Yorkshire Quaker Camp

Yorkshire Quaker Camp 2026 – Save the Date!

Yorkshire Quaker Camp 2026 will be from Thursday 6th to Sunday 9th August at Thornthwaite Activity Centre near Harrogate.

This is a new, larger site, which includes some indoor accommodation. The camp site is in a woodland, with lots of beautiful spaces to explore.

As with our first camp this year, it will be a joyful, multi-generational celebration of Quaker community that is affordable to all. We hope you will join us there. Please save the date now – booking information will be available in December at: Yorkshire Quaker Camp – Quakers in Yorkshire

Family and friends are very welcome, so do share this information with your contacts.We are still looking for new members of our Camp planning group. If you would like to be involved in shaping the Camp, or if you have any questions, please get in touch at: camp@quakersinyorkshire.org.uk

2025 Yorkshire Quaker Camp

The first Yorkshire Quaker Camp was launched in the summer of 2025 with 82 Friends taking part, including 28 children. Thanks to financial support from Quakers in Yorkshire it was affordable for everyone, with children under 11 going free.

The programme included Meeting for Worship for all ages each morning and evening around the campfire. There was also singing, circus skills, labyrinth making, crafts, a scavenger hunt, an all-age ‘Big Questions’ theology session and Philosophy for Communities. Organised children’s games and crafts were also available, and a creche was offered for toddlers each morning. On the final evening there was a celebration in the barn with open-mic performances and dancing.

One camper said, “The camp was a lovely idea and very well organised. My kids enjoyed it, the location and facilities were perfect and the programme rich and beautiful.”