Scargill offers a wide range of holidays, conferences and retreats, some led by members of the Scargill Community, and others by external speakers. On most dates, you can also come as a private guest rather than for the programme.

Everyone is welcome at Scargill House. Visit on your own; come with your family or friends; bring a church or group, whatever works for you!

October 2024

Listen Well – Think Deeply – Live Authentically

7–11 October 2024 (Mon–Fri)

with Craig Millward and Kate Pozzo and Roy Searle and Simon Hall

How can we follow Christ and draw from his example to live well and love God and neighbour. Join Roy Searle, Kate Pozzo, Simon Hall…

Fully booked with waiting list

What does God want me to do with my life?

11–13 October 2024 (Fri–Sun)

with Derek Walmsley

A fantastic opportunity to take time out to think more deeply about God’s call on your life, with time and space in the beautiful Yorkshire countryside.

Fully booked with waiting list

Enneagram 1

11–13 October 2024 (Fri–Sun)

with Diane Stone and Margi Walker

Come and discover more about who you are and how God might want to shape you. This is an introductory course to the Enneagram which…

Spaces available for £316

Online Quiet Day (October)

12 October 2024 (Sat)

with Scargill Community

There will be a warm welcome for you at this online Quiet Day led by Scargill Community. This day will be a mix of input…

Join us online (89 spaces)

Celebrating and Renewing Ministry

14–18 October 2024 (Mon–Fri)

with Claire Pedrick and team

This course aims to help clergy to set a new vision for the next step of their ministry. Please contact us for more details and,…

Spaces available for £500

Autumn Walking in the Dales

14–18 October 2024 (Mon–Fri)

with Mike Weighell

Come and discover the beautiful Yorkshire Dales in Autumn. We will be exploring the stunning scenery around Bainbridge and Semer water in Wensleydale, and walking…

Limited spaces remaining for £316

Red Squirrels in the Dales

18–20 October 2024 (Fri–Sun)

with Hugh Firman & Lisa Chadwick-Firman

The Yorkshire Dales provide one of England’s last strongholds for the red squirrel. On this weekend you will get to meet them up close.

Fully booked with waiting list

Messiness, grace and following Jesus

21–25 October 2024 (Mon–Fri)

with Mike Leigh and Phil Stone

Come and explore the reality of faith and life, with all of its untidy ends. What if we have got it wrong with our search…

Full for residential guests with waiting list

Join us online (95 spaces) for £50

Why should children have all the fun?

21–25 October 2024 (Mon–Fri)

with Phil & Liz Goodacre

Jesus said that the Kingdom of God belongs to those who are childlike, so whatever your age, you’re invited to come and play! Playing is…

Spaces available for £266

Walk and Talk

25–27 October 2024 (Fri–Sun)

with Helen Brocklehurst

Come and enjoy a weekend of company and conversation while exploring the beautiful landscape around Scargill. We will spend Saturday out in the hills with…

Spaces available for £163.50

Family event

Who’s the king of the jungle?

28 Oct–1 Nov 2024 (Mon–Fri)

with A Rocha

This week we will enter into Rudyard Kipling’s classic story, ‘The Jungle Book’. An opportunity to share in the journey of Mowgli and his friends….

Spaces available for £266

November 2024

Singing Weekend

1–3 November 2024 (Fri–Sun)

with Mike Leigh

Come join us for an uplifting and joyful weekend of singing in the surroundings of the beauty of Wharfedale led by our chaplain Mike Leigh….

