🌿 About The Beeches

The Beeches is a new sanctuary for social justice, collective healing, and ecological action, situated on a 12-acre community-owned space nestled in the heart of the Peak District, just 30 minutes from Sheffield and one hour from Manchester.

In a world facing deep environmental, social, and political crises, The Beeches offers a place of connection, restoration, and collective power-building. We exist for those working towards a more just, regenerative future: movement builders, community organisers, progressive educators, youth activists, radical health practitioners, artists and more. Here, we nurture the relationships and practices that help us imagine and build new systems of care, equity, and resilience.

Our spaces support retreats, residential trainings, collective strategising, community gardening, and events that weave together personal transformation with systemic change. Whether you come for rest, connection, or learning, The Beeches is a place to belong, to dream, and to act.

Current Facilities

The Beeches is home to:

• A main house and facilities for residential gatherings of up to 26 people indoors, with breakout rooms (5 toilets, 2 showers and 1 bath).
• A large open field for events and gatherings, with camping space for up to 50 people
• Two secluded off-grid woodland cabins
• 8 acres of woodland, an orchard, and a community food garden

Main House Room breakdown

Ground Floor

• Bedroom #1 (Accessible Room) - sleeps 3 - 1 double and 1 bunk bed
• Bedroom #2 (Sensory Room) - sleeps 1 - 1 single floor-bed
• Bedroom #3 - sleeps 4 - 2 bunk beds

First Floor

• Bedroom #4 - sleeps 6/7 - 3 bunk beds (1 bunk = single over double)
• Bedroom #5 - sleeps 4 - 2 bunk beds
• Bedroom #6 - sleeps 4/5 - 2 bunk beds (1 bunk = single over double)
• Living Room - sleeps 1 - 1 single bed

Second Floor

• Bedroom #7 (Attic Room) - sleeps 3 - 3 single beds (no blinds)

Woodland Cabins (see image gallery below)

Cabin #1

• Sleeps up to 6 comfortably on sofa beds / futons

Cabin #2

• Sleeps 2 on a sofa bed, with lots of floor space for more.