Outdoor activities groups near Forest Row, E2

\*Please note, if you'd like to attend our first event on 21st December, contact Jen asap to arrange a quick chat about what to expect, what to bring and to ask any questions. (10-20 minutes on zoom or phone call) If you are happy to proceed she will let you know details of how to pay and reserve your spot! Outdoor Therapy Group Saturday 21st December 2:30pm-4:30pm @ Eco-therapy Plot, Stanmer Park Community & Nature Connection Yoga & Qigong Solstice Fire-side Circle Small group sharing Reflection and Support in Nature Facilitated by qualified therapist Jen Beaver, eco-therapist Becca Kine and yoga teacher Stella and Qigong facilitator Catherine. Exchange suggested £14 Anyone who would like to join and is on low-income please get in touch and we will discuss accessible exchange offerings.

#### Outdoor Adventures tailored exclusively for women. #### Adventure Women is an outdoor adventure club where we delve into hiking, kayaking, camping, paddle boarding and adventure trips. Regardless of your skill level, our experiences are tailored for everyone. What makes us unique is our dedication to providing a safe, empowering space for women to explore, expand horizons, and forge lasting connections. Join us to break boundaries, craft unforgettable moments, and build enduring friendships. It's time to embrace the extraordinary with Adventure Women! [www.adventurewomen.co.uk](www.adventurewomen.co.uk)

We are the Brighton Outdoor Society, the hike, bike and other outdoor activities club!

The group strives to cater for a range of levels and interests when it comes to walking and cycling located in and around Brighton and Sussex.

Our group is open to all ages, singles and couples of differing racial/ethnic/cultural/religious/political backgrounds. We are united by our love of the outdoors.

The group is not-for-profit, but in order to cover the meetup fees, we require a £3 annual membership payable when signing up to your 2nd event. Should any surplus revenue be generated this will be donated to a selected charity each year.

All members should strive to be as reliable as possible, editing their RSVP to 'not going' in good time. No showing to an event is unacceptable and doing so twice will result in being removed from the group.

Check out the 'Our Calendar' tab for all upcoming activities. We look forward to seeing you at one of our events soon!

Disclaimer:
Group organisers and assistant organisers assume no liability; take part in the activities at your own risk. By being a member of the group you hereby agree to assume all risks and liability related to or resulting from any and all group functions. You agree that neither you nor any third party will hold the group's leaders, officers, or representatives liable for any injury, loss, or damage to your own person or any members of your family, friends, acquaintances, children, pets, or property arising directly, or as a consequence from a group activity. You also agree that your membership of this group is based on an 'at will' basis. Everybody must behave in a responsible and respective manner; any inappropriate behaviour causing anyone to feel uncomfortable will result in being removed from group.

**Welcome to Large Outdoors!** We’re absolutely delighted that you’ve chosen to step into a world of new friendships and unforgettable adventures with **Large Outdoors**. Whether you’re seeking **[walking weekends](https://www.largeoutdoors.com/weekend-adventures)**, **[adventure holidays](https://www.largeoutdoors.com/walking-adventure-holidays)**, or sociable **day walks**, we’ve got something for everyone who loves the outdoors. At **Large Outdoors**, we pride ourselves on making your experiences fun, safe, and convenient. All our trips are led by professional, paid guides, ensuring you’re in expert hands every step of the way. We take care of all the logistics, so you can focus on enjoying the stunning scenery and making new friends. There’s no need for a membership—simply explore our range of adventure trips and choose the ones that appeal to you most. Whether you’re interested in **[wild swimming](https://www.largeoutdoors.com/wild-swimming)** in Scotland, walking holidays at iconic spots like the **Giant’s Causeway** and the **[Scottish Islands](https://www.largeoutdoors.com/scotland)**, or just a sociable day walk, there’s an adventure waiting for you. ### Important Information While we use our 14 **Meetup groups** to share trips and promote upcoming adventures, all bookings must be made through our website at [www.largeoutdoors.com](http://www.largeoutdoors.com). You’ll also find more trips, additional dates, and the latest news on our website, so be sure to check it out! Please note, we **do not use the RSVP function** on Meetup for bookings, so the platform may show no attendees, even if the trip is fully booked. Looking to connect with others before your trip? Join our **[Friends of Large Outdoors Facebook Group](https://www.facebook.com/groups/largeoutdoors)**, where you can arrange car shares or meet fellow adventurers ahead of time. ### Get in Touch If you have any questions or need further information, feel free to contact us: * **Web:** [www.largeoutdoors.com](http://www.largeoutdoors.com) * **Email:** [hello@largeoutdoors.com](mailto:hello@largeoutdoors.com) * **Phone:** 01653 740 400 We can’t wait to welcome you to your first **Large Outdoors** adventure—it’s the start of what we hope will be many memorable experiences!

