This section includes our monthly social meetings and also future dates for many of our groups.
All the following events are scheduled to take place in Chipping Sodbury Town Hall.
Speaker Meetings and Town Hall events
All speaker meetings are 2pm at Chipping Sodbury Town Hall.
The next speaker meeting
10th July 2026
2:00 pm
Town Hall Meeting
Steve Bird, The history of the Home Guard, Chipping Sodbury Town Hall, 2pm. Doors open 1:30pm.
Venue: Chipping Sodbury Town Hall
As many of you will be aware, these Friday talks have proved increasingly popular with seating at a premium. In order to increase the number of seats available, the Committee has decided to dispense with the offering of refreshments. This will release significantly more space for chairs, whilst complying with the safety regulations in the Town Hall.
The doors open at 1:30pm and the talk starts at 2:00pm. It is suggested that members get there in plenty of time to avoid disappointment. It has also been decided to reserve the front row of seats for those Members with additional needs.
Town Hall Meetings
Forthcoming events
10th July 2026
2:00 pm
Town Hall Meeting
Steve Bird, The history of the Home Guard, Chipping Sodbury Town Hall, 2pm. Doors open 1:30pm.
Venue: Chipping Sodbury Town Hall
4th September 2026
2:00 pm
Town Hall Meeting
Neil Hanson a Successful Author. Chipping Sodbury Town Hall, 2pm. Doors open 1:30pm. ‘The Ghostwriter’: Stories about his many famous clients.
Venue: Chipping Sodbury Town Hall
2nd October 2026
2:00 pm
Town Hall Meeting
Paul Isherwood, a child gambler’s story. Chipping Sodbury Town Hall, 2pm. Doors open 1:30pm. A 10-year-old boy overcomes his gambling addiction.
Venue: Chipping Sodbury Town Hall
9th October 2026
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Town Hall Meeting
The Yate & Sodbury u3a Open Day. An opportunity to see many of the groups and activities available in your local u3a. Free entry, non-members are especially welcome.
Venue: Chipping Sodbury Town Hall
6th November 2026
2:00 pm
Town Hall Meeting
Martin Lloyd on becoming a famous Author. Chipping Sodbury Town Hall, 2pm. Doors open 1:30pm. His path to achieving this goal, with all the ups & downs!
Venue: Chipping Sodbury Town Hall
All Events
Forthcoming events
Tuesday 7th July - The geology of Greenland and Svalbard. A talk by Pat Mills describing the many rock provinces of Greenland, including some of the oldest rocks on earth. […]
Venue: Westerleigh Village Hall
Cost: £2
A discussion led by Peter Heffer.
Venue: Grammar School Rooms
Box, 5m Medium led by Janet
10th July 2026
2:00 pm
Town Hall Meeting
Steve Bird, The history of the Home Guard, Chipping Sodbury Town Hall, 2pm. Doors open 1:30pm.
Venue: Chipping Sodbury Town Hall
The New Members' Forum is for new and prospective u3a members to find out about the u3a and its possibilities.
Venue: Chipping Sodbury Town Hall
Yate/Sodbury, 2.7m, Amble led by Margaret
Bennett Water Gardens then onto Weymouth for some free time. Bennett’s Water Gardens is the National and International home of water lilies. Price £26.50 inclusive of coach travel and entrance […]
Cost: £26.50
Booking Required
Tintern North, 6.7m, M led by Derek
David Buist, from the Cam & Dursley u3a Family History Group, will be talking to us about the Essentials of DNA, and what we need to know to be able […]
Venue: Armadillo Yate
Cost: £2 pp + Refreshments (£2.20 pp)
Wick 5.2 miles Easy led by Diane
31st July 2026
8:00 am - 5:30 pm
Outing
The World War 2 History Group have organised a coach trip to the Army Flying Museum on Friday 31st July 2026, and we are now opening up the trip to […]
Cost: £38.50
Booking Required
Ashton Court, 7m Medium led by Russell
A BBC video by Iain Stewart - Rise of the Continents - North and South America. How the Americas came into being. This video tells the story, from the history […]
Venue: Westerleigh Village Hall
Cost: £2.00
Kelston, 6.5m, M led by Steve
Avening Green, 6.5m, M led by Derek
A chance to chat with other members and enjoy some coffee/tea with cake. Note the later start time.
Venue: Grammar School Rooms
*** SOLD OUT *** As 2026 marks the centenary of Queen Elizabeth's birth this will be the largest exhibition of the late Queens fashion. There will be approximately 200 items […]
Cost: sold out
Booking Required
Hawkesbury 6.5 miles M led by Patricia
El Niño is part a regular climate oscillation in the Pacific Ocean. Current climate models suggest a strong El Niño event in late 2026, perhaps developing into a "Super" El […]
Venue: Westerleigh Village Hall
Cost: £2
4th September 2026
2:00 pm
Town Hall Meeting
Neil Hanson a Successful Author. Chipping Sodbury Town Hall, 2pm. Doors open 1:30pm. ‘The Ghostwriter’: Stories about his many famous clients.
