I'm sorry you feel isolated Bev, I am a UK exile living in Ireland. There are likely to be fewer quilt classes because of the general demise of adult education services (I used to teach evening classes in Norfolk). But if you managed a day trip to the Festival of Quilts in Birmingham in August, you might have a different outlook - it would come across as huge. I went two years ago, missed last year, but I'm going again this year. It took me two days to see most of it last time - at least, to do it justice. More than 1200 quilts, and suppliers galore. In addition there are two monthly magazines produced in the UK, Popular Patchwork, and Patchwork & Quilting, and a Quilt Guild.
All is not lost, how about putting a small personal ad. in your local paper? That's how I found my quilting chums here, and we have had a small (but perfectly formed, LOL) group that meet twice a month for nearly 10 years now.