A social group to meet up with others around the area to get involved in various activities of mutual interest. The purpose of this group is to broaden your social network. Make friends and meet new people or just hang out to chat with others. Everyone is welcome to join! This is a free group, as there are no membership fees or charges.

Welcome to the Crawley Social Group. The group has been setup and aimed at people in their 20's & 30's plus in Crawley and surrounding area, everyone's welcome!

Crawley has a lot to offer with a good choice of pubs and restaurants and with the leisure park and as well as lots of parks and countryside to explore and outdoor activities to get involved the locally. If you have an interest of hobby you'd like to share with the group, you can also become an Event Organiser.

The group is open to everyone, so whether you single, in a relationship or married feel free to sign up and come along and make some new friends.

On requesting to join the group please could you include a photo of yourself and some information to go on your profile. One last thing on joining please realise that this group is not a dating group.

ONLY REQUEST'S THAT INCLUDE A PROFILE PICTURE WILL BE ACCEPTED! SO PLEASE INCLUDE THIS AND MAKE SURE THAT IT IS OF YOU AND NOT AN ANIMAL,SCENERY,FLOWER OR ANYTHING ELSE!!!

Calling all **Happy Ladies 50(ish) and over to have some fun**. Just because we are getting more mature doesn't mean we should give up on ‘fun’.   If your idea of ‘fun’ is a cheeky glass of something out and a natter; a visit to a theatre; taking in a walk with watering holes; having a boogie; playing some non-competitive board games/cards or having an afternoon tea out (or anything else we fancy) you will find it here!! As we want to make this an active Group, you are welcome to join our events for four weeks after which we would ask you to pay £3.50 (total) for a 6 month membership which is purely to cover Meetup's fee to us for providing the site as all events are organised voluntarily. I really hope you will join us as an active member and look forward to meeting you soon.  *Jean*

This Meetup group is hosted by the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University (UK). We teach Raja Yoga as a way of experiencing peace of mind and a positive approach to life. In addition, we provide a number of events, talks, workshops and seminars for people from all religious and cultural backgrounds to explore their own spirituality and learn life skills of reflection and meditation, derived from Raja Yoga. This has helped thousands of people across the UK develop inner calm, clear thinking and personal well-being. The group will be promoting the events and activities in Crawley. Find out more about us at our website: www.brahmakumaris.org/uk/brighton. The Brahma Kumaris (UK) is part of a worldwide network of over 8,500 centres in more than 100 countries, the first of which was founded in India in the 1930's. We are a registered charity in England and Wales (269971) and Scotland (SCO40512) and offer all our activities FREE as a service to the community.

This Meetup group is hosted by the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University (UK). We teach Raja Yoga as a way of experiencing peace of mind and a positive approach to life. In addition, we provide a number of events, talks, workshops and seminars for people for all religious and cultural backgrounds to explore their own spirituality and learn life skills of reflections and meditation, devrived from Raja Yoga. This has helped thousands of people across the UK develop inner calm, clear thinking and personal well-being.

The group will be promoting the events and activities in and around Tunbridge Wells. Find out more about us on our website: www.brahmakumaris.org/uk/tunbridgewells.

The Brahma Kumaris (UK) is part of a worldwide network of over 8,500 centres in more than 100 countries, the first of which was founded in India in the 1930's. We are a registered charity in England and Wales (269971) and Scotland (SCO40512) and offer all our activities FREE as a service to the community.

Welcome to the new meetup group, like before the group will be posting events, throughout the year, this is a group for word and mouth if you think someone you might know might fit in please feel free to invite them along so they can see how the group works. This group is not just for me to host but for any member who would like to host an event, it takes the pressure of me a bit, the group will still be holding lunches once a month, evening events and outdoor events, if any member can think of events outside the box please feel free to mention what you would like to host. I feel we have a good selection of friends that already gel together and would like to grow a bit more but not to many, this group will be made private not in the public domain from the start Looking forward to the year with this new group.

