Mill Lake Retreat
Retreats and Rentals
HERON HAVEN 5 bedrooms 10 guests, SWAN SANCTUARY 5 bedrooms 8 guests, FERRY HOUSE 1 bedroom 2 guests
RENTALS
Get out of the city and live your dream this autumn, winter, Christmas or New Year. Work from home in a beautiful setting, enjoy with friends & family, or create your own small wedding on the lake! Spectacular sunrises, private garden, shared land & access to lake, large fire pit, gaming lawn, lake cabin and orchards. Historic Priory village with private Priory tours available, fabulous walks and bird reserve, (yoga, healing massages Apr-Oct). Kayak from Curve Water Park.
Something for everyone!
Heron Haven
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For family, friends needed escape, book Swan Sanctuary at Mill Lake Retreat in historic St Osyth. This elegant 5 bedroom home has spectacular views over sweeping grounds to a large lake, with an attached self contained apartment, Grebe Gables. Enjoy a games lawn, full kitchen, sunny conservatory, lake cabin, and yoga landing. Walk to cafés, pubs, and shops, or drive 5 minutes to many beaches and activities. Book water sports at the Curve Water Park, or yoga and healing massages with Michele.
Swan Sanctuary
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Grebe Gables (coming Spring 2026)
Grebe Gables at Mill Lake Retreat will be available for Spring 2026. It is a self contained apartment with spectacular views over sweeping grounds to a large lake. Enjoy a games lawn, full kitchen, lake cabin, and yoga landing.
Walk to cafés, pubs, and shops, or drive 5 minutes to many beaches and activities. Book water sports at the Curve Water Park, or yoga and healing massages with Michele.
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Stay at Ferry House, one-of-a-kind blend of comfort, art, history and riverside magic, right on the River Colne. Enjoy a private jetty with seating, boats, on the water, a magnificent bedroom, river views, chef’s kitchen with everything you need. Relax in the cosy living room with electric fire, TV, WiFi, and balcony access to the jetty garden. Original art, sculptures, and workspaces with inspiring views throughout. With Wivenhoe’s charming pubs, cafés, and village walks just steps away.
Ferry House with Jetty
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RETREATS
BODY AND BREATH WORK
These body and breathwork sessions use gentle, flowing movement to reconnect us with natural breathing patterns, supporting regulation of the nervous system and improving oxygen exchange throughout the body.
Through slow, mindful movement, breath becomes a powerful tool to support physical ease, emotional balance, and mental clarity, activating the parasympathetic “rest and restore” response. The practices are simple, nurturing, and fully adaptable, making them suitable for all ages, abilities, and levels of experience. Ideal for stress reduction, improved mobility, and overall wellbeing, these sessions offer a safe, evidence-informed way to feel more grounded, present, and resilient. Sessions can be booked privately or as part of a retreat or group programme.
THE KITCHEN PHARMACY & EDIBLE GARDENS
Learn how to make healing balms and know how to use everyday ingredient as an amazing first aid. Discover how to create healing drinks and how to prepare nutritious delicious dishes.
Kitchen Pharmacy & Edible Gardens offers three hours packed with practical ideas, simple wisdom, and hands-on inspiration for using everyday foods as gentle support for health and wellbeing. You will explore how familiar cupboard ingredients and easy-to-grow plants, even those grown on a windowsill, can become part of your own kitchen pharmacy. The experience is relaxed, informative, and empowering, helping you turn your kitchen into a place of healing, confidence, and enjoyment.
LIFE AND HEALTH COUNSELLING
As a qualified natural healer and teacher, and as a counsellor for over 35 years, let Michele coach you through any emotional, physical or relationship challenges. Let her help you to find the answers locked up inside you. Michele has helped those facing everything from emotional trauma, marriage and relationship conflict, behavioural issues with children, and illness to coaching athletes to compete, not to mention overcoming her own personal challenges.
Book your session now, it could be the best gift you could give to yourself or others.