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From pottery classes for children to glass-blowing lessons for grown-ups, in the Lake District you can really get to grips with a host of crafts. You can learn how to carve wood and engrave stone, work with paper and try your hand at weaving yarn out of wool.
 

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  1. Photo of Rag Rugging
    Photo of Rag Rugging
    Rag Rugging Workshop with Lorraine and Alison

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    The Rheged Centre, Redhills, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 0DQ

    Telephone

    +441768868000

    enquiries@rheged.com

    Penrith

    Rag Rugging is a traditional craft, in this case creating beautiful rugs out of pure wool blanket yarn. The yarn used in our workshop is a waste product from the mills and has been sourced by the tutors from various mills around the UK, and means…

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  2. New Year, New Creation Quiet Day
    New Year, New Creation Quiet Day
    New Year, New Creation Quiet Day

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    Rydal Hall Retreat Centre, Ambleside, Ambleside, Cumbria, LA22 9LX

    Telephone

    01539432050

    marketing@rydalhall.org

    Ambleside

    January offers a natural pause — a time to take breath, to look back with honesty, and to look ahead with hope. This Quiet Day is an invitation to step into that space and allow God to make all things new.

    Set in the peaceful surroundings of Rydal…

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    Silent Retreat: The Sacred Whole: Contemplating Nature in the Desert Wisdom Tradition

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    Rydal Hall, Ambleside, Cumbria, LA22 9LX

    Telephone

    015394 32050

    marketing@rydalhall.org

    Ambleside

    The focus of the retreat is the contemplation of creation. We will practice bringing loving-attention to all our daily activities – while sitting, while walking or eating, while looking at a beautiful tree or simply enjoying a glass of water. We…

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  4. Poetry for beginners: Fun and feeling through words
    Poetry for beginners: Fun and feeling through words
    Poetry for beginners: Fun and feeling through words

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    Rydal Hall Retreat Centre, Ambleside, Ambleside, Cumbria, LA22 9LX

    Telephone

    01539432050

    marketing@rydalhall.org

    Ambleside

    This interactive workshop invites participants to delve into the rich craft of poetry through a blend of close reading, creative writing, and collaborative discussion. Across the session, we will explore key poetic elements—such as meter, rhyme,…

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  5. Living the Abundant Life Quiet Day
    Living the Abundant Life Quiet Day
    Living the Abundant Life Quiet Day

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    Rydal Hall Retreat Centre, Ambleside, Ambleside, Cumbria, LA22 9LX

    Telephone

    01539432050

    marketing@rydalhall.org

    Ambleside

    We are delighted to invite you to this Quiet Day at Rydal Hall — a reflective and theologically rich exploration of Jesus' promise: "I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly." (John 10:10)

    Set within the natural abundance of Rydal…

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  6. Women smiling at the camera
    Women smiling at the camera
    Felting Retreat: Working with Luxury Fibres

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    Rydal Hall, Ambleside, Ambleside, Cumbria, LA22 9LX

    Telephone

    015394 32050

    marketing@rydalhall.org

    Ambleside

    On this course, students will learn how to create gossamer weight felt to make beautiful wraps and scarves. They will be shown how to create different edges in the felt and how to incorporate different fibres and threads in the surface design. There…

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  7. Photo of a Valley in Cumbria
    Photo of a Valley in Cumbria
    Coniston Classics Guided Walk – Introductory Scrambling (Lake District)

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    Bowmanstead,, Alderley Edge, Langdale, CONISTON, Cumbria, LA21 8HD

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    +447761582675

    info@guidedoutdooradventures.co.uk

    Langdale, CONISTON

    Join Mountain Leader Dougie Walker for a guided Coniston Classics walk in the Lake District.

    This 12km route includes easy, introductory scrambling on Coniston's famous fells with stunning views over the Old Man range.

    Perfect for hikers ready to…

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    photo of a silhouetted person sat looking over the ocean
    "Spacious, Gracious, and Precious"

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    Rydal Hall, Ambleside, cumbria, LA22 9LX

    Telephone

    015394 32050

    marketing@rydalhall.org

    Ambleside

    A 48-Hour Retreat for Discovery & Replenishment of Mind, Body, and Spirit, for men and women.
    Fiona Schneider is a Licensed Lay Minister at All Saints' Church in Ilkley, with a unique background that spans medicine, coaching, and spiritual direction…

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  9. Beginners Navigation Course
    Beginners Navigation Course
    Beginners Navigation Course

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    St. Martin's Church, Lake Road, Bowness-on-Windemere, Cumbria, LA23 3DE

    Telephone

    07878471253

    nick@morethanmountains.co.uk

    Bowness-on-Windemere

    A one day map reading course for beginners based in the Lake District.
    If you have never looked at a map or would be unsure about planning and following a route along paths and tracks then this is the course for you.

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  10. A person sitting on a hill overlooking a lake in Cumbria
    A person sitting on a hill overlooking a lake in Cumbria
    Soulful Creativity

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    Rydal Hall, Ambleside, Cumbria, LA22 9LX

    Telephone

    015394 32050

    marketing@rydalhall.org

    Ambleside

    The main writing theme for the weekend is centred around what it looks like to walk with Jesus.

