Showcoach

Exclusive to our members, our 'Showcoach' programme offers monthly group excursions to exhibitions, concerts and musicals, heritage sites, theatres and museums, plus once a year we organise short residential trips. Recent visits include Chichester Theatre , the Royal Albert Hall and Tate Britain, and our most recent residential trip took all Showcoachers to Northumberland for three nights.

We know how important safe transport and like-minded companionship is for our members, and we make every effort to ensure ease of access for all. Coach pick-up points are available across the borough.

Join us on an afternoon visit to the Musical Museum, a hidden gem in Brentford on Tuesday 21st October at 2pm. On our guided tour of the collection we will discover how music was recorded and produced and see and hear the instruments in action!

The Musical Museum tells the changing story of how people have captured and listened to music over the last four centuries. From tiny music boxes to the Mighty Wurlitzer theatre organ, the collection includes an impressive array of instruments and inventions, including reproducing pianos, orchestrations, self-playing violins, pipe organs, gramophones, and synthesizers.

After our tour there will be free time and tea and cake to enjoy. Cost £21, includes tea and cake. You will need to find your own transport -  the 267 bus stops outside the museum.

 Join us for a visit to Tate Britain to see the major UK exhibition LEE MILLER On Tuesday 10th February 2026 This extensive retrospective features around 230 prints, showcasing the multifaceted career of the surrealist photographer and war correspondent, from her early days as a model to her ground-breaking work with Man Ray and her iconic war reports. This exhibition includes a significant amount of unseen archival material, highlighting the full scope of Lee Miller’s photographic legacy she had a sprawling transnational network of friends, and the show will present her playful portraits of artists, writers, actors and filmmakers, including Charlie Chaplin and Leonora Carrington. Lee Miller became one of the few accredited female war correspondents, and this exhibition will showcase her inventive body of work made during the war. These include the famous pictures taken in Hitler’s bath straight after filming in Dachau concentration camp Our inclusive package will include: tea/ coffee on arrival at 11.00 before a private Lee Miller lecture, followed by a buffet lunch and finally a free flow visit to the exhibition Own transport. Cost £62. Art Fund members £53 and Tate Members £43 There are 20 places available please book early for this very popular visit.