Host Your Own Retreat at Calico Barn

Your retreat. Your programme. A beautiful place to bring it to life.

Tucked between farmland, dunes and the Northumberland coast, Calico Barn offers wellness practitioners, teachers and facilitators a relaxed and inspiring setting to host their own retreats.

From yoga and pilates to breathwork, creativity, mindfulness, coaching and wellbeing, you bring your people and your programme and we'll provide a welcoming coastal base for you to make your own.

Available October to April, our retreat hire packages are designed to make hosting your own residential retreat simple. Hire Calico Barn on a self-catering basis, then choose from a range of optional catering and Sauna Hetta wellness experiences to build something that feels completely your own.

Calico Barn

Calico is our relaxed bunk barn, just a short walk through the dunes from the beach.

The heart of the barn is a large open-plan kitchen, dining and living space, giving your group plenty of room to cook, eat and spend time together. Bedrooms are simple and comfortable, with shared bathroom facilities, and there's plenty of outdoor space to make the most of our beautiful coastal location.

The barn sleeps up to 16 guests across five bedrooms, although smaller groups work beautifully for retreats where you'd like to offer guests a little more space. There are 3 rooms that sleep 6,4,4 and are ideal for your guests and two cabin rooms that are ideal for single occupancy for leaders.

Your hire is for exclusive use of Calico Barn, with a fully equipped kitchen should you wish to self-cater. Retreat practitioners and your programme are not included, leaving you free to create and deliver your retreat exactly as you'd like. If you'd rather we take care of some or all of the food, our in-house chef can create a catering package to suit your retreat.

Retreat Hire – October to April

Monday–Wednesday or Tuesday–Thursday
Two Nights – £1,100

Wednesday–Friday

Two Nights – £1,200

Friday–Sunday
Two Nights – £1,350

Arrival is from 4pm, with departure by 10am on your final morning.

Need more time with your group?

Early arrival from 10am OR late departure until 5pm – £350

This can be a lovely way to create a fuller first or final retreat day without adding another overnight stay.

Retreat Catering

Food can be such an important part of a retreat, and if you'd rather not manage the catering yourself, we have an in-house chef who can take care of it for you.

There isn't a one-size-fits-all retreat menu. Some hosts want simple, nourishing breakfasts and lunches with a relaxed evening supper; others want fully catered stays, sharing feasts, vegetarian menus or something designed specifically around the style of their retreat.

Rather than asking you to choose from a fixed package, we'll talk to you about your group, the kind of food you'd like to serve and the budget you're working with, then put together a catering option that works for you.

You can choose to have your whole retreat catered or simply ask us to provide selected meals, leaving you free to self-cater the rest.

Let us know what you have in mind when you enquire and we can discuss the options with our chef.

Add a little Hetta

Your retreat can be completely self-led, or you can build Sauna Hetta experiences into your programme.

Our wood-fired sauna sits in its own private sauna garden with direct access through the dunes to the beach, making it an easy addition to a coastal wellbeing retreat.

Private Sauna Hetta

£90 per hour

The sauna seats up to six guests at a time. For larger retreat groups, we can arrange consecutive sessions so everyone gets their turn.

Combine the warmth of our wood-fired sauna with an optional dip in the North Sea, then gather around the fire afterwards.

Sauna & Mini Spa

£25 per person (45 minutes)

For groups of up to six at a time, combine your sauna with our self-guided mini spa ritual for a little extra relaxation and indulgence.

Hetta Facial Ritual

£30 per person (approx. 45 minutes)

A slow, self-guided skincare ritual set up for your guests inside Calico Barn. A longer skincare session without sauna.

Guests are provided with everything they need to cleanse, nourish and care for their skin while taking some proper time for themselves.

Winter Nest

£30 per person for a 30-minute session
£50 per person for a more relaxing 60-minute session

For the colder months, retreat groups can also add our cosy indoor Hetta Nest experience.

Step inside our softly lit winter Nest, settle into your own infrared sauna blanket and put on your headphones while we guide you through an evening of warmth, meditation and deeply restful downtime.

With relaxing music, low lighting and a warm herbal tea to finish, Nest is designed as a gentle evening wind-down before guests return to Calico for bed.

Perfect for the final evening of a winter retreat.

Available for groups of up to six at a time.

Create the retreat you want to host

You don't need to fit into one of our retreat programmes.

Calico gives you the freedom to bring your own approach, whether you're planning a weekend of yoga and movement, a creative retreat, women's wellbeing weekend, meditation and mindfulness programme, coaching retreat or simply a couple of days designed to help your guests slow down.

Run the whole retreat yourself, or talk to us about taking care of the food and adding Hetta experiences at different points throughout your stay.

A typical two-night retreat might include:

Day One
Arrive from 4pm, settle into Calico Barn and welcome your guests before an evening meal and relaxed first night.

Day Two
Your own morning practice or workshop, breakfast and time on the coast, followed by your afternoon programme. Finish with private sauna sessions and an optional Hetta ritual, or an evening Winter Nest experience.

Day Three
A final morning session, breakfast together and departure by 10am – or add late checkout and continue your programme until 5pm.

There is no set formula. It's your retreat; we're simply giving you a rather special place to hold it.

Retreats by the Northumberland coast

Calico Barn sits at Hemscott Hill, home of The Barn on The Bay and Sauna Hetta, beside the dunes of Druridge Bay.

It's rural, relaxed and wonderfully removed from everyday life – but with the facilities you need to gather a group together comfortably.

Our practitioner retreat packages are available October–April, subject to availability.

Interested in hosting a retreat?

Tell us a little about you, the retreat you'd like to run, your preferred dates and approximate group size.

We'll help you work out the best Calico Barn hire option, catering and any Hetta experiences you'd like to add to your programme.

Enquire about hosting your retreat at Hemscott Hill →