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No longer working full time? Our 2,000 members enjoy making new friendships through shared interests! Find out more: https://ilkleyu3a.org/About-Us

06/11/2026

🧩 If you need to refresh your jigsaw stock, why not pop along to the Jigsaw Festival at Christchurch, Ilkley?

📅 Thursday 12 to Saturday 14 November, 10am-4pm
📍 Christchurch, The Grove, Ilkley, LS29 9LW

🧩 Entrance is free, and all proceeds will go to charities Epilepsy Action and Moor Time, and to Christchurch

🧩 The previous festivals have raised thousands of pounds!

05/11/2026

🌟Stepping into retirement soon? 🌟

Now is the perfect time to think about what you want your next chapter to look like

Whether you’re dreaming of learning a language, joining a walking group, exploring art or technology, or just meeting new people… u3a is here for you

At u3a, you’ll find a friendly community, new skills to explore, and the chance to shape a fulfilling life after work

Retirement isn’t the end of your story - it’s the start of something new

👉https://ilkleyu3a.org/From-Work-to-Retirement

04/11/2026

🚶 Members: Fancy a local history walk around Guiseley, led by Helen and Tony McQueen? If so, book your place now!

📅 Monday 23 November
🕰️ 10am
📌 Meet outside Everybodys, 91-97 Otley Rd, Guiseley LS20 8PS

🚶 The walk will be no longer than two hours and under two miles

🚶 Dress warmly - and those who want to can go for coffee afterwards

❗Contact [email protected] to book your place ❗

03/11/2026

🔬 Otley Science Festival returns soon!

Thursday 12 - Saturday 14 November at Otley Courthouse

🔬There's plenty on offer for all ages:

💥12 Nov- Sir Isaac Remembers with Professor Mike Edmunds
💥12 Nov - Festival Science Café
💥13 Nov - movie matinee: 'Underland'
💥13 Nov – The Antikythra Mechanism with Professor Mike Edmunds
💥14 Nov – family-oriented Science Fair
💥14 Nov – Solar Superstorms with Professor Jim Wild

👉 For more details, and for tickets to the bookable events, visit the Otley Science Festival website

02/11/2026

🔊 Latest News Flash 🔊

👉 See website for full version

🚌 Coach trip to Burton Agnes Hall
🍽️ Fish & chips at the Wetherby Whaler
💙 Volunteering is good for you!
📹 Video skills wanted
⭐ New group
- Artificial Intelligence for Everyone 💻
❓Join our u3a online quiz team
🌳 Workshop: Running Outdoor Activities & Travel Groups
📝 Ilkley & District Good Neighbours survey
💙 Online events from our national body, u3a UK
☕ Monthly coffee mornings - all invited
☕ News about our drop-in sessions
🛒 Members' Market Place
💻 u3a social media - help spread the word!
.. and more!

Available to all on the website or in members' email inboxes

02/11/2026

➡️ Need help with your smartphone or tablet? ⬅️

📱Pop in to our Digital Drop In this Friday (6 November, 10.30am-12 noon), Clarke Foley Community Hub,

⭐ ALL WELCOME! ⭐

📱As well as finding out all about u3a, it's a chance to get help and advice on your tablet or smartphone

📱 These digital drop-in sessions are open to anyone - not just u3a members! - and are running in partnership with Clarke Foley and Virgin Media volunteers

👉 For more info, see the event details on the homepage of our website

01/11/2026

☕ Members are invited to a monthly coffee social on the first Wednesday of each month

📅Wednesday 4 November, 10:30am-12 noon
📌 Enclosed area of the cafe, Clarke Foley Community Hub, Ilkley

☕ No need to book, just turn up/leave during these times. Feel free to bring a guest and join the chat!

👉 Full details on our website - see the events listed on our homepage

31/10/2026

📚 Our Guiseley Bookshare is not a traditional book group!

📚 Each member chooses their own book and shares their views with the group, so everyone's introduced to genres, authors and styles they might never usually pick up

📚 The group met recently and discussed:

🔸 The Dare by Lesley Kara,
🔸 Sea of Dreams by Susan Sallis
🔸 When the Lights Go Out by Carys Bray
🔸 Memorial Park by Louisa Scarr
🔸 In the Blood by Ruth Mancini
🔸 A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
🔸 Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
🔸 Still Life by Sarah Winman

📚 Members can also swap or lend books - but that's completely optional!

📚 Meetings are on the 3rd Monday afternoon of each month, 2pm at Everybodys, Otley Road, Guiseley

👉 If you'd like to join or find out more, please do get in touch: [email protected]

30/10/2026

☕ We'd love you to come and meet us next Monday for coffee and a chat in !

📆 When? Monday 2 November, 10-11.30am
📌 Where? Otley Courthouse foyer, Courthouse Street, Otley, LS21 3AN

☕ It's accessible, it's a short walk from the bus station, there's parking nearby - and it has a fantastic coffee machine 🙂

☕ Members and non-members ALL WELCOME

👉 For more details, visit our website and click on the event listing on the home page

29/10/2026

🌱 Volunteers from our u3a Gardening group joined others this week to plant bulbs for Nell Bank Outdoor Education Centre, Ilkley's 50th Anniversary next year

🌱 Bulbs were arranged in the shape of a '50', and the display will look wonderful in the spring!

🌱 Congratulations - and thank you! - to Nell Bank for providing inclusive and accessible educational facilities for local children for so many years ❤️

👉 For more information on our Gardening group, visit our website, click on 'Groups', then 'Groups A-Z', and then 'Gardening group'

Address

Castle Yard
Ilkley
LS29 9DT

Website

https://ilkleyu3a.org/, https://ilkleyu3a.org/Join-Us, https://ilkleyu3a.org/Groups-in-A-Z-List, https://ilkleyu3a.org/D

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