W K Social Circle stands for West Kent Social Circle. We are a small local friendly social group that holds events in Tunbridge Wells and surrounding areas. The average age range of the group members are 40's to mid sixties but anyone is welcome. We hold events most weekends and some during the week. Most of our events are close to Tunbridge Wells and Tonbridge but we also organise day trips to the coast. We offer a range of activities ranging from eating out at local restaurants, quiz evenings, cinema and theatre trips to the odd game of crazy golf. We hope to see you at an event soon. Please note we also operate a WhatsApp group if you are interested. If you are keen to attend any events please book in via Meet up or the official WhatsApp group, not directly to the event organiser as this confuses those coming. **ATTENDANCE** We recommend that you try to come along within the first 10 weeks of joining. If you are shy or reluctant for whatever reason, contact one of our event hosts and we'll help you attend by meeting you outside the venue. Be aware that we are starting to actively manage our members list and will consider removing inactive members to keep our membership count real. You will be able to request to re_join at a later date. THIS IS NOT A SINGLES OR DATING GROUP - This group's prime aim is to organise fun activities for people to enjoy and to enable people to socialise together. Most of our members tend to be single but we also have many couples within the group too. Our main aim is to create a community of people who support each other!

Hi, if you like outdoor adventure, fun conversation, friendly and easy going with other people then this could be for you. Once a month or more if the interest is there, we charter a 45' luxury sailing Yacht/s from Portsmouth and go sailing for the weekend. Novices don't be afraid, it’s exhilarating and you get to take part in helming and trimming. Singles be encouraged, come along and meet new friends, Couples there are double berths on board, something for everyone!

If you're in, or interested in, Software Development, DevOps, or other Dev related technology domains - and live in or near Tunbridge Wells - this is the group you've been waiting for! We might just meet for a drink and a chat, or we might get more organised and have presentations or other activities. We'll see where this takes us. We also have our own channel on the Tunbridge Wells Discord, [https://discord.gg/G3XazT4y](https://discord.gg/G3XazT4y).

The **Green Software – Global** group is for anyone interested in green software. We look forward to seeing you at our next event! All events on this particular group are **online** but you can find a group near you on [our Meetup Network map](HTTPS://meetup.com/pro/gsf).   The Green Software Foundation is a non-profit with the mission to create a trusted ecosystem of people, standards, tooling and best practices for green software. The Green Software Foundation aims to change the culture of building software across the tech industry, so sustainability becomes a core priority to software teams, just as important as performance, security, cost and accessibility. The Foundation's mission is to reduce the total change in global carbon emissions associated with software. Ensuring that all of our members and contributors feel that they can actively contribute will ensure that we create an environment that promotes belonging and will lead to better outcomes. Learn more about the [Green Software Foundation](https://greensoftware.foundation/) and get involved!

Hello and welcome to the Tonbridge 30's And 40's group. Join the WhatsApp Chat Groups: https://chat.whatsapp.com/FXI0zOLe4DNHDMdVlBLDbq **OVERVIEW** We are a group who like to get together for social events ranging from drinks at a local, brunches and meals out, to karaoke and festival/musical events. We are a social and activities based group from Tonbridge and the surrounding area. We have some big changes coming for 2023, so keep your eyes open for those. Our regular events include:- Brunches, Meals out, Live Music Events, Pub Meetups, Karaoke nights, etc.… As summer is on its way, we are also considering other events like Days & Nights out in London, Theatre, Beach & other day trips and more… **COST** In Tonbridge 30's And 40's is completely free to join at this time. However, some events may require a ticket to be purchased through the 3rd party organisers. In the event that a group booking results in discounted tickets, we may ask you to pay in advance to receive the discount. **CODE OF CONDUCT / BEHAVIOUR** We expect everybody to treat others with respect. We will remove any member showing inappropriate or antisocial behaviour. **AGE RANGE** We have listed this group as 30's to 40's. However, in our sister group **[Tonbridge socialising](https://www.meetup.com/tonbridgesocialising/),** We try to maintain a diverse age range within the group from people in their early 20's through to people in their 60's and above. **MARITAL STATUS** **THIS IS NOT A SINGLES OR DATING GROUP** \- This group's prime aim is to organise fun activities for people to enjoy and to enable people to socialise together\. Most of our members tend to be single but we also have many couples within the group too\. Our main aim is to create a community of people who support each other\! **JOINING THE GROUP** Anybody can join at anytime. **ATTENDANCE** We recommend that you try to come along within the first 6 weeks of joining. If your shy or reluctant for whatever reason, contact one of our event hosts and we'll help you take that first step. Be aware that we are starting to actively manage our members list and will consider removing inactive members to keep our membership count real. You will be able to re-join at another time. **PREREQUISITES** We do require all members to have a portrait style photo of themselves for identification purposes. If you submit a photo or picture of anything/anyone else but yourself, we will be in contact to advise you of this requirement. This is important for the hosts as we need to know who is coming to the events, but it also increases the trust and security within the group - which is very important to us. **We look forward to meeting you soon.**

