Tag: Alfoxton House

Revisiting the Romantics by Vishvapani

By Vishvapani on Sat, 8 Nov, 2025 - 21:51

Revisiting the Romantics by Vishvapani

By Vishvapani on Sat, 8 Nov, 2025 - 21:51

Vishvapani in the recent edition of Tricycle:

Alfoxton Park in Somerset, southwest England, sits halfway up a long incline that rises from the Bristol Channel to the Quantock Hills. The main house, built in a neoclassical style in 1710, could be home to a Jane Austen heroine. But look more closely and you see crumbling plasterwork, decaying windows, and a tumbledown roof. I’ve come to know Alfoxton since 2020, when it became home to a community of Buddhists from the
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Live and volunteer in Alfoxton Park

By Anonymous on Fri, 21 Mar, 2025 - 14:18[edit]

Live and volunteer in Alfoxton Park

By Anonymous on Fri, 21 Mar, 2025 - 14:18[edit]

Join our Buddhist community in the beautiful Quantock Hills.

An exciting opportunity for enthusiastic cooks to join our kitchen team for 6-8 weeks during our summer retreat season. You’ll develop vegan cooking skills with our experienced chef, Jimmy, learning everything from simple salads to complex curries and delicious desserts. In the summer months, the majority of our produce comes from our wonderful walled garden. You’ll work with our garden team growing and harvesting, bringing fresh organic food from soil to plate.

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Alfoxton House: A New Retreat Centre

By Sadayasihi on Tue, 8 Sep, 2020 - 17:21

Alfoxton House: A New Retreat Centre

By Sadayasihi on Tue, 8 Sep, 2020 - 17:21

On 29th June the Alfoxton Park Trust – Jayaraja, Lokabandhu and Cittapala - received the keys to Alfoxton House in Somerset, UK, with the aim of creating a retreat centre where longer, intensive retreats can take place, as well as having retreats focusing on poetry and the arts. The intention is for this retreat centre to be an eco-centre that produces its own food.

Alfoxton House is a place with a rich history: in 1797, the poet ...