval then a Short talk Title: Training […]
Venue: Ealing Green Church
Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare “Here’s much to do with hate, but more with love.” The greatest romantic tale ever told? Perhaps, but Shakespeare’s masterpiece is more than that. […]
Venue: Questors Theatre
Cost: £15
Booking Required
Thursday 29th October 2026
10:20 am - 12:00 pm
Meeting
Title: The History of Bridges: Before and after the Menai Suspension BridgeSpeaker: Sue Threader Bridges are everywhere — and yet we rarely stop to think about them. Every bridge is […]
Venue: Ealing Green Church
Patricia Plummer is organising a Turkey & Tinsel early Christmas excursion to Norton Grange Coastal Resort, Yarmouth, Isle of Wight (this is a Warner Hotels resort) starting on Monday 2nd […]
Cost: £355
Booking Required
Thursday 5th November 2026
10:20 am - 12:00 pm
Meeting
Title: Grimms’ Fairy Tales tell us about Resistance and SurvivalSpeaker: Barbara Beisinghoff In Barbara Beisinghoff's artist's book 'The Wild Swans', even the paper made from nettle fibres tells a story […]
Venue: Ealing Green Church
Thursday 12th November 2026
10:20 am - 12:00 pm
Meeting
Title: Wits, Words and War: The Story of Dr Johnson’s HouseSpeaker: Alex Brett The talk will be an introduction to the world of Dr Johnson’s House and Samuel Johnson. Johnson […]
Venue: Ealing Green Church
Thursday 19th November 2026
Social
Our Coffee Mornings in November are on Thursday 19th at 5 venues in Acton, Ealing, Greenford, Hanwell and Northfields/South Ealing - venue details below. You can just turn up, you […]
Thursday 26th November 2026
10:20 am - 12:00 pm
Meeting
Title: William Schaw Lindsay MP: From Cabin Boy to Shipping MagnateSpeaker: Bill Lindsay This is a rags to riches true story - Lindsay was Bill’s great-great-grandfather, who had an amazing […]
Venue: Ealing Green Church
Wednesday 2nd December 2026
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
LRu3a Event
SAVE THE DATE Wednesday 2nd December 2026 2pm – 4pmAt St Margaret Pattens Church, Rood Lane,Eastcheap London EC3M 1HS(Nearest underground station Monument – 5 minutes walk) u3a Christmas Concert 2026with […]
Cost: £27.00
Booking Required
Thursday 3rd December 2026
10:20 am - 12:00 pm
Meeting
Title: Victorian London’s Health Crisis - The Cholera Epidemics And Their ResolutionSpeaker: Robert Casey In 1831 a terrifying new epidemic arrived in London, there was no cure and doctors had […]
Venue: Ealing Green Church
Thursday 10th December 2026
Social
Our Coffee Mornings in December are a week earlier than usual on Thursday 10th at 5 venues in Acton, Ealing, Greenford, Hanwell and Northfields/South Ealing - venue details below. You […]
Dick Whittington by Julian Smith All aboard for some double-decker pantomime fun Dick Whittington arrives in London to seek his fortune, but instead he finds Vermin Supreme, a rat with […]
Venue: Questors Theatre
Cost: £20
Booking Required
Thursday 17th December 2026
10:20 am - 12:00 pm
Meeting
For this year's Seasonal event we will have a Christmas Quiz, details will be revealed on the day. This will be for teams and we will set out chairs and […]
Venue: Ealing Green Church
Once again, the Excursions Group is planning a trip to Torquay with a 5 day/4 night visit by coach from Monday 8th to Friday 12th February 2027, staying again at […]
Cost: £299
Booking Required
Monday 8th March 2027
to Friday 12th March 2027
Holiday
Rajni Jarrett, Ealing u3a member, is organising an excursion for her local Residents' Association to The Crown Hotel, Weymouth starting on Monday 8th March 2027 for 5 days (4 nights) on a Half-board basis. She […]
Cost: £405
Booking Required
LONDON REGION and NATIONAL U3A EVENTS
The London Region Events Team has been busy organising the programme of events from September to December 2025. Some information about the individual Events is shown on this page but check on the LRU3A Events page for more up-to-date information and to book a place, if necessary.
The National U3A also continue to have many online events, to which any Ealing U3A members are welcome. To see a full list and details of these talks, along with how to book for them, see the u3a - Online Events page.