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The House of Retreat

The Street

Pleshey

Chelmsford

Essex CM3 1HA

Tel: 01245 237251

(please discourage phone calls during your weekend - it may disrupt your ability to concentrate on each other and thereby gain the best from it.)

The retreat house is situated in a small, moated village in the heart of the Essex countryside. It has pleasant gardens within its grounds and has the tranquil atmosphere you would expect from retreat house.

The accmmodation is in single rooms that are simply furnished yet comfortable. Most rooms have an en-suite and beautiful views of the gardens, the parish church or the surrounding countryside. There is a ground-floor room suitable for wheelchair users and others with limited mobility. There is also free onsite parking.

Getting There

Public Transport

The nearest railway station is at Chelmsford, where taxis and some buses are available.
View the Greater Anglia Website for the latest train information.

First Bus Essex bus route 702 from immediately outside Chelmsford Station will take you to the Chelmer Vally ‘Park and Ride’ and buses 42A, X10 or X30 will take you from Stanstead to Barnston Village.
You will need to pre-book the DigiGo bus (via the TravelEssex app or www.digigo.uk) to take you from either of these locations direct to the house.

Car

Take M11 until junction 8 Stansted turnoff and follow the A120 toward Colchester. Take the exit for Great Dunmow South B184 (not Great Dunmow West) and at the roundabout turn right under the A120. At the second part of the roundabout turn left and follow the B1008 toward Chelmsford – signposted Felsted. Proceed through Barnston, North End and Ford End. At Ford End, turn right at the signpost to Pleshey. Follow the road through Pleshey. The house is at the top of The Street on the left before you reach the Church.
There is also a route from the M25 via the A12 and north from Chelmsford, but it's one to be followed by statnav.