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Kenilworth

What's On

This page shows details of our Open Meetings, Social events and Outings that are coming up in the next weeks, or Months.

Forthcoming events

9th September 2026
Outing
A visit to the Avoncroft open air museum of historic buildings, walking amongst historic buildings with gardens and a cider museum with an included light lunch. Details nearer the time....
Cost: cost £45pp (incl. driver's tip) with refreshments on arrival and lunch
Booking Required
17th September 2026
2:30 pm
Meeting
Speaker: Harry Wilson who recounts his rambles and recollections of his two journeys to Tibet in 2011 and 2017. He describes the panoramic landscape he travelled through across the harsh, remote untouched areas outside time, across a plateau the size of western Europe. Places of serenity, ancient monuments and monasteries. This was his journey over the Himalayas. An explorer’s talk with some amazing photos.
Cost: Entry is free to u3a members. Non-members are welcome for a nominal charge of £1
15th October 2026
2:30 pm
Meeting
Speaker: Neil Hanson, his talk is a laugh-a-minute tour of the quirks and foibles, highs and lows of his time running Britain’s highest inn back in the 1970s and 1980s, He grapples with tight-fisted farmers, eccentric characters, bizarre local customs, naturist weekends, “lates and lock-ins”, police raids, rats in the attic, close encounters with magistrates and planners, and the shooting of a famous double-glazing commercial. Neil is a successful author with 70 published books to his name, he is also a ‘ghost writer’ for many famous names. He has entertained audiences throughout the UK, USA, Australia and New Zealand.
Cost: Entry is free to u3a members. Non-members are welcome for a nominal charge of £1
19th November 2026
2:30 pm
Meeting
Speaker: Robin Leach. Who is a local historian and author who has been researching, for over 40 years, the last 200 years or so of Kenilworth history. Ten of his books have been published about the town. One of his books ‘The Abbey Fields’ was published in 2017 and according to the Kenilworth History and Archaeology Society ‘will remain the standard work for years to come’.
Cost: Entry is free to u3a members. Non-members are welcome for a nominal charge of £1

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