Providing opportunities for people who are retired from full-time employment in Skipton and neighbouring areas

About Groups

Groups start in:

  • Autumn or January for 10 or 20 weeks.
  • or Summer
  • or run throughout the year

Below you can find the right group for you by using our Groups by Category or Groups A to Z or if you’re looking for something on a specific day then you can find them in Groups by day of the week

You can also view our complete 2026 programme here.

Groups by Category

  • Art 1840-1900
    Venue: Swadford Centre Assembly Room
    Meets: Tuesday Fortnightly Spring
    Leaders: Jacqui Eames
  • Art and Architecture
    Venue: Embsay Village Hall Side Room
    Meets: Weekly Wednesday Autumn
    Leaders: Ian Adams, Joyce Adams
  • Art and Calligraphy
    Venue: Skipton Sports Community Hub
    Meets: Thursday Weekly Autumn Spring
    Leaders: Anne F MacDonald, Lesley Perkins
  • Art Forum face to face
    Meets: Fortnightly Tuesday Autumn
    Leaders: Ginny Wilkinson
  • Floral Art
    Venue: St Stephens Church Hall Skipton
    Meets: Thursday Fortnightly Autumn Spring
    Leaders: Jesca de Rijk
  • History of Art
    Venue: Embsay Village Hall Side Room
    Meets: Tuesday Weekly Autumn Spring
    Leaders: Ian Adams, Joyce Adams
  • Illuminating Medieval Manuscri
    Venue: Craven Community Hub - High Street
    Meets: Thursday Weekly Spring
    Leaders: Maureen Street
  • Pottery Collective
    Meets: Wednesday Weekly Autumn
    Leaders: Susie Cottrell, Roland Styles
  • Quilting and Sewing
    Venue: Skipton Sports Community Hub
    Meets: Wednesday Weekly Autumn Spring
    Leaders: Beverly Anne Reay
  • Sketching outdoors
    Meets: Tuesday Weekly Summer
    Leaders: Nancy Stedman
  • Victorian Novels
    Venue: Swadford Centre Assembly Room
    Meets: Tuesday Fortnightly Spring
    Leaders: Jacqui Eames
  • Woodturning 1
    Meets: Monday Weekly Autumn Spring
    Leaders: Alan Douglas Hirst
  • Woodturning 2
    Meets: Monday Weekly Autumn Spring
    Leaders: Alan Douglas Hirst
  • Woodturning in Summer
    Venue: Carleton Woodturning
    Meets: Monday Fortnightly Summer
    Leaders: Alan Douglas Hirst
  • Aerobic Fitness Training
    Venue: Sandylands Gym Multi use Gym
    Meets: Weekly Wednesday Autumn Spring
    Leaders: John Dixon
  • Badminton
    Venue: Sandylands Sports Centre
    Meets: Thursday Weekly All Year
    Leaders: Jon Tomlinson
  • Bridge for Beginners
    Meets: Weekly Wednesday Autumn
    Leaders: David Lowe
  • Bridge Play
    Venue: Draughton Village Hall
    Meets: Thursday Weekly Autumn Spring
    Leaders: David Lowe
  • Croquet
    Venue: Pendle and Craven Croquet Club
    Meets: Weekly Wednesday Summer
    Leaders: Graham Read
  • Indoor Games 25-26
    Venue: Three Links Club
    Meets: Monday Weekly Autumn Spring
    Leaders: Alan Newall
  • Mah Jong
    Venue: Three Links Club
    Meets: Thursday Weekly Autumn Spring
    Leaders: Andrew Todd
  • Padel Tennis
    Venue: Skipton Tennis Club
    Meets: Wednesday Weekly Autumn Summer
    Leaders: Roland Styles
  • Pickleball
    Venue: Skipton Tennis Club
    Meets: Wednesday Weekly Spring
    Leaders: Anne F MacDonald, Jaqui Fenwick
  • Racketball
    Venue: Sandylands Sports Centre
    Meets: mond Weekly All Year
    Leaders: Jon Tomlinson, Michael Swinden, Mike Valiant
  • Solo Latin Dance Advanced
    Venue: Skipton Sports Community Hub
    Meets: Friday weekly Autumn Spring
    Leaders: Jacqui Eames
  • Solo Latin Dance Beginners
    Venue: Skipton Sports Community Hub
    Meets: Friday weekly Autumn Spring
    Leaders: Jacqui Eames
  • Stretching / Yoga
