We have Open Meetings with a guest speaker on the 3rd Monday of the month (except December). These are at 2.30 pm in the Bowls Club, Abbey Lane, Saffron Walden. Doors open at 1.45pm.
The Theatre and Travel Group has a range of trips to places of interest, and to theatres and concerts, usually at least one per month. Holidays are also arranged for members. Details are included below. Representatives of this group will have a table at the start of each Open Meeting to discuss and take bookings for future events. Click on the Theatre and Travel or Holidays pages or on the Groups page for contact details.
To download a pdf of the latest Theatre and Travel Programme of Trips pleae go to the Theatre and Travel page.

8th - 12th June 2026 RESERVE LIST ONLY Excursions on two half days Double and twin rooms available Cost £649.00 / £669.00 depending on numbers. Deposit due end January 2026. […]
Cost: £649 - £669
Booking Required
Tuesday 9th June 2026
12:30pm
Social and Other
Our JIGSAW CHALLENGE is being held on Tuesday 9th June at the Bowls Club in Abbey Lane at 12:30 pm. We have had to cancel this due to lack fo […]
Venue: Bowls Club
Cost: £10
Booking Required
Next Open Meeting - Monday 15th June 2.30pm Our next Open Meeting features a talk by Peter Batty entitled 'Band of Sisters' Featuring amazing stories of women in World War […]
Venue: Bowls Club
Brooklands – Motor and aircraft museum with vintage bus ride. £56 approx. depending on numbers. If interested contact John Martin
Booking Required
Reserve List Only High Society by Cole Porter – with Felicity Kendall & Helen George. Barbican Theatre matinee. Tickets £60 caoch extra TBA Pay by 9th Jan
Booking Required
3 hour lunch cruise. With Fish and Chips. £58- £62 depending numbers. If interested contact Chris Duffy.
Booking Required
Kent – 1 Night Break – visiting Chartwell home of Winston Churchill and Sissinghurst Castle & gardens, home of Vita Sackville-West. £260 approx. all inclusive. Deposit January. This break is […]
Booking Required
Summer Concert - World in Union - Saturday 18th July 12 noon Our Harmony Choir presents its Summer Concert 'WORLD IN UNION' at 12pm on Saturday 18th July on the […]
We have Open Meetings with a guest speaker on the 3rd Monday of the month (except December). These are at 2.30 pm in the Bowls Club, Abbey Lane, Saffron Walden. […]
Venue: Bowls Club
Lord of the Dance – show at Southend including Meal. £60.50 ticket, Coach etc TBA. Pay by end April. Reserve list only. If interested please contact Chris Duffy
Booking Required
We have Open Meetings with a guest speaker on the 3rd Monday of the month (except December). These are at 2.30 pm in the Bowls Club, Abbey Lane, Saffron Walden. […]
Venue: Bowls Club
Thames Barge Cruise – with possible Cream Tea and free time in Maldon. £55 approx. depending on numbers. If interested please contact Chris Duffy. Reserve list only
Booking Required
Tuesday 25th August 2026 at The London Palladium. RESERVE LIST ONLY Tickets are £55.00 each. Payment by 6th March to obtain this prior booking price, also this show in only […]
Cost: 55.00
Booking Required
Saltaire Village – 3 day break, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Yorkshire. Includes Steam Train ride on the Keighley & North Valley Railway – £380 approx. Pay £70 deposit - due […]
Booking Required
We have Open Meetings with a guest speaker on the 3rd Monday of the month (except December). These are at 2.30 pm in the Bowls Club, Abbey Lane, Saffron Walden. […]
Venue: Bowls Club
Guided tour of St Pauls and Smithfield areas plus canal boat trip to Camden Lock. 23rd September 2026. Cost approximately £60.00 depending on numbers. Pickup times: Thaxted Guild Hall 07.45, […]
Cost: £60
Booking Required
Southend Theatre 8th October 2026 at 7pm. To include pre show meal. Tickets are £68.00 including £5.00 meal deposit and have to be paid by 13th March to obtain this […]
Cost: 68.00
Booking Required
Romford Greyhound Racing - afternoon, includes 3 course meal, live racing and bet if you wish. £44- £54 depending numbers. Pay by 25th September. If interested contact Jim Dwyer
Booking Required
We have Open Meetings with a guest speaker on the 3rd Monday of the month (except December). These are at 2.30 pm in the Bowls Club, Abbey Lane, Saffron Walden. […]
Venue: Bowls Club
The Poppy Factory – explore the history of Remembrance in Richmond - 90 minute tour, try poppy making, tea/coffee & cake. Suggest you take a packed lunch. £47- £57 depending […]
Booking Required
We have Open Meetings with a guest speaker on the 3rd Monday of the month (except December). These are at 2.30 pm in the Bowls Club, Abbey Lane, Saffron Walden. […]
Venue: Bowls Club
Maintee at The Aldwych Tuesday 17th November 2026 Reserve list only. Hear his songs - How it started in1942, how it changed music history. Tickets are £50.00 each and have […]
Cost: £50
Booking Required
At Southend. Henry VIII’s 6 Wives as never seen before. Date: 21st November 2026. Price to include meal at Cliff’s Restaurant. Ticket and meal deposit £46.50 + &5.00 (£51.50) Coach […]
Booking Required
Christmas Festival of Light at Longleat House. See house decorated and safari drive in the park. RESERVE LIST ONLY Plus one day visit to Bath. 23rd to 26th November 2026. […]
Cost: £499
Booking Required
To be held 3rd December 2026 at the Pavillion Theatre Southend Tickets £40 each . Coach TBA. Few Places available. Deposit £20.00 now.
Cost: 40.00
Booking Required
We have Open Meetings with a guest speaker on the 3rd Monday of the month (except December). These are at 2.30 pm in the Bowls Club, Abbey Lane, Saffron Walden. […]
We have Open Meetings with a guest speaker on the 3rd Monday of the month (except December). These are at 2.30 pm in the Bowls Club, Abbey Lane, Saffron Walden. […]
We have Open Meetings with a guest speaker on the 3rd Monday of the month (except December). These are at 2.30 pm in the Bowls Club, Abbey Lane, Saffron Walden. […]
Venue: Bowls Club
Lake District - 5 day break staying on the outskirts of Grange over Sands at the Cumbria Grand Hotel, trips include Blackwell Arts & Crafts House, Haverthwaite Railway, Windermere Lake […]
Booking Required