What's On at Ampleforth Abbey

We are delighted to welcome you to retreats and events at Ampleforth Abbey. Whether it's your first time visiting or you've been coming for many years, we look forward to your visit.

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Celebrate our apple-growing tradition this October half-term with a week of orchard-inspired fun.

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A rare opportunity to pick your own apples from our beautiful heritage orchard.

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48 hours to step inside three classic religious paintings within a framework of lectio divina made flesh — to read into, behind, and forward through

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This weekend welcomes new people to the practice of meditation, and people who have been before, but who want a meditative weekend of silent learning

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Come stargazing at Ampleforth Abbey with expert astronomer Neill Sanders.

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A rare opportunity to pick your own apples from our beautiful heritage orchard.

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The basis of this retreat is the intriguing story in the Old Testament of Jacob wresting with God. Few of us go through life without experiencing

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A weekend opportunity to “divine” — in the sense of water-divining — three Gospel passages. A chance to read, risk, and discover adventurously just

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The ‘tools of the spiritual craft’ set out throughout the Rule of Benedict offer wonderfully down-to-earth wisdom for all our daily lives - of prayer