Venue: Chipping Sodbury Town Hall
The New Members' Forum is for new and prospective u3a members to find out about the u3a and its possibilities.
Venue: Chipping Sodbury Town Hall
Join us on a trip to Warwick Castle price £36.50 each inclusive of coach and entrance to the Castle. Warwick Castle is an historical experience with exhilarating live shows and […]
Cost: £36.50
Booking Required
One of our members, Robert Allebon, will be talking to us about how he used DNA to help find his fathers family tree.
Venue: Armadillo Yate
Cost: £2 pp + Refreshments (£2.20 pp)
Everyman – Cheltenham “Present Laughter” Wednesday 30th September at 2.00 pmFollowing her highly acclaimed performance in “The Merchant of Venice 1936” Tracy-Ann Oberman starsas Geri Essendine in this new production […]
Booking Required
Pre Socrates, classic, Hellenistic. Led by Peter
Venue: Grammar School Rooms
2nd October 2026
2:00 pm
Town Hall Meeting
Paul Isherwood, a child gambler’s story. Chipping Sodbury Town Hall, 2pm. Doors open 1:30pm. A 10-year-old boy overcomes his gambling addiction.
Venue: Chipping Sodbury Town Hall
The New Members' Forum is for new and prospective u3a members to find out about the u3a and its possibilities.
Venue: Chipping Sodbury Town Hall
This talk by Chris Grref will explain the answer and also what they are made of, come from and why they have always been of interest throughout history.
Venue: Westerleigh Village Hall
Cost: £2
9th October 2026
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Town Hall Meeting
The Yate & Sodbury u3a Open Day. An opportunity to see many of the groups and activities available in your local u3a. Free entry, non-members are especially welcome.
Venue: Chipping Sodbury Town Hall
Festival Theatre Malvern, “Anastasia File", Wednesday 14th October at 2.30 pm July 1918. Tsar Nicholas II and his family are brutally executed by the Bolsheviks in Ekaterinburg. Twoyears later in […]
Booking Required
Bristol Beacon “BBC Young Musician Final” Thursday 15th October at 7.00 pm The long-running and much-loved biennial competition has been celebrating up-and-coming musical talentsfrom across the UK for five decades, […]
Booking Required
One of our members, Richard Stewart, will be delivering this month's talk entitled 'Discovery of a famous ancestor and a record inaccuracy resolved'.
Venue: Armadillo Yate
Cost: £2 pp + Refreshments (£2.20 pp)
Led by Robert
Venue: Grammar School Rooms
A talk by Dilys Harlow on the Scottish geologist manufacturer, naturalist and physician. His 'Theory of the Earth' was the first to correctly explain our geological processes & the first […]
Venue: Westerleigh Village Hall
Cost: £2
6th November 2026
2:00 pm
Town Hall Meeting
Martin Lloyd on becoming a famous Author. Chipping Sodbury Town Hall, 2pm. Doors open 1:30pm. His path to achieving this goal, with all the ups & downs!
Venue: Chipping Sodbury Town Hall
The New Members' Forum is for new and prospective u3a members to find out about the u3a and its possibilities.
Venue: Chipping Sodbury Town Hall
Everyman – Cheltenham “Dracula” Thursday 12th November at 2.00 pm The time is 1897. Mankind is on the cusp of vast technological change, scientific mastery and mediainnovation. But poised between […]
Booking Required
Elizabeth Gillespie from our group, will be providing Novembers talk (appropriately themed for November and Remembrance Sunday), about her two grandfathers in WW1.
Venue: Armadillo Yate
Cost: £2pp + Refreshments (£2.20 pp)
Tobacco Factory “Christmas Carol” Wednesday 9th December at 7.00 pm Step into Dickensian Bristol on Christmas Eve. Frost on the cobbles. Bells in the cold air. A citypoised on the […]
Booking Required
St Georges Bristol “Christmas Spectacular” Friday 18th December at 7.30 pm Bristol Ensemble and Exultate Singers perform their annual feast of beautiful Christmas music,combining light-hearted joyfulness with atmospheric and moving […]
Booking Required
Bristol Beacon “New Year Viennese Gala” Sunday 3rd January at 3.00 pm Join the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Conductor Tom Fetherstonhaugh and Soprano ClaudiaBoyle for an afternoon of swirling majesty and […]
Booking Required
Bath Theatre Royal “Tale of Two Cities” Saturday 23rd January at 2.30 pm In 1770s Paris, revolution is stirring. Sydney Carton is a brilliant yet cynical barrister from England.Charles Darnay […]
Booking Required