County | Name | Telephone | No. beds | Description |
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Essex | Chelmsford Diocesan House of Retreat | 01245 237251 | 26 | Characterful house (with library and chapel) in pretty Essex village, set in large grounds. Regular Quiet Days and led/private retreats, as well as creative or literary events and space for meetings, workshops, training days etc. (D) |
Essex | Othona Community Essex | 01621 776564 | 18 rooms | An ‘open and inclusive Christian community’, offering led retreats, quiet days, activity days or longer times of living alongside the community, with special emphasis on living in harmony with nature (D) |
Norfolk | All Hallows Guesthouse | 01603 660451 | 8 | Beautifully renovated retreat house with warm welcome, right next door to the shrine of Mother Julian of Norwich. Houses large collection of Julian of Norwich books, also has sitting room with log fire, study areas and private chapel. Uses all sustainable materials/foods. |
Norfolk | Wigwam Retreats | 020 8491 0222 | 2 | Unusual space available for meetings, conferences, Quiet Days etc (up to 16 people). Large labyrinth also available in Victorian walled garden. Accommodation in small wigwam for 2 people. Camping facilities. |
Norfolk | Guided Retreats | 01263 649038 | 76 | Arranges regular (led) midweek retreats at Letton Hall, Shipdham (Nr Swaffham), which may also include sharing in daily offices, spiritual direction, prayer ministry. |
Suffolk | WITH Community | 01986 893466 | 16+ | A brand-new religious community (housed in the large ex-convent buildings of All Hallows) whose life of prayer is focused on young people, and a spiritual retreat centre for young people and those people who work with them, both in groups and individually. Regular rhythm of daily prayer. |
For Retreat Centres in Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and Essex, please click the links below. Those advertising disabled access are marked with a (D).