Backbury House Retreats

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Workshops & Rural Crafts

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Checkley
Hereford

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At Backbury House Retreats, we offer a truly special place in Herefordshire for all of your creative education requirements. It is surrounded by picturesque and panoramic scenery offering a tranquil space in which to retreat from life’s pressures and feed your mind and spirit.

We specialise in offering expertly planned and delivered creative and wellbeing courses. We aim to offer high quality experiences for all of our guests and cater for every ability level.

Our regular programmes include: weekly art classes, taster workshops aimed specifically at beginners, immersive weekend courses in drawing, painting, photography and creative wellbeing courses as well as private tuition and group bookings

Please visit our website to learn more about us and the creative programmes that we offer.

Entry Cost

Our 3-hour workshops start at £45.
Our immersive weekend courses are available from £170.
Please visit our website for further details.

Hours

For telephone enquiries, we are open 10:30-16:00 Monday to Friday.
Alternatively, you can email us at any time.

Facilities
- On-site cafe/restaurant
- Picnics welcome
- Public toilets
- Gift shop
Accessibility
- Disabled access
Welcomes
- Children welcome
- Accepts groups
- Corporate hospitality
Special Features
- Rural location
Parking
- Free parking

Backbury House Retreats offers an idyllic environment to inspire creativity.

We offer beginner's drawing and painting courses which are designed to elevate your skill levels.

Our popular Saturday workshops are designed specifically for beginners in both watercolour and drawing techniques.

You can learn how to develop creative artworks on our expressive florals course.

Create charming animal portraits on our animal painting course.

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Directions & Parking

Backbury House Retreats
Checkley
Hereford
Herefordshire
HR1 4NA

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We are located 7 miles east of Hereford. By car, access by taking the M5 then M50 motorways to Ledbury. We are then located 10 miles west of Ledbury off the A438. There is a drop pin on Google Maps for Backbury House Retreats. What3words: poorly.coffee.hiding

Caring For The Planet

We are constantly striving to reduce the toxic load on our immediate environment and on the planet. Our retreat offers solar power, a bore hole for water supply, a waste disposal system and a thriving kitchen garden where we grow our own fruit and vegetables. We harvest rainwater for all of our garden watering requirements.

Our retreat supports and actively encourages wildlife. The property includes historic woodlands, grazing paddocks, orchards, a wildlife pond and insect attracting flower borders. It is truly an artist's paradise.

Recycling (>75% of all waste)
Composting
Refillable cleaning products and toiletries
Energy from renewable sources

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Backbury House Retreats is located within the idyllic Wye Valley which is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. We overlook nature reserves and Haugh Woods, which is a Site of Special Scientific Interest due to being inhabited by rare species of butterflies and moths. All worthy of a visit.