Cambo House is a gorgeous Victorian mansion house in a 1200 acre estate, next to the sea on the east coast of Fife.
The house contains rooms, suites and apartments that can be let on a b & b or self-catering basis. Writing Space retreats are based in the larger self catering apartments like the West Wing: a spacious apartment that includes a kitchen and sitting room as well as 4 very large bedrooms.
Breakfast and a last night dinner are served in the magnificent and larger-than-life dining room.
The house is surrounded by woodland and gardens, including a lovely walled garden. From the garden you can wander down to the shore at Cambo Ness.
You can see a slideshow of the house, gardens, woodland and shoreline here:
Where is Cambo House?
It’s close to Kingsbarns on the east coast of Fife, about 15 minutes drive from St Andrews.
Follow the link to get the google map situation of the House.
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The postal address (for sat nav) is:
Cambo House, Kingsbarns, St.Andrews, Fife, KY16 8QD, UK
Getting to Cambo House
By car:
About 90 minutes from central Edinburgh, 1 hour 50 from central Glasgow, just over half an hour from Dundee.
By public transport:
The nearest train station is Leuchars, from there you can get a connecting bus to St Andrews. The Stagecoach 95 Bus goes from St Andrews past the entrance to Cambo House.
You can find out more about Cambo House and Estate here. Please do have a good look around the site to get a feel for just what this house has to offer.
What a nice idea and what a beautiful site!
Who are the others attending? Will we be taught how to write?
Cheers,
Carola
Hi Carola , thanks for the feedback on the concept and the site
Others attending: women for whom writing is part of their lives (but not ‘writers’); who want a bit of time and space to explore and expand what they’ve been writing, and to get ideas and inspiration from others
Will you be taught to write: you’ll get a mix of prompts, suggestions and ideas; the environment (the space, setting, building, history) to write in; the spark of writing in a group; and feedback as required from me on things you’ve written. (It’s there on offer but not everyone wants it)
Hope that helps!
Joanna
Hi Joanna
I live really close to Cambo at Lathones. Would you consider taking daytime attendees, and if so, do you have a price in mind for that?
Hi Ruth, yes I would take daytime attendees and do have a rate – I’ll email you with the details.
Is it available for writers who just want to be on their own to concentrate on their own work – ie. no workshops/course etc?
What are the rates?
I am interested in this rteat but would be a day visitor. Can you send details please.
Of course, I’ll email you with the price.
Can you please email the details and price for the full experience? Also, the dates of sessions?
Thanks!
Laura