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Witney U3A hold Meetings on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of every month at 2.00pm in the High Street Methodist Church.
The Programme for 2011/12 is as follows:
| Date | Topic | Speaker |
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2011 |
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| 6 January | Clocks, Heavenly Clocks and Calendars | Derek Pooley |
| 20 January | By Post-Boat to the Midnight Sun and back | John Enticott |
| 3 February | A Village Ministry | Tim Partridge |
| 17 February | A Goose for Belarus | David Tee |
| 3 March | A Year at Kew | Dr Peter Brandham |
| 17 March | Abingdon's History | Anne Gould |
| 7 April | A Cotswold Town: Burford and its Buildings | Dr Simon Townley |
| 21 April | Birds and Animals of East Africa -An African Safari | Mike Price |
| 5 May | Alcyone - The Story of Sailing around Britain | Anthony Burdall |
| 19 May | The "SHAZAM !" show | Rob Hemming |
| 2 June |
Soaring to Success: Red Kites in the Chilterns |
Jill Carey |
| 16June |
Hubble: The Universe Revealed |
Graham Kirby |
| 7 July | Cancer and Bio-Detection Dogs | Heather Shute |
| 21 July |
William Gill: Victorian Explorer and Spy |
Tony Hadland |
| 4 August | Collectables | Michael Lynes |
| 18 August | 40 Years of Catching Smugglers | Malcolm Nelson |
| 1 September |
The Berlin Wall 1961 to 1989 |
Roger Moorhouse |
| 15 September | Streets of India - Part 2 |
Jenny and Ed Bullimore |
| 6 October |
Neville Chamberlain A Reputation Revised? |
Dr Martin Holmes (St Hugh's College, Oxford) |
| 20 October | The Ladies of Blenheim - Part 2 |
Karen Wiseman (Head of Education, Blenheim Palace) |
| 3 November |
The Life and Work of Richard Rogers by Ken Fitt postponed until 17 May 2012, and replaced by WATER - rarely where needed |
Peter Donovan |
| 17 November | Curiosities in the Cotswolds - Part 2 | Alan Copeland |
| 1 December |
Okavango Odyssey (A safari to the Okavango Delta in Botswana) |
Marlene Newbury |
| 15 December | Dickens at Christmas |
Vera Hughes and David Weller (Chester House Productions) |
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2012 |
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| 5 January |
The Ridgeway: Europe's Oldest Road? |
John Tyler |
| 19 January |
The History and Work of The Mulberry Bush School, Standlake |
David Roberts |
| 2 February | Oxford in Film | Alistair Lack |
| 16 February |
How do we Age, and Why? |
Dr Tony Maisey |
| 1 March | Fakes, Forgers, and Frauds | Graham Sutherland |
| 15 March |
Images of Nature: Part 2 |
Peter Preece |
| 5 April | The Burford Mutiny | Muriel Pilkington |
| 19 April | England, my England ! | Gerry Hanson |
| 3 May |
"The Titanic - A survivor's story" The story of Alexander James Littlejohn, 1st Class Steward |
Philip Littlejohn (his grandson) |
| 17 May | The Life and Work of Richard Rodgers | Ken Fitt |