    Using stories of wandering in the wilderness and facing the wildness of life's storms, we will explore how Jesus triumphed over the temptations and…

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  11. Just being – Quiet Day, at Rydal Hall
    Just being – Quiet Day, at Rydal Hall
    Just being – Quiet Day

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    Rydal Hall Retreat Centre, Ambleside, Ambleside, Cumbria, LA22 9LX

    Telephone

    01539432050

    marketing@rydalhall.org

    Ambleside

    This gathering offers a spacious and gentle environment in which we can pause from the momentum of daily life and turn towards the deeper movements within. In a world that often pulls us in many directions, the practice of simply being — resting in…

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  12. A photo of some stone carvings
    A photo of some stone carvings
    Stone Carving Retreat: Stone Carving for Beginners

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    Rydal Hall, Ambleside, Cumbria, LA22 9LX

    Telephone

    015394 32050

    marketing@rydalhall.org

    Ambleside


    This is a high quality workshop where participants will be taught how to create a small stone sculpture that they can keep. Participants can work on carving their own block of limestone and can create a relief carved shape from a pre prepared…

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  13. Sizergh Castle
    Sizergh Castle
    Summer Daze: Cyanotype Workshop and Guided Walk

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    Sizergh Castle - National Trust, Sizergh Castle - National Trust, Nr Kendal, Cumbria, LA8 8AE

    Telephone

    01539569818

    sizergh@nationaltrust.org.uk

    Nr Kendal

    Join award-winning photographer and visual artist Joanne Coates for a midsummer guided walk and creative cyanotype workshop that brings together landscape, land-use and image-making. Explore Joanne's site-specific project Daughters of the Soil,…

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  14. a close in photo of a parchment of tapestry
    a close in photo of a parchment of tapestry
    Nature Making: The Artist's Way: Mixed media textiles, natural pigment, drawing and writing spiritual retreat inspired by The Artist's Way

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    Rydal Hall, Ambleside, Cumbria, LA22 9LX

    Telephone

    015394 32050

    marketing@rydalhall.org

    Ambleside

    This retreat is a spiritual and creative journey, a cocoon of connection, to ourselves, to each other and to God.
    Nancy's ethos as an artist and facilitator is directly linked to her spirituality. This retreat takes inspiration from The Artist's…

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  15. a photo of some cyanotype work being hung on a rope by pegs
    a photo of some cyanotype work being hung on a rope by pegs
    Cyanotype: design, print, make

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    Rydal Hall, Ambleside, Cumbria, LA22 9LX

    Telephone

    015394 32050

    marketing@rydalhall.org

    Ambleside

    Participants will learn about:

    *The fascinating history of the process
    *Talk about design elements (and possibly collect objects/plants from around the grounds) to act as a "resist". Responding to the local environment and discussing ideas for a…

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  16. a piece of a paper sat at the end of a rock overhanging a body of water
    a piece of a paper sat at the end of a rock overhanging a body of water
    Revolutionary Poetry: Religion within reason alone

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    Rydal Hall, Ambleside, Cumbria, LA22 9LX

    Telephone

    015394 32050

    marketing@rydalhall.org

    Ambleside

    This is a two day course which covers the rise of the arts and literary movement called modernism. Taking the book by Julia Kristeva poetry and revolution as our inspiration We can see how poetry was changed in the hands of the artists of the 19th…

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  17. photo of people laying down in a circle in a field
    photo of people laying down in a circle in a field
    A Buffalo's Journey" Past - Present - Future

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    Rydal Hall, Ambleside, Ambleside, Cumbria, LA22 9LX

    Telephone

    015394 32050

    marketing@rydalhall.org

    Ambleside

    Join us for an unforgettable weekend of connection, healing and transformation.

    The Buffalo is the only animal that charges headfirst into a storm rather than run from it. While other animals turn and flee-prolonging their struggle – the buffalo…

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  18. Flourish After: 45 Vision, Purpose, Renewal, and Support for Life After 45
    Flourish After: 45 Vision, Purpose, Renewal, and Support for Life After 45

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    Rydal Hall, Ambleside, Cumbria, LA22 9LX

    Telephone

    015394 32050

    marketing@rydalhall.org

    Ambleside

    Day 1: Arrival & Grounding
    3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
    Arrival & Check-in
    Welcome packets, room assignments, refreshments.
    4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
    Opening Session: "Welcome to the Next Chapter"
    • Vision for the retreat
    • Introduction to key themes: faith,…

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  19. a women smelling a scent stick during a candle making workshop
    a women smelling a scent stick during a candle making workshop
    Festive Candle Making Workshop

    Address

    Windermere Jetty Museum, Windermere Jetty, Rayrigg Road, Windermere, Cumbria, LA23 1BN

    Telephone

    015394 46139

    info@lakelandarts.org.uk

    Rayrigg Road, Windermere

    Get ready for a relaxing and sensory morning with a festive candle making workshop led by the team from Pure Lakes on Saturday 13 December, 10:30am–1pm.

    Guided by experts in natural skincare and wellbeing, you'll unlock the secrets of essential…

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  20. A woman shaping a clay pot on a pottery wheel
    A woman shaping a clay pot on a pottery wheel
    Pottery Experience Days

    Address

    Brougham Hall, Brougham Avenue, Brougham, Penrith, Cumbria, CA12 5HP

    Telephone

    01768899244

    info@interludeceramics.com

    Brougham, Penrith

    Wheel Thrown Pottery day classes with Mary Chappelhow
    Including tea/coffee breaks and two course lunch.
    Booking essential.

    The day will roughly be;
    9.30am Coffee, registration, meet and greet.
    9.45am Clay preparation, kneading and wedging.
    10.15am…

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