Retreats and offsitesA small retreat or team offsite in the South Downs, for up to 12

What you are hiring

Three self-catering homes a few steps apart on a 1,000-acre farm. Each has its own kitchen, living room and outdoor space.

Keepers is the natural place to gather. It is the largest at 153 square metres, with an open-plan living space around a wood-burning stove and a courtyard table that seats six. The Old Stables has a vaulted living room and a gated courtyard. Barley Cottage has a dining table for six and a walled lawn.

A group of 12 fits in one living room for a conversation, not round one table. Work in two or three rooms, or outdoors when the weather allows.

What there is not

There is no meeting room, no projector or screen, no flip charts, no catering and no staff on call. We do not run yoga, treatments or any programme of our own. If you are a teacher or facilitator, you bring the practice, the mats and the plan.

What we do provide is what every guest gets: a homemade cake on arrival, logs for the wood burners, bed linen and towels, fast wifi and a door code so people can arrive separately from 4pm.

We do not take parties or events. A working group or a quiet retreat of people who are all staying here is welcome.

Bedrooms, honestly

Twelve people means sharing beds. The six bedrooms are three super kings, one king, one twin, and one that can be a super king or a twin. So the site sleeps 12 as couples, 8 if two rooms are shared as twins, or 6 with a room each.

Five of the six bedrooms have their own bathroom or share one. To be exact: both bedrooms in Keepers and both in The Old Stables are en-suite, and the two bedrooms in Barley share one bathroom. Keepers has one bedroom upstairs. The other two homes are on one level.

How a midweek stay runs

People arrive from 4pm on the first day and cook together or walk to the Victoria Inn, which is in the village. Mornings are for work. The main supermarkets deliver to the farm, so food can be ordered ahead to arrive after you do.

The afternoons are why you come here and not to a hotel. The 2.7-mile West Marden loop starts in the village and takes about an hour and a quarter, which is a good length for a walking meeting. Kingley Vale is about 12 minutes by car. From mid-June to early September the heated pool is open, Monday to Saturday.

Mobile signal is poor on every network except EE. Some groups count that as a benefit. Calls work over the wifi.

Getting here and booking

From central London the drive is 66 miles. Allow 2 hours to 2 hours 30. There is free parking on the farm.

By train from London Waterloo, Petersfield is about 1 hour, Havant 1 hour 15 and Rowlands Castle about 1 hour 25 on a direct hourly service. Rowlands Castle is 7 minutes from the farm by car and the other two are about 15. Book taxis ahead: there is no rank in the village. See getting here.

Midweek outside the school holidays is when all three homes are most often free together, and January to March is the quietest time of all. Send us your dates and numbers and we will give you one price for the site. There are no booking fees when you book direct.