Fully booked with waiting list

An introduction to photography

1–3 November 2024 (Fri–Sun)

with Ian Cresswell and Ruth Park

With photography we are always learning, whether beginner or seasoned pro. Why not spend a weekend in the majesty of the Yorkshire Dales picking up…

Spaces available for £163.50

Eric Liddell: The chariot of fire

4–8 November 2024 (Mon–Fri)

with David Robinson and Phil Stone

100 years on from his famous run at the 1924 Paris Olympics we run again with Eric Liddell. Searchlight Theatre Company this year have dramatized…

Spaces for residential guests for £316

Join us online (98 spaces) for £50

Capture late autumn in the Dales in camera

4–8 November 2024 (Mon–Fri)

with Ian Cresswell and Ruth Park

With Autumn marching inexorably on to winter, we shall be looking to capture the last few leaves, the weather, the water. This week Ian and…

Spaces available for £316

Renew, refresh, restore

8–10 November 2024 (Fri–Sun)

with Scargill Community

Phew! Just when you thought you couldn’t go on, along comes a weekend at Scargill designed just for you! Drop everything and book in for…

Fully booked with waiting list

Divorce Recovery Workshop

8–10 November 2024 (Fri–Sun)

with Divorce Recovery Team

The workshop consists of six two-hour sessions and is suitable for anyone of any age and at any stage of separation and divorce. Those experiencing…

Spaces available for £173.50

Pre Retirement conference 2024

12–14 November 2024 (Tue–Thu)

with Scargill Community

An invitation only conference for clergy and partners offered to local Anglican Dioceses as part of their training programme. The conference runs from 11am Tuesday…

Special arrangements apply

Online Quiet Day (November)

14 November 2024 (Thu)

with Scargill Community

There will be a warm welcome for you at this online Quiet Day led by Scargill Community. This day will be a mix of input…

Join us online (96 spaces)

Renewed in prayer

18–20 November 2024 (Mon–Wed)

with Adrian & Esther Stone and Mike Leigh

Scargill is often described as a ‘thin’ place where prayer happens more easily. Whether your own life of prayer feels well-nourished, or is in need…

Limited spaces remaining for £163.50

Enneagram 1 – God-shaped people

18–22 November 2024 (Mon–Fri)

with Diane Stone and Margi Walker

Come and discover more about who you are and how God might want to shape you. This is an introductory course to the Enneagram which…

Limited spaces remaining for £316

Clergy and church leaders encouraged afresh

20–22 November 2024 (Wed–Fri)

with Annie Naish and Christopher Landau and Felicity Lawson

Drawing on wisdom for ministry and life in the Spirit from the letter to the Romans, this retreat will seek ‘the God who gives endurance…

Limited spaces remaining for £163.50

Silent retreat

Advent retreat – On the pilgrim way to Bethlehem

25–29 November 2024 (Mon–Fri)

with Bishop Bob Evens

Bethlehem is a 90 mile walk from Nazareth but for Mary and Joseph the journey was measured in months not miles. Since the Angel’s visit…

Spaces available for £316

Advent craft retreat

29 Nov–1 Dec 2024 (Fri–Sun)

with Diane Stone

I always try to experience more of God’s peace and presence during the often hectic weeks prior to Christmas and have found it helpful to…

Fully booked with waiting list

Online Quiet Day (pre-Advent)

30 November 2024 (Sat)

with Scargill Community

There will be a warm welcome for you at this online Quiet Day led by Scargill Community. This day will be a mix of input…

Join us online (98 spaces)

December 2024

Advent musical retreat

2–6 December 2024 (Mon–Fri)

with Jo Penn and Mike Leigh

Are you fed up with singing carols in November? Would you like to explore the music of Advent? Join Mike and Jo as they explore…

Spaces available for £316

Christmas is coming

6–8 December 2024 (Fri–Sun)

with Scargill Community

A pre-Christmas celebratory weekend was the very first event to occur in the life of the newly resurrected Scargill House, and we have offered guests…

Fully booked with waiting list

Doing it Yahweh

9–13 December 2024 (Mon–Fri)

with Dave Hopwood and Phil Stone

If you have ever visited the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem you will know that if you wish to enter you have to bend…

Spaces for residential guests for £316

Join us online (98 spaces) for £50

Family event

New Year House Party

29 Dec 2024–2 Jan 2025 (Sun–Thu)

with Scargill Community

However you feel about all the usual New Year’s Eve shenanigans, there’s something here for everyone: chat, games, walks, films and anything else we can…

Fully booked with waiting list

January 2025

Silent retreat

Individually guided retreat

13–17 January 2025 (Mon–Fri)

with Margi Walker and team

Imagine sitting with God gazing out on the glorious Yorkshire landscape as you eat your meals. On Individually Guided Retreats we do just that! Our…

Spaces available for £316

Friends and Companions weekend 1

17–19 January 2025 (Fri–Sun)

with Scargill Community

We are so grateful for our Friends and Companions here at Scargill. Without your love, support and prayers, we would quite simply not be here….

