County | Name | Telephone | No. beds | Description |
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Bucks | St Michael’s Convent (Community of Sisters of the Church) | 03301 200631 | 5 | Community of Anglican sisters, offering space for led and private retreats, Quiet Days etc. Day groups of up to 20 people. Regular pattern of daily office in chapel, beautiful grounds and woodlands nearby. Spiritual direction available on request. (D) |
Bucks | The Prophet’s Chamber (no website) | 01908 397267 | 1 | Converted attic adjoining St Michael’s Priory, Willen, for self-catering private retreats. Retreatants can join the Anglican daily office at the priory |
Kent | The Living Well | 01304 842847 | 0 | Non-residential space for prayer, refreshment and/or spiritual direction. Regular Quiet Days, and weekly services of healing and wholeness. |
Oxon | St Katharine’s Parmoor | 01494 881037 | 24 | Home of the Sue Ryder Prayer Fellowship. Spacious house in the Chilterns for led or private retreats, Quiet Days; functions etc, in large grounds, with walled kitchen garden. Function room for up to 100 people, and use of chapel. |
Oxon | St Mary’s Convent, Wantage | 01235 774074 | 21 | Convent of Sisters of the Community of St Mary the Virgin, offering accommodation in adjacent Guest Wing, as well as meeting rooms. Regular daily office in chapel, and programme of Quiet Days and led/private retreats. (D) |
Surrey | Franciscan Centre Ladywell | 01483 675575 | 39 | Part of the ministry of the Franciscan Missionaries of the Divine Motherhood (FMDM), offering Franciscan hospitality and welcome in a spirit of simplicity, peace and joy. Large grounds, with catered and self-catered accommodation available, as well as meeting rooms, chapels and smaller prayer rooms. Individual and group retreats welcomed, and a range of activities, workshops, retreats and talks. (D) |
Surrey | House of Prayer | 020 8941 2313 | 19 | Run by the Sisters of the Christian Retreat, the House of Prayer is a space for quiet and meditation. Accessible retreat house, with several meeting rooms, a central prayer room and beautiful garden, near Hampton Court. Offers regular Quiet Days, led and private retreats, and spiritual direction. (D) |
Surrey | St Columba’s House | 01483 713005 | 26 | Accessible retreat house, with several meeting rooms and large chapel, on outskirts of Woking. Refreshments available throughout the day; retreats fully-catered. Available for Quiet Days as well as led/private retreats. (D) |
Surrey | Wychcroft Retreat House | 01883 743041 | 22 | Southwark diocesan retreat house. Set in Surrey countryside, 22 miles from London. Large meeting rooms used for Conferences, workshops, training days, Quiet Days. (D) |
E Sussex | Penhurst Retreat Centre | 01424 892088 | 16 | A small, friendly retreat centre, situated in a quiet area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, 10 miles from the coast in the Sussex High Weald. Full-board accommodation available, inc. 2 ground floor en-suite rooms. Extensive programme of led retreats and quiet days. (D) |
W Sussex | Monastery of the Holy Trinity (no website) | 01342 712074 | 6 | Home of the Community of the Servants of the Will of God (men and women). Contemplative Anglican order based on Benedictine rule. Regular divine office open to visitors. (D) |
For Retreat Centres in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Kent, Oxfordshire, Surrey and East/West Sussex, please click on the links below. Those advertising disabled access are marked with a (D).