Category: Outside Events
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Cats and Dogs but without the Rain!
On Monday 29 September 2025, we had a visit to the Battersea Dogs and Cats Home, located close to what was Battersea Power Station. Given the consequences of a large number of visitors, we were divided into two groups arriving and visiting the site at different times. The Battersea Dogs and Cats Home is famous…
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Amazing Visit to an Amazing Museum
On Friday 01 August 2025 a group of 21 members of Kenton & District u3a made their way to The Musical Museum in Brentford, West London. This was a chance to look at their amazing selection of music making machines dating from the early 19th Century up to the present day. There is an amazing…
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Visit Clink Restaurant, HMP Brixton
A party of 16 Members visited the Clink Restaurant in His Majesty’s Prison Brixton for lunch – and not for any other reason! – on Wednesday 20 November 2024. The party was led by our Vice Chair Louise. Security was a key feature on this visit, and as no cameras are allowed in the prison…
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Doing the Bermondsey Walk – Eh?
If you want to show visitors a different side of London that encompasses the old and the new London take them on this walk. Starting from London Bridge Station where the Shard dominates the local area, you can explore Bermondsey once one of London’s most blighted areas of social deprivation but now undergoing regeneration to…
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Visit to Very Varied Chelsea
Under the leadership of Louise, a group of members made a guided visit to Chelsea in West London on Friday 05 July 2024. The guide was Stephanie Tickner who had spoken to our Monthly Meeting on 27 March 2024 on the Skills of Being a Good Guide in London – so no pressure there! This…
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Grand Visit to Southwark Cathedral
Kenton & District u3a Members made their way on London Underground for a visit to Southwark Cathedral on Monday 29 January 2024. Southwark Cathedral is located in the centre of London, close to London Bridge and to the foodie heaven that is Borough Market. A cathedral has existed at this location for many years. The…
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Excellent Walking through Wapping!
On Sunday 28 January 2024 our Rambling Group assembled at Tower Hill Underground Station for a two hour ramble through parts of London that were the docks for unloading ships in earlier times. Above can be seen part of St Katherine’s Dock with part of the Tower of London on the left, and also the…
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Why Water is the Key to Life at Kew
On Friday 15 December 2023, a group of 15 Kenton & District u3a Members went to the London Water and Steam Museum in Kew, West London. Located on the North side of the River Thames at a bend in the river, the 200 ft high standpipe tower is a familiar landmark and is in the…
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IMO Outstanding Agency In My Opinion
On Wednesday 15 November 2023, a group of 22 members made their way to the IMO, the International Maritime Organization, a United Nations body with its headquarters in central London. The IMO has 175 members and 3 associate members. Interestingly, some of the full members are from land-locked countries. Each member country pays a subscription…
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Rambling Along Pymme’s Brook
On Sunday 22 October 2023, we continued our exploration of North London, with this circular walk starting and ending at Tottenham Hale. It is a very easy walk as it on mostly on level tarmac and towpaths, helped by the fact that it was a warm, bright, and sunny day. We walked along the towpath…