Open Meetings are held throughout the year in the Banstead Community Hall, Park Road, Banstead SM7 3AJ where there is free car parking.
Daytime meeting/events commence at 2.30 [doors open from 2pm] unless otherwise stated.
Speakers are booked to provide an approximately one hour talk on their specialist subject after which there are questions followed by tea / coffee and biscuits.
There is no entrance fee for u3a members. On arrival Banstead u3a members should give their name and postcode at the reception table. Visitors are welcome to attend any talk for a £3 entrance fee except the annual 'Odette Ellicott' lecture which is for Banstead u3a members only.
Click/tap the blue titles for more information.
Refunds: Any social events refunds will be handled by the treasurer and will only be made for the following reasons:
- 1. If a member from the waiting list can fill the space.
- 2. If the event is cancelled by the organiser – either by Banstead u3a or an external organiser.
- 3. At the discretion of the Executive Committee for compassionate reasons.
This is an extract from the Banstead Area u3a Finance Policy
Forthcoming events
2nd September 2026
2:30 pm
Cost: £5.00 per member, (non-members £10.00)
7th September 2026
to 10th September 2026
Full information on all aspects of this Summer School can be found on the South East u3a Forum’s website: 2026 - South East u3a Forum Click the picture below to […]
Booking Required
16th September 2026
2:30 pm
An opportunity to renew membership join the u3a and find out what groups and activities are available. Our opportunity to showcase the branch to both existing and prospective members.
17th September 2026
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
A fun day out by coach to Eastbourne. Fish and chips and an ice cream anyone?
Cost: £20.00
Booking Required
8th October 2026
u3a Banstead Area (u3a members only) are organising a day out to Maldon in Essex. At a cost of £27 this trip includes return coach travel and entrance to The […]
Cost: £27 per person
Booking Required
21st October 2026
2:30 pm
Chair’s report, election of new Chair and the Committee. Speaker - Andy Thomas, The Crop Circle Mystery.
18th November 2026
2:30 pm
Mary was the head teacher of a secondary school where there was a discovery of some exquisite art work documenting, in paint and pencil, the lives of school children and their teachers as the war unfolded.
16th December 2026
2:30 pm
Martin Lloyd – Passports Assassins, Traitors and Spies. 'Thrill to stories of how three passports have played their influential role in the course of history: an attempted assassination which altered […]
