The u3a has several Interest Groups that arrange trips on a regular basis for Members. The majority of these are arranged by the Out & About Group.
If you want to receive information on all these trips, please register your interest by joining the Out & About Registration Groupon the Groups page, please Click Here to go to the Groups Page.
This will enable the Group Leader to keep you informed by e-mail of future trips.
All future trips will have their own entry on the Groups page and you must join the relevant group for the trip you are interested in to apply for a place.
If you do not have access to e-mail, then the Group Leader will contact you by your preferred contact method specified by you when you joined the U3A.
A desk with all the information on future trips is also set out at the monthly meetings. Booking at the monthly meeting and the monthly library desk is also available. If you need to contact someone about a trip, please do so by using the u3a Contacts button in the top menu bar.
Please note that outings are available only to members of Holmes Chapel & District u3a.
All trips at the time of advertising are provisional and maybe subject to change or cancellation. The cost of each trip will be based on the number of people attending and what is included in the trip. e.g. entry fees etc.
We fully recognise the importance of enriching the lives of others within our u3a. But please note, on all Out & About and Theatre trips Members must be able to manage independently or should be accompanied by a carer; companion or partner. It is not the responsibility of the Group Leader nor any other Member to have to accompany someone who has independently signed up for the trip and be responsible for their welfare. Every Member is responsible for their own health, safety and welfare and that of the person/s they have agreed to accompany.
Click on Booking Details for Terms and Conditions for booking trips.
Status Live: Names being taken for waiting list
John Wilson and Sinfonia of London - Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Greatest Hits at the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
John Wilson and Sinfonia of London brings the timeless music of Rodgers & Hammerstein to life in a spectacular concert featuring beloved songs from some of the greatest musicals of all time including South Pacific, The Sound of Music, Oklahoma!, Carousel and The King and I.
We will leave Holmes Chapel at 5:30pm for this 7:30pm performance. We expect to be back home for approx. 11:00pm. Cost £65.00, includes transport and ticket for the stalls.
Status Live: Bookings now being taken
Matthew Bourne’s award-winning The Midnight Bell comes to Salford for the first time in 2025.
In 1930s London ordinary people emerge from cheap boarding houses nightly to pour out their passions, hopes and dreams in the pubs and fog-bound streets of Soho and Fitzrovia. Step inside The Midnight Bell, a tavern where one particular lonely-hearts club gather to play out their lovelorn affairs of the heart; bitter comedies of longing, frustration, betrayal and redemption.
Inspired by the great English novelist Patrick Hamilton (Twenty Thousand Streets Under The Sky, Hangover Square) who created some of the most authentic fiction of his era; stories borne out of years of social interactions with the working man and woman at his favourite location - the London Pub.
Hailed by The Observer as ‘the undisputed king of dance theatre’, master storyteller Bourne has produced some of the most successful dance theatre productions of the last 30 years.
Cost £64.00, includes transport and ticket for the stalls.
The cost for this trip is £50.00, this includes entrance to Ness Gardens, Liverpool Bay Cruise and coach travel from Holmes Chapel & Goostrey. We will leave Holmes Chapel at 9:00am/Goostrey 9:10am and expect to be back home for approx. 7:00pm.
Status Live: Bookings now being taken
Barnsdale Gardens & Afternoon Tea
The cost for this trip is £55.00 and includes entrance to Barnsdale Gardens, afternoon tea & coach. We will leave Holmes Chapel at 8:30am. We expect to be back in Holmes Chapel for approx. 6:30pm.
The Autumn Show promises both beautiful floral displays as well as exceptional produce from the allotment. Garden inspiration for both expert and occasional gardeners will feature in abundance.
Visitors to the show can also enjoy Newby Hall's award winning gardens, live talks and demonstrations, great garden shopping, and stunning floral art installations within Newby Hall.
Cost £42.00 includes entrance to flower show and transport
We will leave Holmes Chapel at 8:00am / Goostrey at 8:10am. We expect to be home for approx. 7:00pm depending on the traffic.
Status Live: Bookings now being taken
Royal Edinburgh & Beyond: Castles, Chapel & Kelpies
Tuesday 30 September - Saturday 4 October 2025 - 4 nights/5 days
# Half Board stay at the 4* Doubletree by Hilton Queensferry
# Time to explore the Burrell Collection, Glasgow
# 2 half days with our Blue Badge Guides discovering Edinburgh's architecture, landmarks and Medieval history.
# Time to explore Edinburgh Castle & Holyrood Palace
# Included visits to National Trust Culross Palace & Rosslyn Chapel
# Boat trip on the Falkirk Wheel & visit to the Kelpies
# Executive Coach travel with departures from Holmes Chapel & Goostrey
Cost £834.00 per person sharing a double/twin room.
Deposit of £150 per person required to secure your place on this holiday.
Upon receipt of your application a booking form will be forwarded to you.
Cost £66.00, includes transport and ticket for the stalls.
Status Live: Bookings now being taken
Top Hat, Manchester Opera House, Matinee Performance
There may be trouble ahead,
But while there’s moonlight, and music,
And love, and romance…
Let’s face the music and dance
You’re invited to the musical equivalent of the finest vintage champagne. Effervescent, elegant and exhilarating, Top Hat is a heady romantic cocktail laced with sparklingly witty dialogue, stunning choreography, lavish sets and gorgeous costumes. Irving Berlin’s irresistible score includes some of Hollywood’s greatest songs, the immortal Cheek to Cheek, Let’s Face the Music and Dance, Top Hat White Tie and Tails and Puttin’ on the Ritz.
