Stede Court Private Fitness Retreat, Biddenden

Stede Court is an exclusive luxury fitness & wellbeing retreat, set in seven acres of beautiful gardens and woodland, near picturesque Biddenden. Run by Kathryn Freeland, who has over 20 years experience training private clients and celebrities including Cate Blanchett and Claudia Winkleman. Fitness bliss.

21 August 2023Add to My Favourites Save

THE LOWDOWN

Say hello to a a brand new you. Stede Court is an exclusive luxury fitness and wellbeing retreat near to Biddenden in Kent, run by Kathryn Freeland, who has over 20 years experience training private clients and celebrities including Cate Blanchett and Claudia Winkleman. Um, yes please to their bods!

At Stede Court, the emphasis is on your wellbeing with balanced exercise, food and lifestyle programmes and what makes this place EXTRA special is the fact that you are training in beautiful Kent countryside as the retreat is set in seven secluded acres of stunning formal gardens and fields.

As well as offering 1-to-1 or small group personal training sessions, Kathryn specialises in bespoke Fitness & Wellbeing Retreats throughout the year, which can be designed to last from 1 to 14 days and can accommodate both individuals or private groups of 1 to 6 guests.

WHO

You are in very safe hands here with founder, Kathryn, who has over 20 years’ experience personal training celebrities, royalty and private clients in London parks and homes. Before moving to Kent 7 years ago, she was one of London’s top personal trainers and ran Absolute Fitness for 15 years with 17 trainers.

Kathryn has been hailed by the Mail on Sunday as the:‘World’s Most Sought after Personal Trainer’. And the Metro describes Stede Court Private Retreat as one of the: ‘Top escapes to relax you.’ Plus our friends Trish Halpin & Lorraine Candy from @postcardsfrommidlife raved about it too.

When it comes to fitness style, Kathryn takes a holistic, rounded approach – combining many disciplines to give you the very best bespoke session, including Pilates, Yoga, TRX, HIIT, Kettlebells, Running, Boxing, Circuits, Sports Therapy, Meditation & Mindfulness. Kathryn is also qualified in nutrition and has a 5 star food hygiene rating. So all bases are covered with the focus on your wellbeing and regardless of age or fitness level, Kathryn can create a session dedicated just for you.

WELLBEING RETREATS

Contact Kathryn to discuss your exclusively curated retreat… but to give you an idea in the meantime, typical itineraries vary from a Day Retreat to a Recharge Weekend or even a fully immersive Total Recharge, which lasts from a minimum of at least 3 nights. The retreats are for individuals or small private groups of up to 6 people so that all guests receive a 100 per cent tailored & tranquil experience.

Every body is unique so is your fitness retreat at Stede Court, everything will be at a level to suit your fitness and will be tailored for what you need now. It may include a combination of varied exercise including yoga and mindfulness walks, gut healthy food, mindfulness and relaxation, wild swimming in the natural pond and a sauna – or even treatments such as massage or reflexology (these involve and extra charge).

OR you could just have a massage, play backgammon or chess by the fire, visit local wineries such as award-winning Chapel Down, choose from the many available books, play records by the woodburner, watch box sets and just revel in the beautiful surroundings of Stede Court. We know which way we would be heading post training! For more information on what’s on offer, click here.

STAY

To fully benefit from the experience, why not stay over? The Grade-2 listed country house is set within 7 secluded and private acres comprising an acre of formal garden with a swimming pond, yoga and sun deck, luxury outdoor sauna, pergola and hammock, Kentish oast and granary oast.

The characterful house has everything you could wish for from inglenook fireplaces to thankfully high ceilings. It has 4 double bedrooms available for guests, 3 bathrooms and a separate cloakroom. Plus Kathryn is qualified in nutrition and you will not be disappointed by the tasty homemade fresh food on offer with vegetables coming from the veg patch on the grounds. Don’t you feel the stress melting away already?