Join the Goring Gap u3a

The Goring Gap u3a is an exciting self-help movement for retired or semi-retired people who live in the Goring Gap.  It offers the opportunity to pursue learning for sheer enjoyment and for its own sake.  It is a self-funded Educational Charity. 

Not to be confused with the protected gap between Goring-by-Sea and Ferring, the Goring Gap is the narrow valley, occupied by the River Thames, between the Chiltern Hills and the Berkshire Downs. It is approximately 10 miles (16 km) upstream of Reading and 27 miles (43 km) downstream of Oxford. The river here delimits Berkshire from Oxfordshire. The twin villages of Goring and Streatley face each other across the river at the heart of the gap.

If you are retired or semi-retired, live in Goring or Streatley, or the surrounding villages and communities, and seek to come together with like-minded people to share knowledge and experience, learn new skills or more about your local area and get to know a wider circle of interesting people then you have come to the right place.

Join and pay electronically

The preferred way of joining the Goring Gap u3a, and the one that is the simplest and fastest, is to 

We will confirm your payment, email your membership number, and email your membership card to you. 


Please note, Goring Gap u3a does not have a facility for joint membership. Each person applying to join our u3a must complete a separate form.


Download, print, fill in and send off a paper form!

Alternatively you can download an application form by clicking the button below. If possible, please pay the subscription by bank transfer. We do accept payment by cheque but the lack of local facilities for paying in cheques may result in a delay in clearing your payment. Please send the completed form, and any cheque, to the address on the form. Please note: payment of the membership fee implies confirmation of the consents and declarations made in the application form.

hint: its easier and quicker to use the electronic form


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If your subscription has lapsed, and you wish to renew:

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The U3A is a UK-wide movement which brings together people in their ‘third age’ to develop their interests and continue their learning in a friendly and informal environment. Our inaugural meeting was held in June 2006 and membership has grown to our present 370 members. As we expand we are also able to increase our range of activities. We are a self-help organisation with charity status, run by volunteers. Like all U3A’s we are affiliated to the national body, the Third Age Trust. Click here to go to the U3A national web site. The Goring Gap U3A is a member of the Thames Valley U3A Network, an association of over 35 local U3As. The network puts on events, such as subject study days, that would not be possible for individual U3A
u3a is a UK-wide movement of locally-run interest groups that provide a wide range of opportunities to come together to learn for fun. Members explore new ideas, skills and activities together. The Goring Gap u3a inaugural meeting was held in June 2006 and our membership has grown to our present 370 members. As we expand we are also able to increase our range of activities. We are a self-help organisation with charity status, run by volunteers. Like all U3A’s we are affiliated to the national body, the Third Age Trust. Click here to go to the U3A national web site. The Goring Gap U3A is a member of the Thames Valley U3A Network, an association of over 35 local U3As. The network puts on events, such as subject study days, that would not be possible for individual U3A