Hello and welcome to the Tonbridge Socialising group. Join the Community Chat here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/FXI0zOLe4DNHDMdVlBLDbq **OVERVIEW** We are a group who like to get together for social events ranging from drinks at a local, brunches and meals out, to karaoke and festival/musical events. We are a social and activities based group from Tonbridge and the surrounding area. We have some big changes coming for 2023, so keep your eyes open for those. Our regular events include:- Brunches, Meals out, Live Music Events, Pub Meetups, Karaoke nights, etc.… As summer is on its way, we are also considering other events like Days & Nights out in London, Theatre, Beach & other day trips and more… **COST** In Tonbridge Socialising is completely free to join at this time. However, some events may require a ticket to be purchased through the 3rd party organisers. In the event that a group booking results in discounted tickets, we may ask you to pay in advance to receive the discount. **CODE OF CONDUCT / BEHAVIOUR** We expect everybody to treat others with respect. We will remove any member showing inappropriate or antisocial behaviour. **AGE RANGE** We try to maintain a diverse age range within the group from people in their early 20's through to people in their 60's and above. **MARITAL STATUS** THIS IS NOT A SINGLES OR DATING GROUP - This group's prime aim is to organise fun activities for people to enjoy and to enable people to socialise together. Most of our members tend to be single but we also have many couples within the group too. Our main aim is to create a community of people who support each other! **JOINING THE GROUP** Anybody can join at anytime. **ATTENDANCE** We recommend that you try to come along within the first 6 weeks of joining. If your shy or reluctant for whatever reason, contact one of our event hosts and we'll help you take that first step. Be aware that we are starting to actively manage our members list and will consider removing inactive members to keep our membership count real. You will be able to re-join at another time. **PREREQUISITES** We do require all members to have a portrait style photo of themselves for identification purposes. If you submit a photo or picture of anything/anyone else but yourself, we will be in contact to advise you of this requirement. This is important for the hosts as we need to know who is coming to the events, but it also increases the trust and security within the group - which is very important to us. **We look forward to meeting you soon.**

Hi all,

Firstly welcome. 

Secondly meet up is quite an expensive platform and we can only afford to limit the group to 50 members due to its prices. 

Therefore we have to be quite strict on participation. We are sorry but we really need active members who are going to come along and support other writers. We can’t as a group of fellow creatives support those who just sit on our platform and do not participate. We do not have the funds. 

We want to be as inclusive and supportive as we can but we need you to do the same. It’s a two way street.

The group itself is for anyone interesting in writing, all kinds of writing whether its poetry, novel writing, screenplays, flash fiction memoirs, non- fiction etc. It is set up to help and support fellow writers and creatives in a environment where if they wish they can discuss in confidence their current works in progress whatever that may be.

It is to talk and share ideas about writing, share books that help each other progress, find inspiration and just chat about writing.

It is hoped that once established we can locate and share writing competitions for group members, attend literary festivals where we can meet writers and hear what has worked for them, find courses on writing to help improve our writing, and find out about literary agents. Plus it is also hoped that it may be arranged that we could have bestselling authors or literary agents come and visit and talk to us. If we do manage this obviously this could incur an extra charge for that event.

All writers dream about being published and this group hopefully can also share ideas regarding that whether its traditionally published, hybrid or being independently published through Kindle and createspace. <br>

Whatever stage you are at your writing every person who started writing was there once!

Writing can be a lonely occupation or hobby. This group hopes that it will make it a less lonely place. It is a group that is there for you!

Please can all writers join with a true likeness photo of themselves - this is to help event hosts recognise you when you come to a meet up so no animals, cartoons or children will be accepted.

Also please can you answer what type of writing you are doing, have done or would like to do if writing is something that you would like to try out. This is also to help us guide events that may interest writers such as author talks, literary festivals and other such things.

If critquing or giving feedback on another writer's or creative's work please remember constructive critisicm is always good but destructive critisicm is not and treat a fellow writer or creative how you would like to be treated please!

