A retreat is your chance to step aside from life for a while, to rest and just 'be' in a welcoming, peaceful place.
Brancepeth Castle/Community of the Well
Brancepeth Castle, Brancepeth, Durham, UK
Contact Details
Contact Name:
Rev Alison Hobbs
Email:
Telephone:
07504 489089
Retreat Centre Description
The community at Brancepeth Castle invite you to experience the peace and healing of the retreat wing of this grand and beautiful building as your backdrop to seeking God. Individuals and small groups can be accommodated for residential retreats, optionally with input from the Community of the Well, specialising in individually guided retreats from 2025. Our non-residential facilities have capacity for large groups to meet. A pattern of daily worship is available between the adjacent church of St Brandon’s and the castle chapel where Holy Communion is celebrated daily. Home-cooked (catered) and self-catering options available. Set in small, quiet grounds in open countryside, close to Durham City, with good public transport links. We are very friendly, approachable and 'ordinary'!
Accommodation on Offer
4 bedrooms on Ground-floor: 1 x twin, 1 x double, 2 x multi-beds (1 double, 2 single beds all in same room). Individual /shared showers & loos, none en-suite. Kitchenette.
3 bedrooms on First floor: 2 x double; 1 x single. 1 shower room ensuite, 1 bathroom shared. Equipped kitchen: can be fully self-catering.
6 large halls/meeting rooms, art room & pottery, chapel, large courtyard garden, private retreat garden and wooded area.
Retreat Centre Facilities
Please see website for retreat centre facilities
Types of Retreat Offered
Please see website for retreats offered
2024 Events
May 10-12 ‘Bags of Hope’ What gives you hope? And what is it anyway? Make a bag and fill it with hope. Any/all skill levels.
June 7-9 ‘Introduction to Silence’ A beginners taste of working with silence and a spiritual director, as a doorway into individually guided retreats.
June 28-30 ‘Patterns for life’ Where are the rhythms in your life? Explore patterns: print fabrics. All levels, materials provided
September 13-15 ‘Introduction to Silence’ A beginners taste of working with silence and a spiritual director, as a doorway into individually guided retreats
Alternate Tuesdays, 1.30-4.30 'DooBeDoo Tuesdays' Restore things of personal value, not least, yourself; develop skills and deepen faith.
2025 Events
Individually Guided Retreats are being offered in May June, September and October.
Retreat Centre Location
Brancepeth Castle, Brancepeth, Durham, UK