Chatsworth

Status:Active, open to new members
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When: on Wednesday afternoons 2:00 pm
3rd Wednesday Jan, March, May, July, Sept and November - most meetings take place in Bakewell
Venue: Bakewell Friends Meeting House or at Chatsworth House

Please check where each meeting will be held.


Forthcoming events

8th January 2025
2:00 pm
Group Event

The gardens of Dukes of Devonshire and Northumberland

Wednesday 8th January at 2.00pm speaker - Camilla Anderson - her topic will be The gardens of Dukes of Devonshire and Northumberland. This will be held in the Friends Meeting […]
Venue: Bakewell Friends Meeting House

19th March 2025
2:00 pm
Group Event

The Garden Plant Collection

Wednesday 19th March at 2pm - speaker Faye Tuffrey, Garden Plant Collection and Learning Manager at Chatsworth. This will be held in The Potting Shed at Chatsworth
Venue: The Potting Shed, Chatsworth House


We plan to hold 6 meetings which will take place in Friends Meeting house, Bakewell at 2.00pm on the third Wednesday of Jan, March, May, July, Sept and November. Additional meetings, possibly at Chatsworth, may be arranged.

An opportunity to learn more about the most important enterprise in our area. You name it then Chatsworth has it: genealogy, history, art, gardening, landscape design, forestry, architecture, wild life, farming and business. The list goes on and on.

Although we hope to attract Chatsworth “experts” to share their knowledge and experiences with us we also expect members will want to make a contribution to the learning of other group members as befits the principles of the u3a. We can all become mini experts in a specific aspect of Chatsworth which is of interest to us as individuals and to others in the group.

Additionally we hope that, as a group, we can make a contribution to Chatsworth. They are equally willing to listen and to learn and it will be fascinating to see how our relationship develops.

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Contact Peter Holt at Chatsworth Group Coordinator