When Broadway star Jerry Travers arrives in London to open a new show, he crosses paths with model Dale Tremont, whose beauty sleep is rudely interrupted by Jerry tap dancing in the hotel suite above hers. Instantly smitten, Jerry vows to abandon his bachelor life to win her – but the path of true love never does run smooth. Especially since Dale has mistaken Jerry for his hapless producer Horace, who’s trying to avoid the wrath of his formidable wife Madge, and Dale’s own fiery Italian admirer is planning a trip to Venice for her to showcase his couture gowns…
Based on the classic 1935 film which starred Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, the stage adaptation’s West End premiere won the 2013 Olivier Award for Best New Musical and the Evening Standard Award for Best Night Out. Acclaimed American director and choreographer Kathleen Marshall, whose Tony and Olivier Award-winning production of Anything Goes recently wowed audiences and critics in London and on television, comes to the UK to stage this brand-new production.
Cost £65.00, includes ticket for stalls & coach.
We will leave Holmes Chapel at 12:30pm / Goostrey 12:40pm and expect to be back home for approx. 6:30pm.
Status Live: Bookings now being taken
Cost £74.00, includes transport and ticket for the stalls.
Status Live: Bookings now being taken
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Get ready for the adventure of a lifetime as the West End smash-hit production of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe comes to the Lowry.
Step through the wardrobe into the magic kingdom of Narnia where a world of wonder awaits. Join Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter as they meet new friends, face dangerous foes and learn the lessons of courage, sacrifice, and the power of love.
Watch the nation’s favourite novel The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe come to life on stage in this spectacular production which is guaranteed to delight all ages.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is a portal fantasy novel written by British author C.S. Lewis, published in 1950. It is the first published and best known of seven novels in The Chronicles of Narnia.
Reviews
★★★★★ ‘SPECTACULAR’ METRO
★★★★ ‘A FANTASTICAL FAMILY TREAT’ THE TELEGRAPH
★★★★ ‘EXHILARATING PRODUCTION, SPELLBINDING SPECTACLE AND PERFECT PUPPERTY’ THE GUARDIAN
★★★★ ‘SUPERB. THERE’S NO DENYING ITS CHARM. IT’S HARD TO BEAT’ THE STAGE
★★★★ ‘THE MOST RIVETING SPECTACLE’ THE GUARDIAN
Cost £63.00, includes transport and ticket for the stalls.
Status Live: Bookings now being taken
Aaron Sorkin’s riveting, award-winning stage adaptation of the seminal American novel about racial injustice and childhood innocence became a Broadway and West End sensation with star-studded sell-out seasons on both sides of the Atlantic. Now this thrilling courtroom drama embarks on a UK & Ireland tour for the very first time.
Successful lawyer, Atticus Finch, encourages kindness and empathy in his children, but is pushed to the limits of these qualities himself when he resolves to uncover the truth in a town that seems determined to hide it. Set in 1934 Alabama, To Kill a Mockingbird was inspired by novelist Harper Lee’s own childhood and has sold more than 45 million copies worldwide. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Literature and was long at the top of the banned book lists.
Cost £61.00, includes transport and ticket for the stalls.
Status Live - Bookings now being taken
Operation Mincemeat is the 2024 Olivier Award-winning Best New Musical. It’s London's biggest hit with 77 Five-Star reviews making it the best-reviewed show in West End history. Now also a Tony-nominated Best Musical on Broadway!
The year is 1943 and right now we’re losing the war. Luckily, we’re about to gamble all our futures on a stolen corpse. Singin’ in the Rain meets Strangers on a Train, Operation Mincemeat is the fast-paced, hilarious and unbelievable true story of the twisted secret mission that won us World War II. Bursting at the seams with the kind of chaos you couldn’t invent, the question is: how did a dead body, a fake love letter, and - of all people - Ian Fleming come together to wrong-foot Hitler?
Reviews:
“A little show with a very big future.” - David Benedict, Variety
“The Brits have made the year’s funniest musical” - Peter Marks, The Washington Post
“Hilarious tale makes Mincemeat out of its rivals... Before curtain I talked to a fan seeing this for the seventh time. I wondered why anyone would see the same show seven times. Now I know” - Neil Armstrong, The Mail
On Sunday
Cost £77.00, includes transport and ticket for the stalls.
Status Live: bookings now being taken
Don Quixote, Birmingham Royal Ballet
In this first revival of his 2022 production Director Carlos Acosta delivers entertainment for all ages. Don Quixote introduces us to Cervantes’ famous knight himself, lovers Kitri and Basilio, and a host of supporting characters. As the Don sets out on a quest to track down his true love, with his loyal friend and servant Sancho Panza at his side, he finds himself embroiled in an unlikely adventure of love and dreams.
Cost £68.00, includes transport and ticket for the stalls.
Leave Holmes Chapel at 12:00noon / Goostrey 12:10pm. Expect to be back home for approx. 6:00pm depending on traffic.