Time To Grow

A unique place. A powerful vision. And now, a big step forward.

Hidden in 52 acres of wild Somerset woodland lies Alfoxton Park — an 18th-century country house being revived as a Buddhist retreat centre, arts sanctuary, and home for spiritual ecology.

Home of a 900 year old oak tree, and once home to William Wordsworth, this historic site is coming alive again — as a place where poetry, meditation, and nature meet.

Over the last five years, with the help of hundreds of volunteers and friends, we’ve transformed a dilapidated ruin into a living, breathing community.

Now, to take the next step, we need your help.

Our 2025 Fundraising Campaign - Time To Grow

Alfoxton is ready to grow. We are raising match funding of £60,000 and will soon launch a public campaign to match it, pound for pound, with your support.

So your donation will double in impact: every £1 you give becomes £2 for Alfoxton. And your gift goes EVEN FURTHER, by buying building materials that our volunteers will transform through weeks of work.

This is our biggest step forward yet, and our most joyful.

What your gift will help create:

With your support, we’ll complete the next stage of building work, to host larger retreats, events, and gatherings, including:

A proper kitchen and expanded dining space
New showers and toilets for guests
A geodesic dome for 100+ people (bought this April, in faith)
Accessibility improvements so more people can join us

This will triple the number of people we can welcome during our retreat season (April - September).

Be part of Alfoxton’s future

If you believe the world needs more places of depth, beauty, and stillness — places where imagination, spiritual life and care for nature go hand in hand — we invite you to support this next step.

Alfoxton is a bold experiment in living from the heart.

With your help, it will thrive.

How To Support

Page updated

Google Sites

Report abuse