    Venue: St Andrews Church Hall Skipton
    Meets: Monday Weekly Autumn Spring
    Leaders: Sandra Dixon
  • Stretching /Movement
    Venue: St Andrews Church Hall Skipton
    Meets: Wednesday Weekly Autumn Spring
    Leaders: Sandra Dixon, Joan Hardy
  • Sunday Lunch Club
    Meets: Sunday Monthly All Year
    Leaders: Sheila Mason
  • Table Tennis
    Venue: Sandylands Sports Centre
    Meets: Friday weekly Autumn Spring
    Leaders: Jennifer Crook
  • Tenpin Bowling
    Venue: Matrix Superbowl
    Meets: Monday Weekly Autumn Spring
    Leaders: Gail Matthews, Patricia Fawcett
  • Walking Cricket
    Venue: Skipton Sports Community Hub
    Meets: Tuesday Weekly Summer
    Leaders: Anne F MacDonald
  • Walking Netball.
    Venue: Sandylands Sports Centre
    Meets: Tuesday Weekly Autumn Spring
    Leaders: Clarissa Jarvis
  • Ad Hoc Walking Group 25-26
    Meets: varied
    Leaders: Mike Valiant
  • Allotment
    Venue: Allotment
    Meets: Sunday Weekly All year
    Leaders: Noelle Helena Tudhope
  • Birdwatching
    Venue: Bolton Abbey Village Hall
    Meets: Weekly Monday Autumn Spring
    Leaders: Jacqui Eames
  • Crown Green Bowls Group 1
    Venue: Whinfield Bowling Club
    Meets: Friday Weekly Summer
    Leaders: Keith Waddington, Rosemary Bootland
  • Crown Green Bowls Group 2
    Venue: Whinfield Bowling Club
    Meets: Friday Weekly Summer
    Leaders: Shirley Desgranges, Keith Waddington
  • Culture Vultures
    Meets: varied Irregular All Year
    Leaders: Wendy Brown
  • Day Trips with Friends
    Meets: varied
    Leaders: Anne F MacDonald, Sheila Mason
  • E-biking
    Meets: varied Irregular Autumn Spring
    Leaders: Linda Hoole
  • Gardening
    Meets: varied all Year
    Leaders: Anne F MacDonald
  • Geology Walks
    Meets: Monday Fortnightly Autumn Spring
    Leaders: Diane Killock, Mark Wademan, Richard Collinson
  • Heysham 22.7.25
    Meets: 22.7.25
    Leaders: Linda Hoole
  • Heysham reserve
    Meets: 22.7.25
    Leaders: Linda Hoole
  • Motorcycle Group
    Meets: Irregular
    Leaders: Harold Taylor
  • Nature Rambles
    Meets: varied Irregular All Year
    Leaders: Maurice White
  • Photo Group
    Meets: varied Monthly All Year
    Leaders: Anne F MacDonald
  • Shorty Walks
    Meets: varied Irregular All Year
    Leaders: Sally Crowley
  • Two Hour walks
    Meets: Tuesday Irregular Autumn
    Leaders: Shirley Davids, Stephanie Crolla, Kathy Warburton, Lynda Newhouse, Jamesine Cundell Walker
  • Walk to Lunch 25-26
    Meets: Thursday Fortnightly All Year
    Leaders: Brigida Martino, Jenny Robinson
  • Walking Group 25-26
    Meets: Tuesdays and Thursdays All Year
    Leaders: George Mackley, Mike Valiant, Geoff Wilkinson
  • Wharfedale Walking
    Meets: Saturday Fortnightly All Year
    Leaders: Nick Jarvis, Maggie Jarvis, Keith Berrington
  • Book Group - Non-fiction
    Meets: First Wednesday of each Month All year
    Leaders: John Hoole
  • Book Group Fiction A
    Meets: Second Monday of the month
    Leaders: Lis Cooper
  • Book Group Fiction B
    Meets: Second Monday of the month all year
    Leaders: Linda Hoole
  • Geography Forum
    Venue: St Stephens Church Hall Skipton
    Meets: Wednesday Weekly Autumn Spring
    Leaders: Raymond Bartlett, Jonathan Hauxwell, Nigel Holden, Laurie Prowse
  • History Extra
    Venue: Craven Community Hub - High Street
    Meets: Thursdays Weekly
    Leaders: Jane Houlton
  • History Happens
    Venue: St Stephens Church Hall Skipton
    Meets: Wednesday Fortnightly Autumn Spring
    Leaders: Jane Houlton, John Hoole
  • Japan: A history in five talks
