Retreat & Event Hire
Cats Abbey is gaining a reputation as an excellent venue for corporate and team events, as well as the perfect retreat space for music, martial arts and yoga workshops. Our beautifully converted Barn has much to offer in contrast to the typical hotel venue.
Bring your next retreat, company offsite or corporate celebration to a country setting, on a National Trust Estate, to get away from the norm and unlock new potential.
Privacy
You have the whole place exclusively to yourselves. There are no other guests, nobody else wandering around, and total privacy is assured. We are in the heart of the country, with no noise, light pollution or interference.
Comfort
The country-house feel can be so much friendlier than a hotel. Our 11 en-suite rooms (2 of which are interconnecting) located in the Barn are beautifully fitted out, and the Barn feels like a home from home. In addition, there are a further 5 "en suite" bedrooms located in our adjoining studios and a further 2 bedrooms in our self-contained cottage.
Location
The Cotswolds are very central and accessible, and one of the prettiest areas in the UK. We are approximately half way between Oxford and Cheltenham, just off the main A40. Heathrow to Cats Abbey is about an hour by car. There are also regular trains from London Paddington to Charlbury (25 minutes away) or London Marylebone to Oxford Parkway (30 minutes away) or Cheltenham (30 minutes away).
We also have a stunning view over the Windrush valley, surrounded by fields and a short way from Sherborne Park Estate with wonderful walks through established trees and forest.
Facilities
We have two large meeting areas and space for breakout groups.
We also have flip charts and projector facilities for you to hook your computers to and we excellent fibre optic broadband.
18 ensuite bedrooms, over three properties, large kitchen, gardens and plenty of parking and electric vehicle hook up.
Catering
We can provide anything you need, and it is just for you. We can be flexible about timings, so if a session overruns, we will adjust to suit. An evening dinner is a perfect team-building process. We can discuss in-house catering options, or you can bring in a chef of your own. We also have a list of cooks and caterers who have worked here. There are also excellent hotel restaurants in the local area.
Quality
Companies that have used Cats Abbey have all commented on how much the venue improved the quality of the outcome. The comfortable and relaxed atmosphere, with personalised service, has helped groups to concentrate on the objective, and achieve the results they wanted.
““We went to Cats Abbey on a work retreat and it was absolutely perfect. Beautiful scenery and walks nearby. The space itself was great for hosting a large group for big meal, meetings and accommodation. There was plenty of space to go off in groups for smaller meetings. Thoroughly enjoyed it.””