Retreats & Workshops
Cats Abbey is proving to be an excellent venue for wellbeing retreats and group events, ideal for music, martial arts and yoga workshops.
Nestled in a picturesque countryside on a National Trust Estate, Cats Abbey offers participants a peaceful environment, far from the noise of city life. It provides the perfect setting to fully engage with your content while fostering meaningful connections and creating lasting memories.
Privacy
Enjoy exclusive use of the property, ensuring complete privacy with no outside guests, distractions, or interruptions.
Located in the heart of the countryside, our venue offers a peaceful retreat free from noise, light pollution, and outside interference, creating a relaxed and natural atmosphere for a truly immersive experience.
Comfort
The warm, country-house ambiance of Cats Abbey offers a more inviting and personal touch than a hotel.
Our beautifully designed Barn features 11 beautiful bedrooms. Ten rooms have en-suite wet-room showers, two of which are interconnecting rooms and share an adjoining shower room. The remaining bedroom includes a separate bathroom with a bath tub. Additionally, we offer five more en-suite bedrooms in our adjoining studios and two further bedrooms in a charming self-contained cottage.
Location
The Cotswolds is one of the most picturesque regions in the UK. Conveniently located halfway between Oxford and Cheltenham, Cats Abbey is just off the A40 and is about an hour’s drive from London Heathrow. For train travel, regular services run from London Paddington to Charlbury Station (25 minutes by car), or from London Marylebone to Oxford Parkway (30 minutes) or Cheltenham (30 minutes).
Our venue boasts breathtaking views over the Windrush Valley, surrounded by fields and just a short distance from Sherborne Park Estate, where you can enjoy scenic walks through mature trees and forest.
Facilities
We offer two spacious meeting areas, along with additional space for breakout sessions.
Our facilities include flip charts, projector setups for connecting your computers, and high-speed fibre optic broadband for seamless connectivity.
With 18 bedrooms spread across three properties, a fully equipped kitchen, expansive meeting spaces, beautiful gardens, and ample parking, we also provide an electric vehicle charging point for your convenience.
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’ll adapt to ensure a seamless experience.
An evening dinner is a great way to bring teams together. Choose from our in-house catering options, bring in your own chef, or select from our trusted list of cooks and caterers. Prefer to handle meals yourself? Nearby hotel restaurants offer excellent dining options, and major supermarkets deliver straight to our door for your convenience.
Quality
Groups that have hosted events at Cats Abbey frequently mention how the venue enhances both the quality of connections between participants and their engagement with the content.
The serene, nature-inspired setting fosters a comfortable and relaxed atmosphere, allowing groups to focus on their purpose without the usual distractions of everyday life.
“I’ve held retreats for groups of 20+ students for the last three years at Cats Abbey.
The space is magical! Everyone loves returning.
The rooms are spacious, the kitchen fabulously stocked with professional cooking and cleaning equipment, and the grounds beautiful.
The team is also fantastic. They are helpful, quick to respond, and give attention to details, such as cleanliness and clear, pre-event communication.
I highly recommend Cats Abbey as a venue for anyone wishing to host their events! ”
