General Monasteries
Stay in a monastic cell (well, in the monastery's hospice for pilgrims) and get an amazing cultural experience along with your huge savings
Sleep in a religious guesthouse or retreat at abbeys, monasteries, priories, and convents across the U.K. from just £45
Monasteries links
- Goodnightandgodbless.com - Trisha Clark, author of the Good Night and God Bless guidebooks, also runs a website with links to hundreds of monasteries and convents that take in guests—mostly in Europe (including England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland), but also in Africa, Austrlaia, Thailand, and the USA.
- Franciscans.org.uk - A half-dozen Franciscan monasteries in England offer accommodation on a donation basis (For Central London? They suggest £30 bed and breakfast.)
- Benedictines.org.uk - Ten abbeys across England, most of which have guesthouses or lodges.
- Lodging in England's Monasteries - A slightly out-of-date guidebook (last published 2009), called Lodging in England's Monasteries: Including Ireland, Scotland and Wales by Eileen Barrish. Good resource if you are serious about this.
- Europe's Monastery and Convent Guesthouses - Another slightly out-of-date guidebook (last published 2008), Europe's Monastery and Convent Guesthouses: A Pilgrim's Travel Guide by Kevin Wright.
- You can't beat a religious retreat - A 2007 article in The Daily Telegraph reviewing eight intriguing religious retreats and holy guest houses across the U.K.
- Thefriars.org.uk - A Carlemite Priory in Aylesford.
- Good Night & God Bless II - Yet another slightly musty guide to religious logdings. Last published in 2009: Good Night & God Bless [II]: A Guide to Convent & Monastery Accommodation in Europe - Volume Two: France, United Kingdom, and Ireland by Trisha Clark (whose website, above, is kept a bit more up-to-date)
