Trips and Social

Welcome to the 'Trips and Social' page.

If you are interested in any Event, please check out the details below, check whether it is full and contact the appropriate person who is organising it.

Trips and Social is chaired jointly by Madeline Oliver and Rosemary Milton, other contacts can be found on the Contacts Page

Please review our Current Trips, they are also displayed on the main Events page of this site.

Forthcoming events

19th November 2026
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Trip and Social
Do you ever wonder how that parcel your offspring have organised gets to you so quickly? Find out with Southwell u3a! Join a coach trip to the East Midlands Airport […]
Cost: £20
Booking Required
9th December 2026
Trip and Social
A coach visit to "Christmas at Doddington Hall" has been arranged, the cost of £45 includes coach travel, refreshments on arrival, ticket entry to the hall to view the fabulous […]
Cost: £43
Booking Required
17th December 2026
Trip and Social
A Christmas Dinner is on the menu for Southwell u3a at Flora Media, Caunton.
Cost: £30
Booking Required

The following is a list of Trips and Events that we are currently working on. When we have a firm date they will moved to Current events above. You can still express your interest in a trip by contacting us.

Keep the date 15th April free for a 2027 visit to Queen Elizabeth: Her life in Style exhibition. Travel from Southwell to Buckingham Palace by coach. £55 pp including ticket to the Exhibition.

Depart 8am. coffee stop en-route. QE2 clothes exhibition. Tea stop en-route home.

Any queries ask Miriam Tate.


The following is a list of 'Events' that have been organised recently.

9th August 2026
Trip and Social
To see the Mikado; price includes travel and an operatic ticket in the stalls.
Cost: £55
Booking Required
16th June 2026
Trip and Social
Travel ticket £8.50 Garden Entrance Fee £7.50 (free to RHS members)
Cost: (See Above)
Booking Required
23rd April 2026
9:00 am - 5:30 pm
Trip and Social
Coach Leaves Nottingham Road Car Park at 09:00 Returning from Stoke at 15:30 arriving Southwell at 17:30 There are plenty of options for refreshments during the day.
Cost: £32 per person
23rd March 2026
9:30 am - 5:00 pm
Trip and Social
Our next visit is an opportunity to visit Rockingham Castle, which is the focus of the talk at the February Monthly meeting. The castle is opening especially for us on […]
Cost: £46.50 per person
Booking Required
9th February 2026
Trip and Social
There will be our usual general knowledge quiz and cake afternoon social taking place in February. The teams will be created on arrival, tickets can be bought at the December […]
Cost: £5

Pictured in the gallery below is Buxton Opera House, Felley Priory, Rockingham Castle and the Wedgewood Museum.