Details of all of our Interest Groups are given below.
Please could members who would like to join an interest group for the first time, contact the group leader by phone or via the forwarding email address. This will enable you to check out that the group is suitable for you and also that there are vacancies. Some groups have to restrict numbers for a variety of reasons including size of venue.
Additionally any member of Retford U3A is welcome to join in with Worksop U3A Cinema Group. For current details of this group visit Worksop U3A web site. (Opens in a new window/tab)
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| Spanish Beginners Conversation Group | Tuesday 2nd and 4th of the month. 2- 4pm | various | Sheila Fox
07734 873003 |
| Bridge | Monday Fortnightly 2-5pm Actual dates in Newsletter | Hallcroft Community Centre | Sylvia Milner
01777 708917 |
| Coffee Mornings | First Wednesday of month @ 10:30 | West Retford Hotel | Pat Trotter
07973 956591 |
| Walking Strollers | 3rd Tuesday @ 10.30am dates announced in Newsletter | Venue and distance published in Newsletter | Elaine Hauser
01777 705274 |
| Walking Striders | Third Monday of the month @ 10am | Venue and distance announced in Newsletter | Tom Bell
01777 710969 |
| Orienteering | 3rd Friday of the month at 10:30 am | Varies - members will be notified beforehand | Vernon & Geraldine Davis
01777 711345 |
| Thursday Lunch Club | 2nd Thursday of month, 12:30 for 1:00 | Varies | Norma Taylor
01777 862576 |
| Gardening | 3rd Thursday @ 2-4pm (Oct - Mar only) | The Well Retford (Winter Meetings only Oct-Mar). Details of Summer outings/visits in Newsletter | Irene Lewis
01777 707109 |
| Craft | 2nd & 4th Thursday @ 09.30am | The Grove Street Methodist Church Hall | Ann Marsh
01777 702634 |
| Investigating Dowsing | 2nd Tuesday at 2.30pm | Priory Cottage, Town St., Askham. Newark. | Brian Cane
01777 838528 |
| Buddies | no fixed times | no fixed meeting place | Doreen Brothwell
07773 587075 |
| Spanish | Fortnightly Wednesdays @ 9.30am | Members' homes | Vera Ballinger
01777 228636 |
| Calligraphy | 2nd Wednesday of month @ 2-4pm | Matron's Cottage, Trinity Hospital, Hospital Road, Retford DN22 7BD | Helen Lems
01777 701747 |
| Classical Music | First Wednesday @ 10am | Leyconii, High Street, East Markham, NG22 0RE | Marie Thompson
01777 871567 |
| Photography | 3rd Thursday (Other meeting times tbd in Newsletter) | Leyconii, High Street, East Markham, NG22 0RE | Marie Thompson
01777 871567 |
| French Intermediate | 1st, 2nd & 3rd Mondays of the month @ 1:30 | Idle Valley Visitor Centre snack bar | Coralie Brown
07969 533765 |
| Philosophy | 1st Friday of the month, 10:00-12:00 | Idle Valley Visitor Centre | Nick Pal
01777 817241 |
| Creative Writing | Third Thursday of the month at 10am | Idle Valley Nature Reserve visitor centre | Martin Finch
01777 708013 |
| Recorder | 1st & 3rd Tuesdays @ 09.30am Actual dates in Newsletters | Hallcroft Community Centre. Other venues in Newsletter | Tessa Hart
01777 817148 |
| Military History | 2nd Thursday of each month, 10.00-12.00 | Hallcroft Community Centre, Randall Way | Roy Evans
01777 702097 |
| Poetry | First Thursday @ 2-4pm (Nov-Feb 1:30-3:30) | Hallcroft Community Centre, Randall Way | Pamela Mann
01777 700307 |
| Canasta | 2nd & 4th Tuesdays @ 9:30 - 12:30 | Hallcroft Community Centre | Edwin Barber
01709 812381 |
| Cosmology | First Thursday of every month at 10:00 a.m. | Hallcroft Community Centre | Martin Finch
01777 708013 |
| Fun With Flowers | 2nd Thursday of the month 1 -3pm | Hallcroft Community Centre | Sally Barker
07790 985116 |
| Geology & Landscape History | 3rd Wednesday of the month at 2:30 | Hallcroft Community Centre | Vernon Davis
01777 711345 |
| Patchwork and Quilting | 1st & 3rd Wednesdays from 9.30-12.30 and some Saturdays - see interest group page | Hallcroft Community Centre | Dawn Madine
01777 949712 |
| Singing | 2nd & 4th Friday of the month @ 10.30am-12:30pm | Hallcroft Community Centre | Pat Barnett
01777 704154 |
| IT Computers | Every Tuesday @ 4.10pm - 6.10pm (school term time only) | Grove Street Methodist Church | Pat Trotter
07973 956591 |
| Architecture | 4th Monday @ 10.30am | Garden Room, Trinity Hospital, Hospital Road, Retford. Details of Summer outings/visits in Newsletter | Thelma Britz
01777 948676 |
| Sunday Lunch Club | Date tbd in Newsletter @ 12.45pm | Date & Venue announced each month in Newsletter | Ruth Dickinson
01777 700903 |
| Table Tennis | Every Wednesday @ 2-4pm | Clarborough Village Hall | Heather Short
01777 704250 |
| Move to Music | Wednesday 10.00 - 11.00 am weekly | Chapelgate Hall Methodist Church Grove Street Retford | Doreen Brothwell
07773 587075 |
| Cycling | 2nd & 4th Monday (Off road) 2nd and 4th Friday (Road) | Cafe Roubaix, Bridgegate | Vernon Davis
01777 711345 |
| Painting | Wednesday before the General Meeting @ 2-4.30pm | 8 Babworth Crescent Retford | Lesley Sumner
01777 709835 |
| French Conversation | 4th Monday @ 2:00 | 8 Babworth Crescent | Lesley Sumner
01777 709835 |
| Jazz Appreciation | First Tuesday @ 2-4pm | 7 Charter Court, North Road, Retford | Paul Kashdan
01777 719998 |
| Chess | 3rd Monday @ 2pm | 54 Grove Coach Road | David Taylor
01777 706799 |
| Book Club | 1st Tuesday @ 7pm | 27 Woodbeck Rise Retford | Steph Kirk
01777 711095 |
| Scrabble | 3rd Friday @ 1.45-3.45pm | 24 Station Road, Sutton cum Lound, DN22 8QA. | Margaret Montgomery
01777 708720 |
| Local History | Second Tuesday 9.45-12 (speaker starts 10.15am) . | Westhill Centre, Ordsall | Ingrid Hudson
01777 707766 |
| Wine Appreciation | First Friday @ 2pm unless otherwise stated | Venue announced in Newsletter | Pauline Crawshaw
01777 704511 |
| Walking Moderate | First Monday @ 10am | Venue and distance announced in Newsletter | Imelda Durkan & Joan Jones
01302 746941 & 01777 703484 |
