Lytham St Annes Classical Association

Welcome to the Lytham St Annes Classical Association, the UK’s largest branch of the Classical Association. We organise monthly lectures, from September to April, exploring the history, art, culture, language and literature of ancient Rome and Greece. Membership, costing just £12 a year and £5 for students, gives you free admission to the seven lectures as well as other annual events such as our Classics Competition, AGM and Celebration Evening, Latin Reading Group and Classics Book Club. Our members are aged 8-94 and come from all walks of life, many with no prior experience of Classics at all. We also have over thirty volunteers and twenty Classics Ambassadors - do come and join us! Lectures are normally held at AKS Lytham, Clifton Drive South, FY8 1DT on Thursday evenings (or, in 2020, virtually via Zoom Webinar). Doors open at 6.15pm for refreshments and a chance to meet the lecturer, and talks begin at 7pm. After a short Q&A session, meetings normally finish by 8:30pm. We are a really friendly branch and can always guarantee visitors a warm welcome, a great lecture and some lovely homemade cake! There is a bookstall of second-hand classics and history books (donations are always welcome) and we hold a raffle at the end of each lecture. Previous raffle prizes include personally signed copies of bestselling books by our speakers and a ticket to be the guest at a meal with our President, Professor Michael Scott. All proceeds go towards our Classics Summer School Bursary Fund.