Guided Retreats at Ampleforth Abbey

We are delighted to introduce our new programme of Retreats for 2026. Whether it's your first time on a retreat or you've been staying with us for many years, we hope you find what you're looking for.

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Emerging from many years of Beach Prayer Walks comes a new opportunity to visit churches closely associated with saints, followed by a refreshing walk

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Many associate this phrase with the Benedictine way of life, the search for balance in our lives. This retreat offers the opportunity to explore some

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Now in their fourth year! A walking retreat, with three pilgrimages to the holy sites of Yorkshire, sauntering with the saints. The first day a walk

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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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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

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Advent has traditionally looked at the four last things, death being one of them. How do cope with the thought of death and how do we live through