Spaces available for £135.50

Friends and Companions weekend 2

24–26 January 2025 (Fri–Sun)

with Scargill Community

We are so grateful for our Friends and Companions here at Scargill. Without your love, support and prayers, we would quite simply not be here….

Spaces for residential guests for £135.50

Join us online (98 spaces) for £30

The Space — a creative retreat

27–31 January 2025 (Mon–Fri)

with Epiphany Team

An opportunity to explore creativity in fresh ways. We look forward to welcoming you to a creative retreat with Epiphany’s musicians, who are joined by…

Spaces available for £316

Relishing the good

27–31 January 2025 (Mon–Fri)

with Mike Leigh and Shaun Lambert

Come and spend a week in the company of Shaun and Mike as they explore Ignatian Spiritually and contemplative prayer that relishes the goodness of…

Spaces available for £316

Renew, refresh, restore at Candlemas

31 Jan–2 Feb 2025 (Fri–Sun)

with Scargill Community

Phew! Just when you thought you couldn’t go on, along comes a weekend at Scargill designed just for you! Drop everything and book in for…

Spaces available for £163.50

February 2025

Simpler, humbler, bolder rebooted

3–7 February 2025 (Mon–Fri)

with Brendan Bassett and Gordon Dey and Phil Stone

Can you imagine what a ‘Simpler, humbler, bolder Church’ would actually look like? What might our lives, our discipleship, look like if we personally took…

Spaces for residential guests for £316

Join us online (98 spaces) for £50

Pathways into prayer

3–7 February 2025 (Mon–Fri)

with Annie Naish and Heather Mole

This week you’re invited to retreat from the busyness and constant distractions of daily life, to slow down, take a step back and carve out…

Spaces available for £316

The peace of wild things

10–14 February 2025 (Mon–Fri)

with Phil Goodacre and Ruth Meyer

Taking inspiration from the American farmer and poet Wendell Berry, we’ll be exploring ‘the peace of wild things’. Journeying with a range of poets, and…

Spaces available for £316

Falling in love again

14–16 February 2025 (Fri–Sun)

with Adrian and Bridget Plass

Maybe Marlene Dietrich was right. Perhaps that’s what we need, especially at this time of year, when Saint Valentine is peering over our shoulders. How…

Spaces available for £163.50

Online Quiet Day (February)

15 February 2025 (Sat)

with Scargill Community

There will be a warm welcome for you at this online Quiet Day led by Scargill Community. This day will be a mix of input…

Join us online (93 spaces)

Family event

Back through the wardrobe 1

17–21 February 2025 (Mon–Fri)

with Scargill Community

Something very special happens when Scargill House is transformed into Narnia. C.S. Lewis’ beloved stories come to life in a fresh way as we travel…

Fully booked with waiting list

Family event

Back through the wardrobe 2

24–28 February 2025 (Mon–Fri)

with Scargill Community

Something very special happens when Scargill House is transformed into Narnia. C.S. Lewis’ beloved stories come to life in a fresh way as we travel…

Spaces available for £266

Living the life of the beloved

28 Feb–2 Mar 2025 (Fri–Sun)

with Anna Honeysett and Phil Stone

Henri Nouwen, beloved author, priest, and world-famous counsellor and guide, understood the challenges and joys of the spiritual life. Anna and Phil will explore some…

Spaces available for £163.50

Positively single

28 Feb–2 Mar 2025 (Fri–Sun)

with Annie Naish

Living without a partner – love it or hate it, nearly all of us experience life as a single adult at least for a while….

Spaces available for £163.50

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