A retreat is your chance to step aside from life for a while, to rest and just 'be' in a welcoming, peaceful place.
The Briery Retreat and Conference Centre
Contact Details
Contact Name:
The Retreat Administrators
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Telephone:
01943 607287
Retreat Centre Description
The Briery is a place of spiritual renewal where those who come can find God in an atmosphere of love, prayer, healing and peace. We invite you to sample our hospitality and to share the tranquillity of our house in the Yorkshire Dales town of Ilkley, where all are welcomed with friendliness and compassion, and can enjoy our lovely grounds as well as the surrounding moors. We offer Days of Reflection, Preached Retreats and IGRs, and we welcome those seeking a quiet day for prayer or a private retreat. We are also happy to accommodate groups who require peace and space for their training/study days, and self-programming groups of all denominations. We run a number of parish retreats throughout the year.
Accommodation on Offer
25 rooms over 3 floors (22 ensuite, 3 with private bathrooms) including singles, twin and doubles.
Fully accessible ground floor rooms; all first floor rooms are accessible by lift, and most have step-free access.
There is a flat with living area in the house, plus a 3-bedroom cottage in the grounds. The cottage is available separately for self-catering stays.
Large chapel seating up to 100 plus Oratory for up to 6
Fountains - Conference room (36+)
Bolton - Sitting room (18+)
Rievaulx - Sitting room (10+)
Dining room (60+)
Retreat Centre Facilities
Please see website for retreat centre facilities
Types of Retreat Offered
Please see website for retreats offered
2025 Events
Listed below are some of our events, please see our website for any updates.
January
18 Yoga day. Ms Liz Waddington
25 Parish retreat day. Briery Team
March
29 Lenten Day of Reflection
April
25-27 Parish retreat weekend. Briery Team
June
4-10 6-day Preached retreat – It is your face O Lord that I seek, hide not your face - “The Light of Jesus shines in our hearts.” 2Cor 4:6
Fr Thomas Scanlon CP
17 Parish retreat day. Briery Team
July
7-14 6-day IGR. Fr Paul Fletcher SJ & Briery Team
7-16 8-day IGR. Fr Paul Fletcher SJ & Briery Team
22- 28 6-day Preached retreat – Encountering Jesus anew through the gospels and the mass. Fr John Farrell OP
September
19-21 Parish retreat weekend. Briery Team
24 Day of Reflection. Margaret Silf
26-28 Parish retreat weekend. Briery Team
October
13-16 Parish Retreat. Briery Team
November
7-9 Circle Dancing Weekend. Janet Lockwood
December
6 Advent Day of Reflection
12-14 Advent preached retreat
Retreat Centre Location
38 Victoria Ave, Ilkley LS29 9BW, UK
2026 Events
January
31 Wharfedale Deanery retreat day. Briery Team
March
21 Lenten Day of Reflection. TBC
March
17-19 3-day Preached retreat - Bishop John Crowley
May
29-31 Circle Dancing. Janet Lockwood
June
10-16 6-day Preached retreat – Fr Eamonn Mulcahy, CSSp
August
4-11 6-day IGR. Fr Paul Fletcher SJ & Briery Team
4-13 8-day IGR. Fr Paul Fletcher SJ & Briery Team
September
18-20 Parish retreat weekend. Briery Team
16 Day of Reflection. Making wiser choices. Margaret Silf
October
19-22 Parish Retreat. Briery Team
30 –1 Nov Parish Retreat. Briery Team
November
6-8 Circle Dancing Weekend. Janet Lockwood
27-29 Advent preached retreat. Fr Chris Thomas
December
5 Advent Day of Reflection. TBC
The Briery Retreat and Conference Centre
38 Victoria Ave, Ilkley LS29 9BW, UK