Our facilities

We offer quiet, comfortable rooms in a large, traditional 1600s thatched house, with a roaring woodburner and a beautiful courtyard and walled garden. You can be as solitary or as sociable as you choose. And as a working writer, I am happy to offer constructive criticism on your work. The village pub is just 50 yards from the front door and there are many delightful walks all around.

But not everyone who visits Retreats for You is here to write. Some paint, read, tackle a work project, or simply relax and recuperate.

Our facilities

– Themed Events –

For ALL available dates, check our events/dates page.

Beginners’ Scriptwriting Retreat with Lucy V Hay

18 March 2025

We are thrilled to welcome Lucy V Hay to Retreats For You for the first time!  Find details of her Beginners’ Scriptwriting Retreat below, and book your place now. Arrive Tuesday afternoon (day one), leave Saturday morning (day five). Cost is £789 per person (standard rooms. Supplement payable for premium rooms please ask but please […]

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Private Authors Retreat

1 April 2025

Tues April 1st, four nights SOLD OUT This is a private Just Write booking, a group of 6 friends who organised with Debbie to add an extra date to her calendar with a firm booking. If you would like to do the same please contact Debbie (info @retreatsforyou.co.uk or phone/WhatsApp: 07949 052208). Conditions apply.

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Developing and Pitching a Commercial Novel with Rosemary Dun (Apr 2025)

7 April 2025

NEW: 2025 date  <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< DEVELOPING AND PITCHING A COMMERCIAL NOVEL with Rosemary Dun Apr 7th – 11th 2025 (4 nights) Perfect course for beginners. It sold out in 2021. £685pp, own room. Beginner author Anita said, “I’ve been on lots of workshops and Rosemary’s was definitely the best I’ve been on. Her handouts were a […]

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Our latest group of lovely Writers enjoying four days away being looked after, no chores, own room, like-minded company discussing writing around the fire after a delicious supper, or retiring to room to write some more after a cuppa and cake . Want to do the same? Check out our website for monthly retreats. Some tutor including an agent visiting in Feb, script writing in March, beginners novel writing in April, uncharted just write in May, intermediate novel writing in June, and memoirs in July and August. Contact us now as many are half booked up already or more. Would love to have you along, vouchers possible. North Devon, fetched 1600s cozy house in beautiful countryside. x retreatsforyou.co.uk/events xxPs pls share with a writer or someone who’s always wanted to write their life story 🙂 or is stuck with a novel and thinks the script might be a better way to go for them. Or someone who doesn’t know where to start in looking for an agent to get published. Or if you have a group of friends and I can create a bespoke private retreat for you. Lots of choices! X ... See MoreSee Less
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