Manor: Relaunch; Refresh; Reconnect!

• Relaunch: we’re relaunching our Otford Manor programme in a creative and COVID-secure way and we’d love you to join us!
• Refresh: come and relax in the hills of Kent and soak in inspiring Bible teaching.
• Reconnect: we’ve missed being together - now we can meet and share time in a carefully-created, safe environment.

We will have up to thirty people visiting the manor at one time to allow each separate household to enjoy their own room. Following the English ‘tier system’, we will only be able to welcome guests from Tier 1 areas. If your location moves into Tier 2 or 3 after booking your weekend, we will return all of your money including your deposit.

The Manor has been divided into five zones. Six people will be placed into each zone. Each group of people in a zone will be called a “pod” for the duration of the event. 

Each pod will share toilet and shower facilities. These will be carefully sanitised before the start of the weekend and cleaned regularly throughout your stay. During the weekend only the six people in your pod will use your facilities.

Your pod will have your own social area where you will be able to make hot drinks and spend time together. If you would like to be in the same pod as another particular guest, please let us know when you book and we will do our best to arrange this for you.

We will enjoy helpful and encouraging Bible talks where all on the weekend can come together in the Terrace Lounge. In this carefully designed environment that allows meetings while still following the government guidelines, we will listen to music and other presentations as well as experience our Bible teaching.

Some of us may be thinking about the claims of Jesus for the first time - we pray these sessions will be eye-opening. Others of us have been walking with Jesus for a long time and we pray that for you, these sessions will bring deep spiritual nourishment and encouragement. 

Otford Manor's position, in the heart of a nationally recognised Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, provides the perfect place to reconnect with the wonder of God's creation. We can gaze on the magnificent vistas, walk across rolling hills or cycle along pretty lanes.

We will organise a range of events for each weekend: from walks to games, quiz evenings to films. However, if you prefer just to relax, that’s fine with us too! Suggested walks and cycle routes will be available and adult bikes can be pre-booked to hire for £35. (Please bring your own helmet.)

In line with the government guidance we will bear in mind the “rule of six” during free time.

Some of our weekends will have particular themes or activities running through them. 

The WORD. weekends are wonderful opportunities to dig more deeply into the Scriptures. To many Christians, much of the Bible is something of a mystery. We all have our favourite passages, but how does it all fit together? Is there a map to find our way around? How can it be interpreted and applied to our fast changing 21st Century world? 

Come and enjoy the November 'WORD.' teaching LIVE at the Manor with Andrew Sach as we explore 'Revolutionary Living' - the Sermon on the Mount, Matthew 5-7. For more information, please browse to: http://OakHall.co.uk/word

You don’t have to be ‘arty’ or a master florist to create some beautiful gifts and decorations. For this weekend, we will organise various creative activities including seasonal craft sessions where you’ll be given the know-how and materials to work with. Come and soak up the atmosphere and enjoy mince pies with mulled fruit juice in the fireside cosiness.

We love our annual boardgames weekend. Games will be played and jigsaws completed in our pods of six. A few games and jigsaws will be provided but please do bring your own as well.

New Year at Otford Manor has become a very popular event! On New Year's Eve we savour a formal dinner in the Tudor Dining Hall and see the New Year in together! Throughout the break, we organise a quiz evening, country or coastal walks, visits to featured local places of interest, a bonfire or a film evening. 

Our full-board break starts on Tuesday 29th Dec – most guests arrive between 4 and 5pm. We then enjoy an evening meal on that first evening.

Each day we can enjoy the optional activities and helpful devotional Bible talks. We leave after breakfast on Saturday 2nd January 2021!

Arriving and departing from the Weekends

Our weekends start on Friday 8pm and run until after lunch on Sunday (about 3pm).

We will stay in single rooms unless from the same household. The cost of each weekend includes: accommodation with bedding and towels, all activities, refreshments upon arrival, three meals on Saturday, as well as breakfast and lunch on Sunday.

If travelling by public transport, our nearest station is Otford (with a 't'!) 

From Otford station, please take a taxi to Otford Manor - this is about a two mile journey. Please disembark your taxi in the guest carpark.

If you are coming in a car, please park in the guest car park. Registration will be in the Courtyard Lounge, please follow signs upon arrival. 

Keeping each other safe

While together at Otford Manor, we will follow these guidelines:

• Face coverings will be required when moving around the Manor and during meetings held indoors. Face coverings will not be required when sat at mealtimes or sitting in your pod social area.
• Hand washing facilities in each room and hand sanitiser will be located throughout the building and we encourage frequent use.
• Where possible please keep 2 metres apart from those not in your household or support bubble, this includes when in your pod. Where this is not possible please wear your face covering.
• Following the English tier system, we will only be able to welcome guests from tier 1 areas. If your location goes into tier 2 or 3 after booking Oak Hall will return all of your money including your deposit.