| Status: | Active, open to new members |
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| When: | Monthly We do not meet in December, January, February and August. Timings are approx. 10:30 - 1:00 pm generally followed by optional lunch. Tours usually last between 1 ½-2hrs. |
| Cost: | Around £6 per trip, but this may vary according to the fee we need to pay individual guides. |
We visit towns and villages, local and further afield, exploring the architecture, history, development and what makes a place special.
Our walks are led by knowledgeable guides.
Where possible we meet for tea or coffee beforehand and lunch afterwards.
Upcoming trips for 2025:
- Windsor - Tuesday 11th March tbc
- Amersham - Thursday 3rdApril tbc
- Hartley Wintney - May tbc
- Bishops Waltham - June tbc
- North Warnborough - July tbc
If you would like to contact the group by email click on the Group Contact above.
Go back to exploring all of our groups here.
Previous Exploring Towns and Villages visits
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Crondall November 2024
Our November visit was to Crondall, where 20 of us enjoyed a guided tour, led by Mike Jeffries of the Crondall Society, who was very knowledgeable. Crondall has a population of less than 2,000 people. It’s southern boundary is the North Downs, along which ran the prehistoric Harrow Way, an ancient unpaved route in Britain…
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Basingstoke October 2024
Our second visit of the year was to Basingstoke with the very knowledgeable guide Debbie Reavell from the Basingstoke Heritage Society. Not many of us knew much about Basingstoke before the post war modernisation but we learnt a great deal about the old town and some of the characters in it. Jane and Cassandra Austen…
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Chawton House visit - September 2024
We started the new U3A year with a very enjoyable visit to Chawton House. We had an excellent guide who was very knowledgeable and told us all about the history of the house and the families that have lived there over the years. Some of us met for a coffee first at Cassandra’s Cup, which…
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Odiham - July 2024
On Monday 8th July we made our last visit of the U3A year and didn’t travel very far afield. In fact, we had a tour of Odiham and I think most of us learned a lot of interesting facts that we weren’t previously aware of. We only touched on parts of the village so we…
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Titchfield - June 2024
Titchfield is a village and former civil parish in the Fareham district, in southern Hampshire, by the River Meon. The village has a history stretching back to the 6th century. During the medieval period, the village operated a small port and market. Near to the village are the ruins of Titchfield Abbey, a place with strong associations with Sheakespeare, through his patron, the Earl…
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Wickham - May 2024
In May 2024 we visited Wickham, which is a large village near Fareham. Many of us had never heard of the place before but found it very interesting. We were a group of 29 with two guides so we split into two groups and then met up again for lunch at The Square Cow, where…
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Gosport - April 2024
April saw us in Gosport, which is a very interesting town and we had the pleasure of having Andrew Negus as our guide. Andrew has guided us round many towns and villages in the past and hopefully will do so in the future. Sixteen people joined the tour and some made more of an adventure…
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Reading - March 2024
In March we visited Reading and had a very interesting tour, looking at crime and punishment over the years. Our guide, Terry Dixon, is very knowledgeable and does about ten different tours so we will certainly be using him again in the future.