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.
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Forthcoming events
27th May 2026
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Fully Booked!
Cost: £31.00
29th May 2026
7:30 pm
Race Night - Presented by Simon Chapman. Come along on your own, as a couple, small group (and we will organise you onto a table) or book a table of 6-8 […]
Cost: u3a Banstead Members £5, Non-Members £10
Booking Required
17th June 2026
2:30 pm
How the British fell in love with Tea
22nd June 2026
9:30 am - 10:30 am
A chance for new members to find out about all things u3a in an informal setting.
Venue: Park Life Cafe
22nd June 2026
10:30 am - 12:00 pm
A coffee morning to meet and socialise with other members. It would be great to see you there. All welcome.
Venue: Park Life Cafe
27th June 2026
7:30 pm
Simon Edmands is our Quizmaster. Book a table for your team of six, or come along to join up with others and make a team.Bring your own glasses, drinks and […]
Cost: u3a Banstead members £5 Non-members £10
1st July 2026
2:30 pm
Optical illusions, art and the brain. A talk by Dr Mike Sheenean. Presented by Banstead, Epsom & Ewell and Sutton u3a Science Group.
Cost: £5.00 for any Banstead, Epsom and Ewell or Sutton u3a members, £10.00 for non-members
10th July 2026
7:30 pm
Cost: U3a Banstead Members £5 - Non Members £10
Booking Required
15th July 2026
2:30 pm
Secrets of the Royal Court.
Cost: Free event to Banstead Area u3a members. £3.00 for other u3a members and non – members.
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
Membership Renewal/ Groups showcase/ Recruitment drive
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 […]