The Site
From the Heart
Opened early 2022, Roseacre Retreat is a peaceful, luxurious, adult only glamping retreat, located between Picton and Appleton Wiske in North Yorkshire. Infusing the passion of Mick and Natalie Hare and Family with the amazing North Yorkshire Countryside and the talent of the local community; this site offers rest and recuperation to those who are ready for some quality time out.
There are four Luxury Glamping Pods on site, three of which have Hot Tubs (The Appleton, The Rounton and The Welbury) and one dog friendly (The Appleton). The site is developed with your convenience at heart. Parking spaces are sited just a stone’s throw from the accommodation. Inside your accommodation is just about any option you can think of from Jumbo Marshmallows to toast by the fire pit, extended arrival and departure dates, locally sourced breakfast packs (including vegetarian option) and our favourite 6 piece treat box. Alongside the extensive list of options (full details found in the booking section, after selecting dates) the Hare Family would love to hear what would make your stay special and are here to help where they can, previous requests have included rose petals on the bed and birthday banners from wall to wall and all add to making your stay fun, enjoyable and relaxing.
From the Community
It is massively important to the Hare family that the talent of the local community can be seen in every detail of your stay.
Sharing what we love and enjoy about living here is the core of how we see the success of the retreat, the local community is a massive part of our lives here.
Natalie Hare
Wherever possible local talents have been engaged to ensure the very best quality and sympathy to this wonderful area is shown. Those valued individuals and their contributions can be seen below.
The Soaps – Susan from Earth Unwrapped supplies the Miniml Body wash, Shampoo, Conditioner, Handwash, Washing up liquid and Laundry Detergent. All made in Yorkshire.
The Breakfasts – Provided by Welbury resident Les Meynell of Harry Meynell Ltd based in Stockton. Les calls in on his way home almost every day to supply the sites hearty full English and Vegetarian full English breakfast packs.
The Afternoon Tea – Produced and supplied by local company Central Coffee, based in Northallerton.
The Robes – Embroidery for the cozy, warm robes was provided by Appleton Wiske based business Buttons Embroidery and Apparel
Alongside those who have been directly supplying Roseacre Retreat, are the amazing businesses right on the doorstep, supplying the local community and those visiting Roseacre Retreat. A great starting point to discover the area on your visit.
Shops
Roots Farm Shop & Café – Based on a working farm this is a wonderful farm shop with its traditional farm buildings, well stocked farm shop, butchery, café and curiosities Roots has lots on offer.
White Gates Garden Centre and Café – A very warm welcome awaits you at this amazing Garden Centre, from the beautiful home grown plants to the exquisite Café. Another great stop for all the family.
Hutchinson Hobbs – Based in Yarm with a keen focus on fresh, sustainable and locally sourced produced this incredible shop offers a diverse variety of produce from our local community.
Village Shop & Post Office – The hub of our community in the neighbouring village of Appleton Wiske this local village shop has all the daily essentials you could need as well as all the services of a small village Post Office.
Stamfrey Farm – The perfect pit stop. A Dairy farm for the customer, this superb example of a Dairy farm has an amazing vending machine located in the entrance to the farm where you can buy their amazing produce including freshly made Milk Shakes! There is also a great seating area to site to enjoy some of the stunning scenery.
Village Pubs
The Lord Nelson – Located in the next village to Roseacre Retreat the Lord Nelson, A true local’s pub in the centre of the picturesque village of Appleton Wiske near Northallerton facing the beautiful village green.
Serving excellent cask ales and beers, fine wines, selected gin and whiskies as well as great evening meals and Sunday lunches.
The Duke of Wellington – Based in the village of Welbury, the Duke of Wellington is another prime example of the thoroughly amazing local pubs we have in the area. An amazing open fire and warm welcome awaits.
The Black Bull – Heading through Hornby towards Great Smeaton you will be greeted by the black Bull, a frequent stop for the Hare Family this recommendation comes well and truly tried and tested.
Walks
A public footpath runs along the side of the site, connecting to the village of Picton through the beautiful countryside and Picton House Wood, full details can be found on the OS Maps website. In the other direction the footpath takes you out of the site and onto the roads leading to Appleton Wiske or Picton, these quite roads are idea for hiking, cycling or driving.
From the Start
In the words of Mick and Natalie, a little background to their journey..
Back in the summer of 2014 we became Mr & Mrs Hare and our family life at Roseacre began. We moved into our dream home later that year and over the following years our family of 2 became a family of 4 with the arrival of our daughters Eva & Ellie and finally made complete with our border collie Rosie.
The Hare Family
Throughout these years we always talked about setting up and running a business together and the theme always seemed to be based around the hospitality business which we both had a strong passion for. With this in mind we started the ball rolling by looking at potential pubs/bars within the local area that were for sale or lease and for all we could see the potential in some of these we both agreed we maybe needed to consider another option.
This is when Roseacre Retreat first became an idea sketched out on a piece of A4 paper.. 4 glamping pods sharing our amazing views of the Cleveland Hills with the aim of giving people exactly what we would want if we were to stay in one.
Successful planning permission was obtained and in 2020 we ordered our 4 mega pods from Lune Valley Timber Buildings Ltd with a delivery date of August 2021. Groundwork commenced the bases were laid and our pods arrived late August and we spent the remainder of the year connecting the required services and installing paths, patios and fencing before the weather sadly beat us and we couldn’t complete the site to how we wanted it.
After several stressful discussions the decision was made to open our site in January at a discounted rate until the site dried up and we could complete the landscaping. This decision proved to be the right one and over the next 3 months we took approximately 70 bookings and had some amazing feedback and realised hot tubs were regularly enquired about which was something we thought would enhance our site.
We closed the site for 10 days early April 22 and with a lot of hard work and help we managed to complete the landscaping and installed 2 hot tubs on our Rounton and Welbury pods to try and give people what they were asking for.
Nearly a year after we nervously opened our site wondering whether people would come and if they would like what we had to offer we have been blown away by all the lovely comments and feedback we have received it means everything to us.
We endeavour to maintain our high standards and we are constantly looking at new ideas and opportunities to enhance our guests stay at Roseacre Retreat and look forward to welcoming more guests in the future.