Holycombe Holistic Retreat Centre

Holycombe is a haven for peace, healing and joyful activites. We have residential courses, weekday classes, therapies and cool camping in 6 acres of beautiful grounds. www. holycombe.com Also see our houses to let in Spain and Scotland.

Residential Weekends
Using ecological and geomantic principles Sally and Andy Birtwell have created a space where facilitators can bring their residential groups and enjoy stunning workshop space in six acres of garden that include a pond, moat, stone circle, shady coppice, maze, fire-pit, barbecue grass tennis court, and camping
with both flush and compost loos


Sacred Landscape
Set in a verdant wooded valley on the edge of the Cotswold village of Whichford, they have built a beautiful house and home to honour the sacred landscape, where there was once a Norman Castle with a moat that remains. A natural stream rises from a holy well in the nearby ancient Whichford Wood and passes though the ground and down a waterfall. The sound of running water adds a sense of peace and creates a tranquil atmosphere to encourage spiritual growth and exploring the inner self.


Our facilities – indoor workplaces
A large sunny space called The Angel Room is for our group activities and opens out onto a terrace . This has under floor central heating, can seat 60 people and is comfortable with 14 people doing yoga. (28’x 20’) A beautiful Garden Room that can seat 18 people is used for mealtimes, opening out to rose scented terraces for eating al-fresco, which overlook the pond and grass tennis court. The Studio is an indoor space for smaller workshops, painting and craft activities and the flexible futons enable it to double as our dormitory.



Our ethos
We honour all paths and celebrate diversity. We manifested our own Rivendell – “the perfect house, whether you like food or sleep, or storytelling or singing, or just sitting thinking best, or a pleasant mixture of them all. Merely to be there was a cure of weariness, fear, and sadness . . here you will hear many songs and tales, but except on high days, it usually stands empty and quiet and people come here who wish for peace and thought. Such was the virtue of the land of Rivendell that soon all fear and anxiety was lifted from their minds . ”
We see ourselves as custodians of this sacred valley and we ask that you take responsibility to leave Holycombe at least as beautiful and you find it.


Accommodation
There are up to 10 bedrooms and a dorm, totalling 18 residential mostly shared bed spaces. Bedrooms are warm and comfortable and there are 8 bathrooms inc one ensuite. We provide duvets and pillows – your guests provide their own bed linen (2 sheets, pillowcase and towel)



Weekday classes
We have regular weekday classes which include Yoga, Pilates, Circle Dance, Drumming, Meditation, Psychic Development, Baby Massage, Pregnancy Yoga and Hypno–Birthing, and Tatty Bumpkin yoga-inspired classes for toddlers.


Therapies

We offer various therapies including shiatsu, Reiki, Massage, Psychotherapy and Counselling, Homeopathy, Kinesieology, Acupuncture and Hypnotherapy
Photos - Therapy rooms

Catering
We are very flexible on food – you can self-cater, using our fully equipped course kitchen bring and share, or use one of our trusted caterers so that your requirements can be tailor made.