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Landscape as Archive: Poetry-led Writing Retreat at Oakhill Ponds
Fri 2 Oct 2026 to Mon 5 Oct 2026
A three-night residential poetry-led writing retreat at Oakhill Ponds in Somerset, led by award-winning poet JLM Morton. Set among spring-fed ponds, woodland and meadows, the retreat explores how place holds memory, story and meaning, using landscape as a starting point for poetry, close observation and creative practice.
Landscape as Archive is centred around the idea of place as something living, something that holds traces, memory and meaning.
Across the weekend, we’ll explore pond, marsh, meadow and woodland as sites of attention and creative response. Through poetry, field notes and sensory mapping, you’ll begin to read the landscape more closely and develop writing that emerges directly from your surroundings.
The emphasis is on slowing down, noticing and allowing writing to arise from the lived experience of place.
what to expect
• Guided poetry workshops with JLM Morton
• Time for independent writing and reflection
• Close observation of the surrounding landscape
• Approaches including sensory mapping, field notes and archival thinking
• A small, supportive group environment
• Opportunities for swimming, sauna and fireside gathering
By the end of the retreat, you will have developed new writing, deepened your attention to place, and gained new ways of approaching your writing practice.
Open to writers at all stages.
Dates: 2–5 October 2026
Location: Oakhill Ponds, Oakhill, Somerset
Price: From £645 (sharing) or £795 (single occupancy) to £875 (premium) / deposit £150
Booking information here
Contact details:
Amanda and Rob Miles
Oakhill Ponds
Email: info@oakhillponds.co.uk
Website: here
Additional Information:
Location:
Somerset
Region(s):
South West England
Price:
From £645 (sharing) or £795 (single occupancy) to £875 (premium) / deposit £150
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