Meets, Treats and Retreats
Discover a serene and inspiring setting for your wellness retreat, team-building event, conference, or activity group. The Rowley Estates offers a luxurious alternative to traditional hotels, nestled within the unspoilt beauty of the Lakelands — a place designed to restore focus, spark creativity, and inspire your group.
With five-star, generously proportioned accommodation, dedicated function spaces and elegant reception rooms, and the freedom of self-catering, you and your guests enjoy exclusive use and privacy within The Rowley Estates. Create a programme that flows at your own pace, free from distractions, and tailored entirely to your group’s needs.
Whether you wish to enhance your stay with bespoke on-site services, including catering, or would welcome some suggestions for your event, we can recommend local services or providers to help realise your plans and make your experience truly special.
Whether you value complete privacy and tranquillity, or would like some advice and suggestions from our team about services and activities for your stay, The Rowley Estates provides a refined, flexible environment where people can connect, relax, and recharge in comfort.
For more information, please enquire or call to have a chat about your plans.
Bespoke Events and Activities
Get out into the extensive gardens and grounds, or explore the Eden Valley and Lake District National Park for a variety of activities and country pursuits, from clay-pigeon shooting, archery, paintball, quad biking, pony trekking, to wild swimming. Relax around roaring fires (complimentary logs and kindling provided), enjoy the spacious reception and dedicated function rooms, or refuel in the well-equipped kitchens. Call in private chefs for formal meals, generous Cumbrian breakfasts cooked to order, or convenient dinner drop-offs. Keep the teamwork going with bake-offs, barbecues, and other group challenges, or unwind with optional on-site spa and wellness treatments.
Set within the wilds of the Lake District and Eden Valley, The Rowley Estates combines untamed natural beauty with the comfort and elegance of historic family-owned properties, offering guests complete privacy and exclusive use. With its rich heritage and versatile spaces, it provides the perfect blank canvas for a retreat, event, or team getaway, where adventure, relaxation, and bespoke experiences come together seamlessly.
Corporate events and conferences
Gather around antique banqueting tables for seminars and meetings or use the flexible and spacious function rooms. Break off into focus groups in panelled libraries and plush drawing rooms – no need to book space in advance or check it’s free. Air ideas out on sunny, private terraces. Hold walk-and-talks along the river, through woods, around walled gardens. Throw an impromptu coffee break mid-session or work through lunch if you’re on a roll – there’s no slavish following of catering staff timetables. Regroup at night around the fire or across the billiards table. Unwind with a stroll round the grounds before turning in to your luxury bedroom suite.
Retreats
Salute the sun at dawn on the lawns. Set up easels in the bluebell woods. Serenade the hills in glass-walled Hause Hall. Relax and meditate in the dedicated open plan function rooms at Blencowe Hall and Melmerby Hall. Squirrel away in panelled snugs, fortified towers and window seats to get that novel written. Clear your mind hiking through gorgeous grounds or stretched out on chaise-longues in galleries and libraries. Recharge at the end of each day with log fires, rainfall showers and feather duvets in beamed bedrooms with dreamy views. The halls and grounds of Rowley Estates are inspirationally beautiful. And mid-week retreats are surprisingly affordable.
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