There are a number of active groups in the village; you can find out more about them below. If you spot anything missing – let us know!

Lower Withington Women’s Institute

Lower Withington Women’s Institute is a friendly, welcoming group aimed at building a sense of community among our members. Our activities are educational (days out, lectures and craft groups) and often lively and fun (salsa dancing, anyone?) We’d love you to come along and see if our group is right for you – you’re welcome to attend up to two meetings as a visitor. We meet on the fourth Wednesday of each month at 7.30pm at the Parish Hall. Lower Withington. Visit our website https://lowerwithingtonwi.weebly.com/ for details of how to get in touch and for more information about our yearly programme. 

Lower Withington Parish Hall Tennis Court

Lower Withington Parish Hall have a tennis court facility at the back of the Parish Hall, which is for the use of members only. We are reopening our annual membership for the 2024 season starting from March. We would like to encourage as many people as possible to utilise the tennis courts and become members for 2024.

This is a great community facility and our annual subscriptions are £50 for adults, £25 for juniors (17yrs & under), £120 for family membership (2 adults & children) or £159 for family members (4adults).

For tennis membership, please contact 01477 571626 or lkenners@gmail.com  or complete and submit the Membership Form.

More Tennis Club information

Parent & Toddler Group

Come and join us for lots of fun, each session involves play time, a craft activity and a biscuit and juice (tea/coffee for parents/carers). There is a story and a chance to make some noise with musical instruments. We meet every Tuesday morning during term time from 10am until 11:30am, at the Parish/Village Hall in Lower Withington. For more information please contact 01477 471257

Yoga Classes

Yoga lessons take place on Thursday mornings 10 – 11am, everyone welcome.
Please contact Sue Lewis if you are interested in joining – shl56g@gmail.com

Goostrey Flower Club

We are delighted to say that this year we are celebrating 45 years as Goostrey flower club. We meet every second Thursday of the month in Lower withington Village Hall.

Meetings commence at 2pm with a different guest demonstrator each month. Their designs are raffled afterwards followed by a cup of tea.

Chapel Choir

We have a mixed voice Chapel choir that sings at our special services at Lower Withington Methodist Church such as Easter, Harvest & the Candlelight Carol Service. If you are interested in joining the choir please speak to Sue on 01477 571787 or email shl56g@gmail.com

Lower Withington Brass Band

If anyone would like to join the brass band, please contact Lisa Kennerley on lkenners@gmail.com

The North West Calligraphers’ Association

We are a fun and friendly group who run calligraphy workshops at Lower Withington Parish Hall every other month.

Many of our workshops are suitable for beginners. We offer a mixture of in-person and online sessions and the topics range from learning Italics to painting jewelled letters. Have a look at our website for more information https://northwestcalligraphers.org.uk or email: hello@northwestcalligraphers.org.uk

You don’t need to be a member to come along to one of our workshops. We hope to see you soon!

Crafts, Tea and Cake

Learn to: knit, make felt pictures and enjoy various activities over a chat, cup of coffee / tea and cake at our monthly hub session every third Thursday at the Village Hall 1.30 – 3.30.