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# Pardshaw Quaker Centre

Pardshaw Hall, Cockermouth, Cumbria, CA13 0SR, UK

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- [Home](https://pardshawquakercentre.org.uk/) - Welcome to Pardshaw Quaker Centre
- [Contact us](https://pardshawquakercentre.org.uk/contact/) - Contact us We are always looking for new volunteers and trustees to help support our project and local events. Whether you would like to learn some new practical skills on a workcamp, or as a trustee, we would love to hear from you. So, if you would like to offer your time and skills to
- [Bardshaw](https://pardshawquakercentre.org.uk/bardshaw/) - Bardshaw: A Songs and Stories Summer Solstice 19th-21th June 2026, Pardshaw Quaker Centre Our 2026 Solstice gathering will be about storytelling and songmaking! We're pleased to be able to welcome Mike Forde to lead us on a journey of unlocking our inner Bards. A Friday night songs and stories session around the fire, to hear
- [Safeguarding at Events](https://pardshawquakercentre.org.uk/safeguarding-at-events/) - Safeguarding at Events Safeguarding the welfare of children and adults at risk is important to us. This page gives some details of ways we do this at events run by Pardshaw Quaker Centre, and what you might need to know when attending an event. Booking Restrictions The following booking restrictions apply to all our events:
- [Booking Form](https://pardshawquakercentre.org.uk/booking-form/) - Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form.Pardshaw Quaker Centre Booking FormYour Name *Your Group or Event *Your Address (including postcode) *Your Email Address *Your Contact Telephone Number *Preferred Date of Arrival *Preferred Date of Departure *How many will be staying? We use this to collect data about use of Pardshaw Quaker Centre
- [Bookings](https://pardshawquakercentre.org.uk/bookings/) - Bookings Various groups stay at Pardshaw during the year, including an annual Work Camp in August and spring and autumn Members Gatherings. To book a stay with us, you need to be a member of Friends of Pardshaw Quaker Centre. To become a member, please use the following link and send us your annual membership
- [Staying at Pardshaw](https://pardshawquakercentre.org.uk/staying-at-pardshaw/) - Would you like to get away from it all? Do you want to relax, ramble, and hang out with friends? Then a stay at Pardshaw Quaker Centre may be just what you need. We have three separate rooms which can be used as flexible spaces for families or groups. The schoolroom The small meeting room
- [Rainbow Lakes](https://pardshawquakercentre.org.uk/rainbow-lakes/) - Rainbow Lakes: 28th-31st August 2026, Pardshaw Quaker Centre Come along to Rainbow Lakes, a weekend in the Lake District for LGBTQ+ Quakers, Quaker-curious, or anyone else who wants to meet in community and consider what faith means for them as a LGBTQ+ person. Organised by the Friends of Pardshaw Quaker Centre and some members
- [Progress and Plans](https://pardshawquakercentre.org.uk/progress-and-plans/) - Progress and Plans Outline of phased development This page gives an outline of our plans for the development of Pardshaw Quaker Centre, as well as updates on how we're progressing those plans. The Preparatory Phase Once a decision was reached that we were undertaking this project, funds were raised to cover the costs of the
- [Spring Members Gathering 2026](https://pardshawquakercentre.org.uk/spring-members-gathering-2026/) - Friends of Pardshaw Quaker Centre: Spring Members Gathering 2026 10th-12th April 2026, Pardshaw Quaker Centre "An affordable community holiday in a wonderful natural setting, plus a chance to catch up with other members and have your voice heard about what you think the future directions for the centre should be." Our Members Gatherings are a
- [Location](https://pardshawquakercentre.org.uk/location/) - Where are we? Pardshaw Quaker Centre is situated in the hamlet of Pardshaw Hall, just off the A5086 road from Cockermouth to Egremont, about 4 miles south of Cockermouth in the English Lake District. Postcode CA13 0SP. National Grid Reference: NY 10378 25463. what3words:///unfit.automatic.lightbulb Getting here on public transport The nearest train stations are: Penrith
- [Privacy Policy](https://pardshawquakercentre.org.uk/privacy-policy/) - Pardshaw Quaker Centre Privacy Policy Pardshaw Quaker Centre CIO is the data controller for the personal data we collect for the administration of the charity. The address and contact details for Pardshaw Quaker Centre CIO are: Pardshaw Quaker Centre, Pardshaw Hall, Cockermouth, Cumbria, CA13 0SP The convenor of PQC CIO Trustees can be contacted at:
- [JOIN / DONATE](https://pardshawquakercentre.org.uk/join-donate-now/) - JOIN / DONATE - Pardshaw Quaker Centre
- [Donate](https://pardshawquakercentre.org.uk/join-donate-now/donate/) - Donate Online All donations, of whatever amount, are most welcome. If you would like to make a donation online please complete the form below. Upon submission you will be redirected to the Just Giving website Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form.Your Name *Your Email Address *Are you a UK tax payer?
- [Join Friends of Pardshaw Quaker Centre](https://pardshawquakercentre.org.uk/join-donate-now/join-friends-of-pardshaw-quaker-centre/) - Join Friends of Pardshaw Quaker Centre Please complete the form below Upon submission you will be redirected to the Just Giving website Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form.Your Name *Your Email Address *Phone NumberHome Region/Country *Any Quaker Connections?The membership year runs from 1st January to 31st December each year. Please choose
- [Work Camps](https://pardshawquakercentre.org.uk/progress-and-plans/work-camps/) - Work Camps And she wheeled her wheelbarrow Aug 2019 Whilst the major technical works will be done by professionals, there will also be Work Camps, which have been the traditional method of tackling smaller and less complex maintenance tasks on Pardshaw Quaker Meeting House and its associated buildings. Garden Party Pardshaw 2019 Working, living and
- [New Membership test](https://pardshawquakercentre.org.uk/new-membership-test/) - Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form.Your Name *Your Email Address *Phone NumberHome Region/Country *Any Quaker Connections?The membership year runs from 1st January to 31st December each year. Please choose your Membership type *New membership (1 year) per household - £10.00Renew membership (1 year) per household - £10.00Total Amount£0.00GDPR Agreement *I have
- [Thank you](https://pardshawquakercentre.org.uk/thankyou/) - Thank you for your payment. It is very much appreciated!
- [About us](https://pardshawquakercentre.org.uk/about/) - About Pardshaw Quaker Centre History Enjoying the view and the peace George Fox, the founder of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), visited the area in 1653. His followers first met in each other’s houses, then in the open air on Pardshaw Crags, from 1672 in a simple lean-to against the crags, and in 1729
- [The Project](https://pardshawquakercentre.org.uk/the-project/) - The Project Progress and Plans Work Camps
- [Pardshaw Past and Present](https://pardshawquakercentre.org.uk/about/pardshaw-past-and-present/) - Pardshaw Past and Present Pardshaw remembered It was November 1971. Leighton Park (LP) was a vibrant boarding school for boys, with a radical curriculum. I’d just arrived, aged 24, hot foot from 3 years in East Africa. Whereas normal schools did O levels in June of the fifth form (now Y11), LP got O levels