    Venue: St Stephens Church Hall Skipton
    Meets: Wednesday Fortnightly Autumn
    Leaders: Nigel Holden
  • Literary Lives
    Venue: St Stephens Church Hall Skipton
    Meets: Monday Fortnightly Autumn Spring
    Leaders: David Turner, Judith Barras
  • Politics Discussion Group
    Venue: Swadford Centre Assembly Room
    Meets: Thursday Weekly Autumn Spring
    Leaders: Richard Newson, Susan Ingham, Andrew Dickson
  • Adventure into Classical Music
    Venue: St Andrews Church Primary Room
    Meets: Thursday
    Leaders: Chris Skidmore
  • Craven u3a Orchestra
    Venue: Embsay Village Hall
    Meets: Weekly Wednesday Autumn Spring
    Leaders: Sue Stidworthy
  • Drumming Circle
    Venue: Skipton Sports Community Hub
    Meets: Thursday Weekly Autumn
    Leaders: Charles Green
  • Music for fun
    Venue: Trinity Methodist Church
    Meets: Tuesday Weekly Autumn Spring
    Leaders: Lesley Widdop, Graham Read, Nick Kavanagh
  • Music theory, creativity & imp
    Venue: Embsay Village Hall
    Meets: Monday Fortnightly Autumn Spring
    Leaders: Chris Brown, Phil Lawler
  • Musical Theatre: A History
    Venue: St Stephens Church Hall Skipton
    Meets: Monday Fortnightly Autumn Spring
    Leaders: Judith Barras
  • Opera DVDs
    Meets: From Friday 9th t hen weekly
    Leaders: Constance Wood
  • Poetry Group
    Meets: Friday Fortnightly Autumn Spring
    Leaders: Elizabeth Morrison
  • Popular Music
    Venue: Three Links Club
    Meets: Tuesday Weekly Autumn Spring
    Leaders: David Wiseman, Sandra Dixon
  • Recorder Continuers
    Venue: St Andrews Church Primary Room
    Meets: Monday Weekly Autumn Spring
    Leaders: Jennifer Crook
  • Recorder Ensemble
    Venue: St Andrews Church Primary Room
    Meets: Monday Weekly Autumn Spring
    Leaders: Susan Farmery, Rosalind Taylor
  • Singing Madrigals
    Venue: St Andrews Church Primary Room
    Meets: Wednesday Weekly Autumn Spring
    Leaders: Chris Skidmore, Susan Jackson
  • Solo Latin Dance Improvers
    Venue: Skipton Sports Community Hub
    Meets: Friday
    Leaders: Jacqui Eames
  • Railway Study Group
    Venue: Swadford Centre Assembly Room
    Meets: Friday weekly Autumn Spring
    Leaders: Paul Haywood, Ian Appleyard, Mick Richings
  • Science and technology disc
    Venue: St Stephens Church Hall Skipton
    Meets: Monday Weekly Autumn Spring
    Leaders: Ian Blomfield, Christopher Bowley
  • Stories of Scientists
    Venue: Skipton Sports Community Hub
    Meets: Wednesday Weekly Spring
    Leaders: Mick Richings
  • Films on Thursdays
    Venue: Champions Church
    Meets: Thursday Weekly Autumn Spring
    Leaders: Jean Crampton, Lesley Perkins
  • Films on Tuesday international
    Venue: Champions Church
    Meets: Tuesday Weekly Autumn Spring
    Leaders: Veronica Eastham, Terence Makin, Jean Crampton, Lesley Perkins
  • French Advanced
    Venue: St Stephens Church Hall Skipton
    Meets: Weekly Autumn Spring Friday
    Leaders: Kevin Franks
  • French Conversation
    Venue: Christ Church
    Meets: Friday weekly Autumn Spring
    Leaders: Jennifer Hanson, Laura Taylor, Pauline Kennedy
  • German
    Venue: St Andrews Church Primary Room
    Meets: Tuesday Weekly Autumn Spring
    Leaders: Sheila Clark
  • Italian Beginners
    Venue: Quaker Meeting House
    Meets: Wednesday Weekly Autumn Spring
    Leaders: Sylva Vorstman
  • Italian continuers
    Venue: Quaker Meeting House
    Meets: Monday Weekly Autumn Spring
    Leaders: Sylva Vorstman
  • Spanish Conversation Advanced
    Venue: St Stephens Church Hall Skipton
    Meets: Wednesday Fortnightly
    Leaders: Phil Lawler

