Tutor: Hilary Oliver Ensemble playing in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere, this workshop is aimed at experienced adult players who ideally offer two instruments and are able to swap between them. The ability to hold your own part in a group and good sight-reading skills are key. Expect a wide variety of interesting music and

The Friends of Parcevall Hall meet for a time of worship and fellowship together over a traditional Christmas lunch. Coffee and biscuits will be served from 10.30am.

Spend a traditional Christmas in the warm and welcoming surroundings of Parcevall Hall. Home-cooked food, traditional games and times for reflection shared in good company, all help us to rediscover the true meaning of Christmas in this special celebration.

Leader:  Revd Nicholas Mercer ‘The Subtle Violence of Busyness’ Revd Nicholas Mercer leads us in a reflection on the lockdown during Covid-19. Nicholas Mercer was ordained in 2011 after twenty-five years as a solicitor. Following a curacy in Dorset and three years as a school chaplain, he was appointed as the Rector of Christ Church

Tutor:  Keely Hodgson Combine singing in harmony with rest, nurture and inspiration.  No previous singing experience, or the ability to read music, is required.  A varied repertoire of songs and rounds are sensitively taught using call and response. Keely Hodgson is a composer and natural voice practitioner.  She has worked as a music specialist in

Leader: Revd Canon Andrew Tawn  An opportunity to take time away from the parish to read, reflect, walk, chat, rest and sleep.  You are invited to bring along books of your own choice of a theological or spiritual nature. All who are present share with the group which books they have chosen and why.  This

Leader: Revd Ruth Harris Journeying with Christ is the theme for the Lent Retreat this year. We have all had a difficult few years coping with Covid and all the measures implemented such as lockdowns and restrictions on meeting with each other. In this time of trial many found new links with the natural world

The Friends of Parcevall Hall meet for a time of worship and fellowship together over lunch. Coffee and biscuits will be served from 10.30am.  

Tutor: Hilary Oliver  Ensemble playing in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere, this workshop is aimed at experienced adult players who ideally offer two instruments and are able to swap between them.  The ability to hold your own part in a group and good sight-reading skills are key.  Expect a wide variety of interesting music and

Leader: The Right Reverend Lord Hope   You are welcome to begin this day of silence, reflection and prayer by joining our weekly Holy Communion at 10.15am, otherwise the day will begin at 11.30am, and includes lunch, morning coffee and afternoon tea. David Hope was born in Wakefield where he attended the Grammar School and

Tutor: Will Poulter  Chiang Lee left China and came to England in 1933. He travelled much of the country, and was a regular guest of Sir William Milner at Parcevall Hall.  He documented these times with writings and paintings, observed through the lens of a different culture and in a distinctly Chinese style.  His book

Tutor: Will Poulter  Chiang Lee left China and came to England in 1933. He travelled much of the country, and was a regular guest of Sir William Milner at Parcevall Hall.  He documented these times with writings and paintings, observed through the lens of a different culture and in a distinctly Chinese style.  His book