Hobbies
Below is a list of known local, regional or national hobby and specialist interest groups, with links to their websites and social media pages (if available). If we have forgotten to include any, please contact us by e-mail. Please note that sports hobby groups are listed on the Sporting Organisations page. Nature hobbyist groups are listed on the Wildlife Conservation & Environmental Sustainability page.
ARTS, BEADING, CRAFT, DRESSMAKING, EMBRIODERY, KNITTING, QUILTING & STITCHING
Airdrie & District Quilts Guild
Website Facebook
Airdrie Craft Group
Facebook
Beadworkers Guild
Website Facebook
Biggar Area Stitch & Textile Group
Facebook
Craft Scotland
Website Facebook Twitter YouTube
Contemporary Quilters
Website
Embroiderers Guild
Website Facebook
Glasgow Stitchers
Facebook
Hamilton & District Arts Guild
Website
Hamilton Stitchers
Facebook
In Stitches Craft Group (Airdrie)
Webpage
Modern Quilt Guild
Website Facebook Twitter
Newmains Crafty Mix & Crafternoon (aka Knit & Natter)
Facebook
Quilters Guild Scotland
Webpage Facebook Twitter
AMATEUR RADIO & DX-ING
Amateur Radio From Scotland
Facebook
Central Scotland FM Group
Website
DV Scotland Pheonix
Website Facebook Twitter YouTube
East Kilbride ARS
Website
Mid-Lanark ARS
Website Facebook
Radio Society of Great Britain
Website Facebook Twitter YouTube
RayNet
Website
SOTA (Summits On The Air)
Website
Scottish Repeaters
Webpage
UK Microwave Group
Website Facebook Twitter YouTube
West of Scotland ARS
Website
ASTRONOMY
Airdrie Astronomical Association
Website Facebook
Astronomical Society of Glasgow
Website Facebook
Astronomy Adventures
Website
British Astronomical Association
Website Facebook Twitter YouTube
Royal Astronomical Society
Website Facebook Twitter YouTube
Society for the History of Astronomy
Website Facebook Twitter
Society for Popular Astronomy
Website Facebook Twitter YouTube
UK Cloud Magnets
Website Facebook
Webb Deep Sky Society
Website
BRIDGE CLUBS
Biggar Bridge Club
Webpage
Hamilton Bridge Club
Webpage
Larkhall Bridge Club
Webpage
Strathaven Bridge Club
Webpage
Scottish Bridge Union
Website
CHESS CLUBS
Bellshill Chess Club
Facebook Twitter
Cumbernauld Chess Club
Website
East Kilbride Chess Club
Website
Hamilton Chess Club
Website
Hamilton Junior Chess Club
Website
Lanark Chess Club
Website Facebook
Scottish National Chess league
Website
Stepps Chess Club
Website Facebook Twitter
GARDENING & FLOWER ARRANGING
Bothwell Horticultural Society
Facebook
Cumbernauld Garden Club
Twitter
Motherwell Floral Art Club
Webpage
National Vegetable Society
Website Facebook Twitter
Plant Heritage
Website Facebook Twitter
Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society
Website Facebook Twitter YouTube
Royal Horticultural Society
Website Facebook Twitter YouTube
Scotland’s Gardens Scheme
Website Facebook Twitter
Scottish Association of Flower Arrangement Societies
Website
Scottish Bonsai Association
Website
Scottish Gardeners Forum
Website
Scottish Rock Garden Club
Website Facebook Twitter
Scottish Rhododendron Society
Website Facebook
LANGUAGE LEARNING AND SPEAKING
Clydesdale Community Gaelic Initiative
Facebook
French Ignition
Website
Lanark & District French Conversation Group
Webpage
The Language Hub
Website Facebook Twitter YouTube
Learn Gaelic
Website Facebook Twitter
NLC Gaelic
Facebook
Scottish Esperanto Society
Website Facebook Twitter
LIVE ROLE PLAYING (aka LARPING)
Cuckoo’s Nest
Website Facebook
Fools And Heroes Glasgow
Facebook
Scottish LARP Forum
Facebook
MODEL MAKING, MODEL COLLECTING and MODEL PLAYING (excludes model railways and tramways)
British Model Buses
Website Facebook
British Slot Car Racing Association
Website Facebook
Corgi Model Club
Website Facebook YouTube
Clyde Valley Flyers Model Aircraft Club
Website Facebook
Cumbernauld Model Flying Club
Website
East Kilbride Model Boat Club
Website
Glasgow Barnstormers
Website
Glue-It
Website
Hamilton Model Flying Club
Website
Hamilton Slot Car Club
Website
IPMS Glasgow
Website
Lanark Aeromodelling Club
Website
Model Bus Federation
Website
Model Bus Scotland
Website Facebook
Model Bus Zone
Website
Scottish Aeromodellers Association
Website Facebook
West of Scotland Model Society
Facebook
MODEL RAILWAYS & TRAMWAYS
Clydeside Model Railway Club
Website
East Kilbride Model Railway Club
Website
G-Scale Society
Website
Glasgow and West Model railway Club
Website Facebook
Historic Model Railway Society
Website Facebook
Scalefour Society
Website Facebook Twitter
Tramway & Light Rail Society
Website Facebook
Tramway Modelling
Facebook
PHOTOGRAPHY
Airdrie & Coatbridge Photographic Club
Website Facebook
Alba Photographic Society (Wishaw)
Website
Cumbernauld & Kilsyth Photographic Society
Website Facebook
Glasgow District Photographic Union
Website
Master Photographers Association
Website Facebook YouTube
Motherwell Photographic Society
Website
Photographic Alliance of Great Britain
Website
Royal Photographic Society
Website Facebook Twitter
Scottish Photographic Federation
Website
PIGEON RACING
Lanarkshire Racing Pigeon Federation
Website
Royal Pigeon Racing Association
Website Facebook Twitter YouTube
STAMP COLLECTING
Association of British Philatelic Societies
Website
British Postmark Society
Website
Great Britain Philatelic Society
Website Facebook Twitter YouTube
Lanarkshire Philatelic Society
Website Facebook
Royal Philatelic Society
Website
WRITING & STORYTELLING
Federation of Writers (Scotland)
Facebook
Glasgow Science Fiction Writers Circle
Website
Scottish Book Trust
Website Facebook Twitter YouTube
Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators
Website Facebook Twitter YouTube
Strathkelvin Writers Group
Website Facebook Twitter