Unfortunately due to the cost of the meet up fees and also the hope in securing a good location we do have to charge a small fee per meet up. That is currently set at £1 per meet up. We have no other charges.

We look forward to welcoming you and really getting on with some good writing and hopefully we can get some good authors to come and visit our group and do some good writers stuff.

We are always looking out also for good quality and totally free venues. 

Writing isn’t a lucrative venture as people think but it’s art- it’s painting, painting with words to create pictures.

**Bonjour et bienvenue à bord.** Tunbridge Wells Francophiles -the French Conversation Group has **been in existence for over ten years** and continues to grow and evolve. You will find a warm and inviting group with Members traveling from all over Kent, Sussex, and Surrey to attend our Meetup. We are a very informal, friendly, and jolly group – so please do not be afraid to come along. We will be looking forward to meeting you.  In terms of fluency, **there is a mixture of conversational standards within the Group but, it is preferable to have a minimum level of conversational French** to be able to join in with the discussions, as beginners may struggle. However, this group is by no means intended to be just for those who speak French perfectly: it is also about meeting people and making friends with a mutual interest in France, and things French. Everyone helps each other improve their spoken French in a positive and helpful way that builds confidence in speaking a foreign language. Regardless of your ability, you are very welcome. We meet on a **Monday evening for conversational French** at a restaurant in Tunbridge Wells **every two weeks.** The restaurant has been selected because it has a pleasant ambiance, a good menu at reasonable prices, and is located **near the centre of Tunbridge Wells**, so people can either walk or drive there. Most people have dinner, but some just join us just for a drink and a chat. **We start around 19.30**  and we speak conversational French for most of the evening but when the coffees arrive, we switch back to speaking English for the last 20 minutes or so. We usually finish around 22.00 and at most meetings, we get between 10-18 attendees. Some people are regulars who come to every meetup and others on an ad-hoc basis. We also organise other activities such as going to the Trinity Theatre in Tunbridge Wells to see French films or the occasional day trip to France.  We always welcome suggestions from members for other things to do. To cover our fixed costs, such as payments to Meetup head office for the cost of running the website and other incidental costs, **we charge a one-off joining/ membership fee of £5.00 plus a rolling £10.00 subscription charge to cover 5 meetings**, which you then renew to pay for another additional 5 meetings. However, we only ask for payments after your first visit. Please come along and see if our group is for you. If it is and you want to join, then we will ask you for the subscription. We ask that you come to a meeting within the first two months of joining which gives you four opportunities to join us in this period. If you do not come within this period, we will cancel your application but you are very welcome to re-apply and then come when it is convenient for you. **All payments are made by Internet banking** for simplicity. We are a not-for-profit group and after covering our running costs and maintaining a healthy surplus to pay for the next year’s subscription to HQ, we return all excess surpluses back to the regular Members of the Group, usually at Christmas. All funds are accounted for.  **How to join?** Please complete the application form. We require that you post a photo of yourself on your profile. It must show your face as it helps us recognise you on your first visit, so we can meet and greet you. Also, so we can help you on your first visit by seating you next to someone with a similar standard of spoken French, please indicate your level of fluency. If you do not know your level of spoken French, advice is given on this website. [https://www.france-langue.com/french-levels/](https://www.france-langue.com/french-levels/Finally,) Finally, the Group has also agreed that Members cannot use the Group as an opportunity to sell goods or services. **What next?** When we have received your application, please come along to a meeting to see if the group is for you. There is no charge for attending your first meeting. Then if you wish to join us you will need to make your payment of £15.00, you will then have access to the programme of meetings/events. The £15.00 is made up of a one-off joining /membership fee of £5.00 combined with your first subscription of £10 for 5 meetings. After 5 meetings, you then pay again for additional meetings.  Finally, If you would like any further information about our group, please email:  **maggie123meet@gmail.com** or **gareth.meetup@gmail.com**  **Quotes from attendees about Tunbridge Wells Francophiles** These are just some of the comments that we have received about the Group. Carol ***“Thanks to everyone who came along for making it such a fun evening”.*** Marcus ***“A pleasure. Nice to see everyone; good food”.*** Brian ***“I really enjoyed last night. Great to make the acquaintance of new members plus spending time with "old" friends. The group goes from strength to strength”.*** Alan ***“Good fun”*** Jean ***« Really enjoyable evening and my guest enjoyed it too and wants to join us again.”*** **It's a very informal, friendly, and jolly group - don't be afraid to come along!**