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Events

Events which are not part of the regular meetings of individual groups are listed here. The exception to this is when groups vary the date of their activites, or use different venues - for example walks, trips or social activities. Monthly General Meetings are also include.

If your group is organising an event and it is not listed here, please contact the Web Master via the link on the Contacts page.

Forthcoming events

3rd June 2026
10:30 am
Walk
Skipton and Embsey 8.5 miles 250 mtrs (ascent throughout the day) Meet at Bridge Street (Long Stay) car park, Skipton. BD23 1LQ. W3W bluff.blend.snoring. Toilets are free and there are […]
10th June 2026
10:30 am
Walk
Whalley / Springwood 8.2 miles 600ft climb, no steep hills. Meet at Carpark £1.00 charge. Postcode BB7 9TD,  w3w lobbed.bulky.cinemas. Walk through Whalley to cross a very busy A road, […]
13th June 2026
11:00 am - 11:00 am
Walk
SATURDAY 2.5 miles 60 – 90 mins Meet at the Worden Park Car park postcode PR25 3DH W3W taker.loses.liability. Parking charges apply. This is a circular walk around the perimeter […]
17th June 2026
10:30 am
Walk
Nelson and Salterforth. Walk distance 8 miles, total climb of 950 feet. Meet at Colne and Nelson RUFC, Harrison Drive, Colne BB8 9SJ.  w3w hovered.romantics.welcome We meet at the free […]
17th June 2026
12:30 pm
Social
Cost: Individual Spending
22nd June 2026
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Meeting
Details to follow
Cost: Free - Refreshments Provided
23rd June 2026
11:00 am
Walk
3 miles. 90 mins plus ice cream time! Meet at the car park between St James School and the Canal on Haworth Road just off Crosse Hall Lane PR6 0QJ, […]
24th June 2026
10:30 am
Walk
Details to follow
30th June 2026
2:00 pm
Meeting
1st July 2026
10:30 am
Walk
Chipping Start at the car park at the side of Chipping Village Hall, postcode PR3 2QH, w3w lung.town.uncle. 8 miles and 250m ascent/descent. Public toilets close to the start. Walk from […]
13th July 2026
11:00 am
Walk
3 miles – 90 mins A woodland walk.  Meet at Knowle House Car park opposite Cumberland School. BL6 7RT, W3W gliders.open.broth.  A little uphill on this walk that takes us […]
15th July 2026
12:30 pm
Social
Cost: Individual Spending
27th July 2026
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Meeting
Chris Whitehead has been leading the education department at WWT Martin Mere for the last twenty years and has brought his knowledge of wildlife and conservation to bear on making […]
Cost: Free - Refreshments Provided
28th July 2026
2:00 pm
Meeting
30th July 2026
11:00 am
Walk
2.2 miles. 60 mins. Meet at the main car park for Haigh Hall on School Lane postcode WN2 1PE. W3W roofs.chimp.closed. There are charges for parking which is by card […]
11th August 2026
11:00 am
Walk
2.9 miles. 90 mins. Meet on the new car park for Jubilee Park on Station Road just off Park Road opposite the White Bear Marina by the Canal Bridge. Postcode […]
19th August 2026
12:30 pm
Social
Cost: Individual Spending
24th August 2026
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Meeting
‘The Assassination of John Lennon’ is a presentation, by Pete Mellor, on Lennon’s killing at the Dakota Building in New York on the 8th December 1980. Information comes from witness […]
Cost: Free - Refreshments Provided
25th August 2026
11:00 am
Walk
3 miles – 90 mins plus ice cream time! Meet at the layby on Duxbury Hall Road on the way to the Golf Club House postcode PR7 4AT W3W vital.edge.pans. […]
16th September 2026
11:00 am
Walk
2.9 miles. 90 mins. Meet/park outside Whins Kitchen on Whins Lane. Postcode PR6 8HN, W3W noise.spooked.crumbles. We first descend a short track to the canal and follow the canal passed […]
16th September 2026
12:30 pm
Social
Cost: Individual Spending
22nd September 2026
2:00 pm
Meeting
28th September 2026
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Meeting
Describing the origins and influence of the Art Deco period spanning the 1920’s and 1930’s, the talk embraces all aspects of the genre throughout the globe including Architecture, Art & […]
Cost: Free - Refreshments Provided
30th September 2026
11:00 am
Walk
2.2 miles 60 minutes Meet/Park at ‘Buckshaw Astro Turf’ Old Worden Ave, Buckshaw Village. PR7 7BF. W3W hostels.replays.technical. We leave the car park and follow a tarmac path past the […]
15th October 2026
11:00 am
Walk
2.5 miles. 60 – 90mins Meet on the new car park for Jubilee Park on Station Road just off Park Road opposite the White Bear Marina by the Canal Bridge. […]
26th October 2026
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Meeting
We will explore, with Neil Stevenson, the role of women including female deities, women in the royal family and nobility to those in more humbleroles. You will find some interesting […]
Cost: Free - Refreshments Provided
27th October 2026
2:00 pm
Meeting
13th November 2026
11:00 am
Walk
3.0 miles 90 minutes. Start at postcode WN2 1QE  W3W clinic.anguished.variation.  (Turn of Dicconson Lane (B5239) onto mill lane and follow this to its end and the carpark) A linear […]
24th November 2026
2:00 pm
Meeting
30th November 2026
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Meeting
Steve Williams takes a look at military and social history using four tins - a WW1 Christmas tin, a tin of emergency rations issued for D-Day in WW2, a coal […]
Cost: Free - Refreshements Provided
8th December 2026
2:00 pm
Meeting
11th December 2026
11:00 am
Walk
2.1 miles. 60 mins. Meet at Hall Gate Car Park - Postcode PR7 1XA - W3W shark.join.speak. A circular walk round Astley Park, walk past the bowling greens down the […]
14th December 2026
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Meeting
Details to follow
Cost: Free - Refreshments Provided

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