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Groups by Day of the Week

Monday

Group Venue Contact Time Status
BirdwatchingBolton Abbey Village HallJacqui Eames10:00 - 12:00All year
Book Group Fiction ALis Cooper18:15 - 19:15All year
Book Group Fiction BLinda Hoole18:15 - 19:15All year
Geology WalksDiane Killock, Mark Wademan, Richard Collinson10:00 - 00:00All year
Indoor Games 25-26Three Links ClubAlan Newall14:00 - 16:00All year
Italian continuersQuaker Meeting HouseSylva Vorstman14:00 - 16:00All year
Literary LivesSt Stephens Church Hall SkiptonDavid Turner, Judith Barras14:00 - 16:00All year
Music theory, creativity & impEmbsay Village HallChris Brown, Phil Lawler14:00 - 16:00All year
Musical Theatre: A HistorySt Stephens Church Hall SkiptonJudith Barras14:00 - 16:00All year
Recorder ContinuersSt Andrews Church Primary RoomJennifer Crook15:00 - 17:00All year
Recorder EnsembleSt Andrews Church Primary RoomSusan Farmery, Rosalind Taylor13:30 - 14:30All year
Science and technology discSt Stephens Church Hall SkiptonIan Blomfield, Christopher Bowley10:15 - 12:15All year
Stretching / YogaSt Andrews Church Hall SkiptonSandra Dixon10:00 - 11:00All year
Tenpin BowlingMatrix SuperbowlGail Matthews, Patricia Fawcett14:00 - 16:00All year
Woodturning 1Alan Douglas Hirst14:00 - 16:00All year
Woodturning 2Alan Douglas Hirst17:00 - 19:00All year
Woodturning in SummerCarleton WoodturningAlan Douglas Hirst14:00 - 16:00All year

Tuesday

Group Venue Contact Time Status
Art 1840-1900Swadford Centre Assembly RoomJacqui Eames14:00 - 16:00All year
Art Forum face to faceGinny Wilkinson10:30 - 12:00All year
Films on Tuesday internationalChampions ChurchVeronica Eastham, Terence Makin, Jean Crampton, Lesley Perkins13:30 - 16:00All year
GermanSt Andrews Church Primary RoomSheila Clark10:00 - 12:00All year
History of ArtEmbsay Village Hall Side RoomIan Adams, Joyce Adams10:00 - 12:00All year
Music for funTrinity Methodist ChurchLesley Widdop, Graham Read, Nick Kavanagh10:30 - 12:15All year
Popular MusicThree Links ClubDavid Wiseman, Sandra Dixon14:00 - 16:00All year
Sketching outdoorsNancy Stedman10:30 - 12:30All year
Two Hour walksShirley Davids, Stephanie Crolla, Kathy Warburton, Lynda Newhouse, Jamesine Cundell Walker10:00 - 12:00All year
Victorian NovelsSwadford Centre Assembly RoomJacqui Eames14:00 - 16:00All year
Walking CricketSkipton Sports Community HubAnne F MacDonald10:00 - 12:00All year
Walking Group 25-26George Mackley, Mike Valiant, Geoff Wilkinson00:00 - 00:00All year
Walking Netball.Sandylands Sports CentreClarissa Jarvis11:00 - 12:00All year

Wednesday

Group Venue Contact Time Status
Aerobic Fitness TrainingSandylands Gym Multi use GymJohn Dixon14:00 - 15:00All year
Art and ArchitectureEmbsay Village Hall Side RoomIan Adams, Joyce Adams10:00 - 12:00All year
Book Group - Non-fictionJohn Hoole18:15 - 19:15All year
Bridge for BeginnersDavid Lowe14:00 - 16:00All year
Craven u3a OrchestraEmbsay Village HallSue Stidworthy14:00 - 16:00All year
CroquetPendle and Craven Croquet ClubGraham Read13:30 - 15:30All year
Geography ForumSt Stephens Church Hall SkiptonRaymond Bartlett, Jonathan Hauxwell, Nigel Holden, Laurie Prowse10:00 - 12:00All year
History HappensSt Stephens Church Hall SkiptonJane Houlton, John Hoole14:00 - 16:00All year
Italian BeginnersQuaker Meeting HouseSylva Vorstman14:00 - 16:00All year
Japan: A history in five talksSt Stephens Church Hall SkiptonNigel Holden14:00 - 16:00All year
Padel TennisSkipton Tennis ClubRoland Styles13:00 - 14:00All year
PickleballSkipton Tennis ClubAnne F MacDonald, Jaqui Fenwick13:00 - 14:30All year
Pottery CollectiveSusie Cottrell, Roland Styles10:00 - 12:00All year
Quilting and SewingSkipton Sports Community HubBeverly Anne Reay10:00 - 12:00All year
Singing MadrigalsSt Andrews Church Primary RoomChris Skidmore, Susan Jackson10:30 - 12:30All year
Spanish Conversation AdvancedSt Stephens Church Hall SkiptonPhil Lawler19:00 - 20:30All year
Stories of ScientistsSkipton Sports Community HubMick Richings14:00 - 16:00All year
Stretching /MovementSt Andrews Church Hall SkiptonSandra Dixon, Joan Hardy10:00 - 11:00All year

