Bulletin for March 2026
All events and actives can be found on our website
Follow the link here: https://elmbridge.u3asite.uk/
Elmbridge Literary Competition
The Elmbridge Literary Competition on the subject of ‘Mystery’ has now opened. We are asking Elmbridge writers to get their little grey cells working and come up with poems and short stories that celebrate the most popular genre in literature today. There are significant cash prizes and the closing date is 27 April 2026. Start on that Mystery masterpiece now!
Full details can be found on our website or from RC Sherriff Trust
Waddesdon Manor and Gardens, Fri 10th April
Trip ref. Wad
Waddesdon Manor is a French Renaissance-style chateau, built in the 1870s by Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild to entertain the fashionable world and house his impressive art collection. It is now a National Trust property managed by the Rothschild Foundation.
The coach will leave Excel Leisure Centre, Walton around 9.30am. We arrive with time to buy coffee etc, with entry to the house between 12 and 12.20pm.
Once inside, you are free to wander around at your own pace. There are a couple of places to buy lunch., a restaurant and cafes. We should be back in Walton 6-7pm.
Cost: National Trust non members £36.95. NT members £14 with your membership card. Trip ref. Wad
Please check the website for further details and booking instructions.
There is still time to sign-up for Walking Cricket
East Molesey Cricket Club
Taster Session Dates
Tuesday 7th April
Friday 17th April
10.30am start
We’ll finish on pitch at 12pm, followed by coffee and cake in Miss Polly Café
Taster Session Cost
The cost is £10 per person in total.
This £10 covers both taster sessions.
If you are only able to attend one of the two dates, the cost remains £10 — this is the fixed price for the taster programme.
✅ How to Book
To secure your place, please click this payment link.
Your place will be confirmed once payment has been received.
These sessions are designed to be friendly, relaxed and suitable for all abilities — whether you’ve played before or are completely new to the game. There’s no running, no pressure — just gentle activity, skill-building and a great opportunity to meet others in a welcoming, sociable environment.
Please wear comfortable clothing and trainers. All equipment will be
provided.
Contact details: Email Annika
Sezincote House & Gardens 2, Wed 27th May
As last year’s outing was very oversubscribed I thought I’d offer it again. For those that were on the waiting list and expressed an interest in coming again, please pay the correct amount straight away as I have noted your names. Otherwise please follow the instructions on the Payments page.
Pronounced ‘Seezincote’, a unique 200-year-old, privately owned mansion built in the ‘Indian Style’. Sezincote is set in the Cotswolds, surrounded by a thriving agricultural estate including a wonderful garden, designed with the help of Humphrey Repton. Sezincote is credited with influencing the design of the Brighton Pavilion after a visit by The Prince Regent in 1807. The house was hugely restored after the 2nd world war, and it is thought that it is the only Mogul building still surviving in Western Europe.
Before we arrive there, we shall stop at Moreton-in-Marsh for free time to buy lunch.
We then have a short drive to Sezincote, where we spend the afternoon at the estate. There are timed group entries for a half hour guided tour inside the house, with the rest of the time free to enjoy the magnificent gardens, waterfalls and grottos. There is a small cafe in the Orangery serving tea, coffee and cake, accessed by a flight of 11 steps.
There are stairs inside the house; for those that can’t manage them there is a book with photos to look at showing the upstairs rooms. Outside it can also be uneven underfoot. The garden is on a slope with mainly gravel paths which are steep in places, with irregular stone bridges over the stream. There are seats in the gardens.
Cost: £37 inc. house & gardens entrance, tip for driver. Food/drinks not included.
If you have a membership card for Historic Houses, the cost will be £22.
Times: Coach leaves Walton Xcel centre approx 10am.
Coach returns approx. 6.30pm.
Timings to be confirmed nearer the date
Trip ref. Sez2
More info on the website
March Monthly Talk, 4th March
The Shed that Fed Three Million Children
Roy Peachey, Supporter Engagement Officer for Mary’s Meals, will tell the amazing story of Mary’s Meals, a charity that serves life-changing school meals to more than three million children in some of the world’s poorest communities, a story that began, and continues, in a rickety tin shed in the Highlands of Scotland.
For more info see website.
April Monthly Talk, 1st April
Women in intelligence - A hidden history from WWI to WWII
In the twentieth century, women took on an extraordinary range of roles in intelligence, defying the conventions of their time. Across both world wars, far from being a small part of covert operations, they ran spy networks and escape lines, parachuted behind enemy lines and interrogated prisoners.
For more info see website.
Eu3a Band Dates for March
13th March at 12:30, Hersham Community Centre
31st March at 10:00, Holy Trinity Church, Claygate, at their Coffee Stop
For more info see website.