ROOKHOW 

LAKE DISTRICT group accommodation & woodland

QVA (QUAKER VOLUNTARY ACTION)

WORKING RETREAT 25th-29th August

QVA are running a working retreat 25th-29th August 2025 at Rookhow. "Our working retreats are a way to share a short period of time with other volunteers making a difference to a local project." A chance to work together in the beauty of Quakers' Wood. 

QUIET DAY 11th September

Thursday 11th September 10am-4pm 'A sense of place' with Ginny Newsham. Free of charge with donations to Rookhow welcome. Up to 20 people. Quakers and non-Quakers welcome.

It will be led by Ginny Newsham, attender at Preston Patrick Meeting, who is a spiritual director trained in the Ignatian tradition and drawing on previous work in higher education and professional development, group work and expressive arts therapy training. Ginny works with a wide range of people, on retreats and for ongoing direction and particularly enjoys using creative processes.


Ginny writes about the Quiet Day, "It will offer you the chance to explore your relationship to particular places, ones known and significant to you and also places at Rookhow to be discovered on the day. There will be times of silence, prayer, listening and sharing and we will draw on words (scripture and poetry), senses, imagination and creativity."


QUIET DAY 17TH NOVEMBER

Monday 17th November 10am-4pm. With Caroline Stow and Suan Marston. Free of charge with donations to Rookhow welcome. Up to 20 people. Quakers and non-Quakers welcome. Craft and walking meditation in the woods. 

SOUNDCAPE ECOLOGY DAY 19th November

Propellor lead sessions in Quakers' Wood

winter notes

Thursday 4th December 7.30pm (refreshments) for 8pm (music)

Jack McNeill (clarinet) and friends will return to Rookhow for a Winter concert.  This performance sees some of Cumbria's finest chamber musicians come together to start a new tradition - a musical almanac. You can expect to hear beautiful miniatures, specially commissioned works from leading composers, reworkings by the ensemble of traditional folk music and familiar classics - all with a particular focus on the time of year.


£18 adults. Pay on the door (cash/card). Under 18s free

STORYTELLING & RESTORATION

13TH-15TH MARCH 2026

A weekend with Hannah Moore, storyteller supported by Sue Nicholls

easter gathering 3RD-6TH aPRIL 2026

An all-age community weekend of shared meals, chatting, walks, Epilogues, Easter egg hunt, egg throwing and toasting marshmallows round the campfire.