Thursday

Group Venue Contact Time Status
Adventure into Classical MusicSt Andrews Church Primary RoomChris Skidmore14:00 - 16:00All year
Art and CalligraphySkipton Sports Community HubAnne F MacDonald, Lesley Perkins10:00 - 12:00All year
BadmintonSandylands Sports CentreJon Tomlinson12:00 - 13:00All year
Bridge PlayDraughton Village HallDavid Lowe13:45 - 15:45All year
Drumming CircleSkipton Sports Community HubCharles Green14:00 - 16:00All year
Films on ThursdaysChampions ChurchJean Crampton, Lesley Perkins13:30 - 16:00All year
Floral ArtSt Stephens Church Hall SkiptonJesca de Rijk14:00 - 16:00All year
History ExtraCraven Community Hub - High StreetJane Houlton10:00 - 12:00All year
Illuminating Medieval ManuscriCraven Community Hub - High StreetMaureen Street10:00 - 12:00All year
Mah JongThree Links ClubAndrew Todd14:00 - 16:00All year
Politics Discussion GroupSwadford Centre Assembly RoomRichard Newson, Susan Ingham, Andrew Dickson13:00 - 15:00All year
Walk to Lunch 25-26Brigida Martino, Jenny Robinson10:00 - 00:00All year

Friday

Group Venue Contact Time Status
Crown Green Bowls Group 1Whinfield Bowling ClubKeith Waddington, Rosemary Bootland11:30 - 14:00All year
Crown Green Bowls Group 2Whinfield Bowling ClubShirley Desgranges, Keith Waddington14:00 - 16:30All year
French AdvancedSt Stephens Church Hall SkiptonKevin Franks10:00 - 12:00All year
French ConversationChrist ChurchJennifer Hanson, Laura Taylor, Pauline Kennedy10:00 - 00:00All year
Opera DVDsConstance Wood09:30 - 00:00All year
Poetry GroupElizabeth Morrison10:00 - 12:00All year
Railway Study GroupSwadford Centre Assembly RoomPaul Haywood, Ian Appleyard, Mick Richings10:00 - 12:00All year
Solo Latin Dance AdvancedSkipton Sports Community HubJacqui Eames10:30 - 11:30All year
Solo Latin Dance BeginnersSkipton Sports Community HubJacqui Eames11:30 - 12:30All year
Solo Latin Dance ImproversSkipton Sports Community HubJacqui Eames00:00 - 00:00All year
Table TennisSandylands Sports CentreJennifer Crook14:00 - 16:00All year

Saturday

Group Venue Contact Time Status
Wharfedale WalkingNick Jarvis, Maggie Jarvis, Keith Berrington10:00 - 00:00All year

Sunday

Group Venue Contact Time Status
AllotmentAllotmentNoelle Helena Tudhope09:30 - 12:00All year
Sunday Lunch ClubSheila Mason00:00 - 00:00All year

Varied

Group Venue Contact Time Status
Ad Hoc Walking Group 25-26Mike Valiant00:00 - 00:00All year
Culture VulturesWendy Brown00:00 - 00:00All year
Day Trips with FriendsAnne F MacDonald, Sheila Mason00:00 - 00:00All year
E-bikingLinda Hoole09:45 - 10:45All year
GardeningAnne F MacDonald00:00 - 00:00All year
Nature RamblesMaurice White00:00 - 00:00All year
Photo GroupAnne F MacDonald00:00 - 00:00All year
Shorty WalksSally Crowley00:00 - 00:00All year

Irregular

Group Venue Contact Time Status
Motorcycle GroupHarold Taylor10:00 - 00:00All year
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