Outings, Visits and Holidays
Contact: Lynda Harris
Tel: 01565 621058
Email: info@knutsfordu3a.co.uk
Details and booking arrangements will appear on this page of the website, also in the Newsletter, and will be announced at the monthly General Meetings.
BOOKINGS FOR OUTINGS – Clarification of Procedure
The preferred method of booking is by Credit / Debit card or PayPal on our On-line Tickets page. It is very easy to use and you will get email confirmation of your booking.
Alternatively bookings can be made by using a bookings form and a cheque made payable to Knutsford u3a. Please write the name of the performance or outing on the back of the cheque and send to the event organiser. We will contact you only if your booking has not been successful. If you want confirmation that you have the places you want, please enclose a stamped addressed envelope. Usually your cheque will not be paid in until two weeks before the event. If an outing is fully booked when we receive your cheque you will be informed and placed on the waiting list.
Places on u3a trips and outings can only be booked for full or associate members of Knutsford u3a. If you need to bring a companion/carer to enable you to take part in a trip or visit please see our Accessibility Policy.
We hope to take bookings for the current outing at our general meetings but, as our outings are proving very popular we cannot guarantee the availability at the time of the meeting. In other words please book early to be sure of a place!
The outings subcommittee hope you like the outings we plan. Please contact Lynda Harris on 01565 621058, or email info@knutsfordu3a.co.uk if you have any ideas or suggestions for future outings.
GORTON MONASTERY AT CHRISTMAS
Tuesday 2nd December 2025
SOLD OUT
Departing from Knutsford Bus Station 11 am
Return to Knutsford 5 pm approximately
Cost: £62 per person
Our Christmas outing this year takes us back to the Gorton Monastery. This delightful and popular venue, which is rather special at Christmas, is offering an event to start the Christmas celebration – a festive lunch and a talk. This is an opportunity too good to miss.
We will arrive at the Monastery at 12 noon in time for mulled wine before the talk which starts at 12.30. The details of the talk are not yet finalised but, judging by past experience, it should be interesting. The lunch will follow at 1.15pm/1.30pm. It will be a 2-course Festive lunch (main and dessert) followed by tea, coffee and mince pies. Again the details of the menu have yet to be finalised but the word ’Festive’ gives us some idea of what is included. I appreciate that this notification is very early but, to make a group booking it was necessary.
Information about Gorton Monastery can be found on the internet at www.themonastery.co.uk
VISIT TO SOUTHPORT FLOWER SHOW
THURSDAY 14 AUGUST 2025
Price: £38.00
SOLD OUT
Coach will depart from Knutsford Bus Station at 09.15 hours prompt
Return by around 17.00 hours
It was, at first, disappointing that the RHS flower show would not be in Tatton Park this year, but it has given us a wonderful opportunity to visit the Southport Flower Show on Thursday, 14 August 2025 instead.
- The coach will leave Knutsford Bus Station at 09.15 hours and return by 17.00.
- The cost for the coach and a ticket to enter the Show will be £38.00 per person.
- Refreshments are not included in this price as there are various catering outlets in the park or you can take a picnic if you prefer.
Further details of the Show and the events taking place on Thursday can be found on-line at www.southportflowershow.co.uk
I can’t guarantee the weather but I hope you will join us for a lovely day out.
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
TBA.
For a review of the Holiday in Hampshire, June 2025, click here
For a review of the Holiday in Northumbria, June 2022, click here
For photos of the Hebridean Holiday, May 2017, click Hebridean Holiday Photos
For photos from the visit to Highgrove, August 2017, click Highgrove Visit Photos
For reviews and photos of the visits listed below, see the Reviews of Group Events, Outings and Visits page:
JCB Factory at Rocester, October 2014
Morgan Factory at Malvern, September 2015
Birmingham, September 2017
Wentworth Woodhouse, September 2018
Whitworth Art Gallery and the Portico Library, Manchester, November 2018
Chethams Library and Manchester Cathedral, March 2019
Black Country Museum, Dudley, West Midlands, May 2019
Tissington, June 2019
Cruise, Manchester Ship Canal to Liverpool, July 2019
Lichfield Cathedral and the National Memorial Arboretum, September 2019
A Day of Merchandise and Molecules: Visits to the Amazon Fulfilment Centre, near Manchester Airport, and to Waters’ Mass Spectrometry near Wilmslow, October 2019
Gorton Monastery, December 2019