See Forthcoming events (below) for details of our future events. All Colchester and Stanway U3A members are welcome.
At the monthly meetings the Hall will be open 15 minutes before the start.
REMINDER
As most of you know photos are very often taken at our monthly meeting, in group meetings and outings etc. If you do not want to have your photo taken please speak to the person taking the photo, Ann Long or Jean Duckworth.
There is no meeting in August.





Forthcoming events
17th June 2026
1:45 pm
Meeting
Richard Bale has a lifelong interest in Roman History, and is a regular speaker at Colchester’s Roman Circus Visitor Centre. He has a wide range of talks (and walks) covering […]
Venue: Highwoods Community Centre
15th July 2026
1:45 pm
Meeting
Siobhan Pierce - another popular previous speaker (‘Corporate to Clown’ – describing her own career) - Siobham returns to relate her follow-up experiences as a professional clown…props, poems and puppets…with […]
Venue: Highwoods Community Centre
10th September 2026
10:00 am
to 10th September 2026
Outing
Kings Coaches will pick us up at 10.00 am from Highwoods Community Centre and take us first to Southwold to spend time browsing in the shops, have a coffee etc. […]
Cost: £31
Booking Required
16th September 2026
1:45 pm
Meeting
A retired photographic scientist at Kodak, Tony Earle, was due to talk to us a year or two ago, but was hospitalised so never came, sadly. His talk this time […]
Venue: Highwoods Community Centre
6th October 2026
to 6th October 2026
Outing
We are in the process of organising a proposed coach outing to The Royal Hospital, Chelsea - the home of the Chelsea Pensioners, which will include a private tour of […]
Cost: £52
Booking Required
21st October 2026
1:45 pm
Meeting
18th November 2026
1:45 pm
Meeting
Dr Chris Gibson is a retired conservationist/naturalist (Natural England), a Yorkshire-man long-term in Essex! His talk will cover the influence of climate change on our UK wildlife in general, but […]
Venue: Highwoods Community Centre