Name: Fernhallow Sanctuary Demo
Address: ES

The chapel at dusk, candles lit on the oak table

Est. 1951 · A house, a chapel & a walled garden · Registered charity

A chapel, a walled garden and a door that has stayed open for 75 years. Come for an hour of quiet, a healing session or a Tuesday evening of meditation. Nobody is asked to pay.

Book a healing →Visit the chapel

The chapel door opens at ten. Bring nothing.

If you need healingBook a session with a healer →In the garden room or by phone. Under an hour, fully clothed, nothing asked of you.If you would like to come byVisit the house & garden →Tuesday to Saturday, ten until five. Tea is in the kitchen; the gate is on the latch.

I. Healing

Two hands resting open in a lap by the window of the garden room — The garden room. You stay as you are; a healer sits with you.

Sit quietly. A healer does the rest.

Sessions last under an hour. You stay fully clothed, seated or lying down, and a healer meets you at the door. There has never been a fee; there is a box by the door if you would like to give.

Choose a time →

On the rota this week

Meet the healers →

Margaret Ellis

Tuesday 10 – 1 · Thursday 10 – 1

Ruth Okafor

Tuesday 2 – 5 · Friday 10 – 4

Tom Reddy

Wednesday 2 – 5 · Saturday 10 – 1

Owen Price

Saturday 10 – 4

The walled kitchen garden in morning mist

A single beeswax candle lit in the dark chapel

✣ A day at Fernhallow

10:00

The gate is on the latch

The house opens at ten. The kettle is already on; nobody will ask why you have come.

11:30

Out into the walled garden

Volunteers work the beds most mornings. There is a bench under the pear trees for anyone who wants it.

15:30

Tea at the kitchen table

The garden feeds the kitchen. Tea is at half past three, and whoever is in the house sits down for it.

19:00

On Tuesdays, the chapel is lit

Evening meditation, every Tuesday for as long as anyone can remember. Come ten minutes early and sit where you like.

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II. The Chapel

The limewashed chapel: a plain altar, a cross and one deep window — The old barn, limewashed every spring by volunteers.

“No one who comes to this door will be asked to pay for healing.”
Edith Hollins, founder · 1951
The old barn became a chapel in 1972. It is lit by candles, kept by volunteers and open to people of every faith and none. A short service of healing is held on the first Sunday of each month.
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III. Gatherings

The whole year →

Quiet days, open afternoons and a course in healing

5DecWinter Open AfternoonSaturday 13:00Gatherings · Free 20DecCandlelit Service of HealingSunday 17:00Gatherings · Free 23JanQuiet Day Retreat: Returning to StillnessSaturday 10:00Retreats · From £25 Foundations of HealingA course, 2 hrCourses · £120 Tuesday Evening MeditationWeekly, 1 hrMeditation · Free Can’t come in person? Ask for distant healingBy phone or video, any weekday

IV. The walled garden

Restore the Walled Garden

The garden was planted by the first volunteers and has fed the house ever since. Its brick wall is failing and the glasshouse needs a new frame. Every gift goes to the work, and Gift Aid adds 25p to each pound.

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