Facilities

The 19th Century farm buildings have been imaginatively converted into a multi-purpose centre which includes seminar and teaching rooms, a dining room / meeting hall and accommodation for up to 36 people.

The centre is based around a landscaped south facing courtyard with views out across the Dorset countryside. When the weather’s good, this is just the place to linger over coffee and flapjacks.

For a night under the stars, Magdalen also has its own campsite complete with two tipis, fire pit and composting toilets. The campsite is a popular choice for school and youth groups as well as our adult visitors who enjoy the great outdoors.

Dining Room / Long Barn

A large ground floor room overlooking the courtyard.

The dining room is used for daytime and evening receptions.

For residential groups it acts as a refectory with a comfortable seating area with sofas at one end for relaxing.

Can seat up to 85 guests for a formal dinner or buffet style for 120. A mini marquee can be erected in the courtyard adjoining the dining room for larger parties.

Licensed for Civil Ceremonies.
(15.5m x 5.25m)

Granary

The top floor of a historic two storey barn. The Granary has natural stone walls and a beautiful beamed roof space, a semi sprung floor making it an ideal venue for conferences and meetings, movement and dance, meditation, and teaching. Decorated with beautiful flowers it is the ideal venue for you to tie the knot.

Conference equipment including, flip charts / paper / pens, overhead projector, laptop and multimedia projector available as well as wireless broadband.

Can sit up to 105 people theatre style, 60 classroom style, 40 boardroom style
(12m x 5.5m)

Seminar Room / The Smithy

A ground floor fully equipped meeting / teaching room.

Doubles up as the bar / refreshment area for events and parties with doors onto Courtyard an ideal area to relax and socialise.

Bedrooms

Eight comfortable, simply furnished bedrooms all with wash basins and hanging space. The bedrooms are arranged in three sections, each section having its own facilities. The first section is accessible for visitors with disabilities. Linen is provided.

Kitchen

Large modern fully equipped kitchen designed for catering for groups of up to 120 people. Our staff have experience in catering for people with special dietry requirements. Our aim is to produce menus with food, where possible, grown on the farm - meat and veg, we also like to support our local suppliers - milk, bread, cheese, meat, and veg etc.

Roundhouse

Made from straw bales and other sustainable recycled / reclaimed materials. Situated slightly away from the main centre nestled between the pond and beautiful farmland with views over the floodplane and River Axe. Again has full conference facilities and broadband making it a perfect, peaceful, cozy space for a variety of activities for up to 50 visitors. An amazing, unique venue for your Civil Marriage Ceremony!

Courtyard

Beautifully landscaped with raised flower beds and a water feature making it the ideal setting for outdoor receptions, barbeques or teaching activities. Has its own beautifully hand crafted earth oven for group use.

Tipis

Two tipis on the camp ground are available for meetings / breakout space and parties, schools use them for a variety of activities from storytelling to crafts and games.

The Land

Provides a wonderful area for country wildlife walks, recreation, team building activities, fieldwork. We like all our visitors to experience the land and what our local countryside has to offer.

For more information, please contact us.