Visit
The House of Bread is surrounded by beautiful Cotswold countryside in the heart of England. It occupies the site of an ancient mill. The main building is the converted mill; it has a large meeting room and lounges, and sleeps up to 36 guests in 19 en-suite bedrooms.
There are additional meeting rooms on the site, including a converted barn. Our largest meeting room can accommodate 50 guests.
We offer self-catering accomodation; guests have use of a self-catering kitchen and a dining room. We can recommend caterers for groups.
We enjoy extensive gardens and grounds, fields, wildlife, a river and mill pond, providing quiet resting places and spaces for groups to gather. There are countryside walks on the door step.
What to expect?
Most importantly, the presence of God! You will receive a warm welcome, be given relevant information for your time at The House of Bread, and be offered a prayer of blessing. One of the team will be available on site at all times during your stay.
There are countryside views from rooms in the mill, and you can expect comfortable accommodation for your time here, with meeting rooms, lounges, comfy sofas, hot drink-making facilities in the lounges and bedrooms. Bedrooms are en-suite, with the second floor retreat bedrooms providing a comfortable chair and a desk.
Individuals
Individuals or two people are welcome for a day or overnight stay. We set apart retreat weeks where the whole mill building is a quiet space for guests, with access to all the lounges. During retreat weeks you are welcome to tuck yourself away or you have the option of joining in with guided retreat days, prayer, worship and reflection times.
Please see the events page for dates of retreat weeks.
Group stays
We welcome Christian churches and Christian organisations to gather for worship, prayer and discipleship events, and we offer an ideal space for leadership teams to meet for retreat time together and team building. It’s always great to welcome back groups that come time and time again; some groups describe The House of Bread as their second home! And we of course love to welcome new groups!
You are welcome to book for the day or for an overnight stay. We offer self-catering accommodation; we can recommend caterers and local places to eat – please see ‘self-catering information’. Do contact us if you have any questions, and you are very welcome to come and look around prior to your booking.
Self-catering
For your day or overnight booking you will have use of a fully equipped self-catering kitchen and dining room.
We can recommend local caterers, and also local places to eat. It is possible to have online food shopping delivered.
Hot drinks
We have facilities for guests to make hot drinks in the kitchens and in the lounge areas, and also in their bedrooms. Tea bags are provided. Instant coffee and fresh coffee are also provided; we have a fresh coffee machine where flasks of coffee can be made. We provide milk for day guests and ask overnight guests to bring their own milk. Guests need to provide their own alternative milks.
Location
The House of Bread, The Mill, Burmington, Warwickshire, Shipston-on-Stour, CV36 5AF. (More info)
We ask guests to come in as few cars as possible because of limited parking.
We are midway between the junctions to Tidmington and Burmington, to the west of the A3400, south of Shipston-on-Stour, just after a red triangle junction road sign.
Local area
The House of Bread is located in the small village of Burmington, just over a mile away from the market town of Shipston-on-Stour, which has a small Co-op supermarket, post office, bank, a selection of independent shops, cafes and pubs. It also has a swimming pool and a play park. To walk to Shipston-on-Stour from The House of Bread takes about 40 minutes, mostly on a quiet country lane.
There are many local walks to enjoy in the surrounding countryside and guests can also enjoy exploring the natural beauty and the pretty villages of the Cotswolds close by.
The closest large supermarkets are in Stratford-upon-Avon, which is about a 25 minutes drive. It is possible to have a delivery of food from a supermarket.
Accessibility
Due to the historic nature of the mill building we regret that we have no sleeping accommodation accessible by wheelchair users. Ground floor meeting rooms have wheelchair access and facilities. A stairlift is available to access the first and second floor of the mill, but we do not have a lift for a wheelchair.
When making a booking, please discuss with us any needs you may have.
Transport
Train stations
From the south, Moreton-in-Marsh … 6 miles
From the north, Stratford-upon-Avon … 14 miles
Buses
Stagecoach route 50 – Stratford-upon-Avon to Chipping Norton (passes directly by The House of Bread on A3400 road, Burmington)
Pulhams route 51 – Moreton-in-Marsh to Stratford-upon-Avon stops in Shipston-on-Stour. You would then need to get Stagecoach route 50 from Shipston-on-Stour.
Local taxis
Shipston Taxis - 01608 661592
Miles Private Hire - 01608 661555
Cotswold Private Hire - 07895 028448
FAQs
We have a fire pit that guests can use – there is a charge to cover the wood.
Groups are welcome to borrow a projector, HDMI lead and screen. Please bring your own laptop.
We have a white board for you – please bring your own pens and paper.
We have 19 bedrooms in total – 11 twin rooms, 4 doubles and 3 singles. The bedrooms are en-suite, apart from 2 bedrooms that share a bathroom, and one of the singles only has a toilet and a sink.
We aim to be as flexible as possible with enabling guests to arrive and leave at a time to suit them. It will depend on other bookings in the diary.
You are very welcome to contact us to book a time to come and have a look around the site.
The nearest small supermarket is just over a mile away, in the small town of Shipston-on-Stour. There are larger supermarkets in Stratford-upon-Avon, about 25 minutes drive from us. You are welcome to order a supermarket delivery.
Please see the self-catering information (there is a link to this on the visit page). There are recommended caterers and recommended place to eat nearby.
We ask guests to be out of their bedrooms by 10am on the morning of departure, if there is a change-over taking place that day. Guests are welcome to stay in their bedrooms until the end of their stay if no change over is taking place on the day of departure.
The House of Bread
Burmington
Shipston-on-Stour
Warwickshire
CV36 5AF
01608 663952
It is midway between the junctions to Tidmington and Burmington, on the west side of the A3400, south of Shipston-on-Stour, just after a red triangle junction road sign.
