Activities & Experiences
Enhance Your Stay - Connect to yourself, to others and to nature
Visit our sister website Avalon Wellbeing to choose from our Wellbeing Activities, or book a bespoke activity for you and your guests as part of your stay.
FEATURED CLASSES
We offer an abundance of recurring classes and events to invigorate your mind, body and spirit. Be sure to regularly check our timetable for monthly specials and one-off events.
Things to do at Broughton Sanctuary
As well as our schedule of events and classes, Sanctuary guests can enjoy a variety of nature based activities.
Contact us before your stay to discuss your needs.
Walking Trails
Explore the many paths around our 3000 acre Sanctuary and discover rolling meadow pastures, heather moorland, ancient and newly planted woodlands, wild reservoirs and meandering rivers.
Please liaise with our
Sanctuary team
Fun for all the family
Bike Rides in the Dales
Uncover the elusive trails and ancient tracks of the Yorkshire Dales. We can aslo organise guides to take care of the details so you can simply enjoy a journey of discovery in outstanding natural beauty.
Booking Required
Fun for all the family
Mountain Bike Trail
Head to Denbers wood and discover our woodland mountain bike trail. Perfect for all the family to enjoy. If you would like us to arrange bike hire during your stay then please get in touch with our team before your arrival.
Please liaise with our
Sanctuary team
Fun for all the family
Prices from £25+VAT per day
Catered Picnic Experiences
Head out with a map and a nutritious picnic hamper created by one our in-house chefs. Explore the heather moorland, rolling meadow pastures, ancient and newly planted woodland and the meandering rivers of our 3000 acre Sanctuary.
Booking Required
Fun for all the family
Prices TBC
Woodland Dining
Enjoy a magnificent experience in our Garden of Cosmic Origin as you dine amongst the trees in a private, candlelit glade. With a roaring fire to keep you warm, a repurposed shelter to provide weather protection and a treetop canopy this is truly an awe inspiring setting to gather.
Booking Required
Fun for all the family
Forest Bathing
Enjoy a slow and gentle walk as your Forest Therapy Guide Liz Dawes offers a series of optional invitations that are designed to heighten your sensory awareness.
Booking Required
Fun for all the family
Wild Swimming
Enjoy the healing effect of wild swimming in the great outdoors. Connect with nature, nourish creativity, and garner spiritual inspiration.
Please liaise with our Sanctuary team
Fun for all the family
Woodland Sauna
Enjoy a rejuvenating experience in our Iglucraft Woodland Sauna. The heat will slow your mind, gently washing away stress and toxins.
For Sanctuary Guests only
Booking Required
Up to 12 people
Fire Temple Experience
Set within one of our picturesque woodlands, this sheltered wooden structure is perfect for drumming, singing, stories, and much more.
Booking Required
Fun for all the family
Foraging
Join our in-house forager to discover the nutritious wild foods of Broughton and learn how to cook a delicious lunch from your harvest. Please allow approx 4 - 5hrs.
Booking Required
Fun for all the family
Sweat Lodge
Imbued with deeply spiritual symbolism the Sweat Lodge ceremony is a psychical and spiritual purification of the body, mind and soul.
For Sanctuary Guests only
Booking Required
Labyrinth
Walking the labyrinth can be a source of solace and can quiet a distracted or overactive mind. Enjoy a guided experience with one of our in-house Therapists.
Please liaise with our
Sanctuary team
Hermit Hut
Tucked away in its own little oasis on the edge of a wild swimming reservoir, the hermit hut is a place to unwind and reconnect. Enjoy picnics and toasted marshmallows by the open camp fire.
For Sanctuary Guests only
Booking Required
Fun for all the family
Avalon Pool Suite
Sanctuary Guests are very welcome to use the pool suite at Avalon, our state-of-the-art Wellbeing Centre, during your stay. Enjoy use of the hydro-massage pool and organic shaped sauna and steam rooms.
For Sanctuary Guests only
Booking Required
Fun for all the family
Bronze Age Circle
Broughton Sanctuary has uncovered a Bronze Age Cairn Circle, situated on the moor top. Connect with our ancestors, and enjoy a moment of quiet solitude.
Please liaise with our Sanctuary team
Fun for all the family
Moon Bathing
Wrap up warm, grab a torch and head out on a journey to our moor top Moon Baths for a guided moon meditation as you reconnect with life’s natural cycles and attune yourself to the Earths ciradian rhythms.
Please liaise with our Sanctuary team
Stay With Us
Explore our collection of 19 unique Holiday Homes, or stay in Broughton Hall, our 16th Century Historic House.
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Entertainment
If you are looking to add something special to your stay then you can explore our recommended suppliers of musicians, performers and entertainers.
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