Big House communities
This is the classic idea of the commune in a big old house where everybody shares everything.
There are some places like that but there are also quite a lot of places where the big house has been divided up into lots of self-contained units.
And, of course, not all communes are in the country!
Beech Hill Community
Welcome to Beech Hill! Our community is made up of 17 adults and a baby living together in a large country house in Mid Devon.
Birchwood Hall Community
SUMMARY: We live as a communal household (over two buildings) because this meets many of our personal and political needs and beliefs. We are not
Bowden House Community
Bowden House Community is a thriving intentional community which has been established since 2005 one mile from Totnes in rural Devon. We are a group
Braziers Community
Founded in 1950, Braziers is a non-religious community and a college. The main house is Strawberry Hill Gothic in style and is set in 50
Canon Frome Court
We are an intentional community focused around a farming cooperative in rural Herefordshire. We are made up of a main house, stable block and some
Corani Housing Co-op Devon
Corani is a small housing cooperative based in Devon. On the edge of the town of Crediton around 6 adults and one toddler live in
Crabapple Community
Crabapple was founded in 1975 and moved here to Berrington Hall (a rambling, slightly eccentric, Georgian rectory) two years later. We are situated 5 miles
Dandelion Community
Dandelion is an intentional cohousing community of people who prioritise connection with ourselves, each other, children, the natural world and our planet as a whole.
Dol-llys Hall
We are pleased to advise that our rented flat will be available shortly for a new tenant. Therefore, we are now able to progress on
Earthworm Housing Co-op
Earthworm is a fully mutual housing Co-op in north west Herefordshire. We are a member of Radical Routes, and have existed since 1989 – that’s
Frankleigh House
Frankleigh House is a co- housing community comprising 6 families, each with own living space, and sharing community and resources: gardens, additional communal kitchen, 7
Friends At The End – F.A.T.E.
We are the notorious cult – ‘Friends at the End’ or F.A.T.E. We were once a growing religion but, after a miscalculated doomsday prediction in
Friendship Cohousing
We bought Maningham in 2021, and transformed it into the Friendship Cohousing Community – a perfect place to live as life becomes more difficult in
Gannicox House
We are an intentional Camphill community of some 20 individuals. All of us have special gifts and abilities which we bring into our shared life.
Glyn Abbey
We live in an old country estate of 10 acres. Glyn Abbey is a trust with a fixed number of shares. We have separate households
Keveral Farm Community
Keveral Farm has been a community since 1973. We currently have 9 members (no children). We live in a farmhouse, a barn conversion, an extended
Laurieston Hall
Laurieston Hall began as a commune in 1972. In 1987 it transformed itself into a Housing Co-operative, currently home to 19 members, 4 children aged
Old Hall Community
We are a large community of about 60 people who share an old friary, and 65 acres of Suffolk farmland. We share the workload to
Parsonage Farm
Parsonage Farm is a small community situated on the edge of the village of Burwell, twelve miles from Cambridge and five miles from Newmarket. Our
Permanent Housing Co-operative
We are a housing co-operative established in late 2009 and registered with the FSA (Financial Services Authority) number 30928R. Permanent Housing bought its first property
Plas Einion
Plas Einion is a converted Georgian mansion house with around 11 acres of land, including woodland, food growing areas and camping field. The community was
Postlip Community
We are a long-established community who share Postlip Hall, a beautiful Jacobean manor house with 15 acres of land. Currently 14 adults and 13 children,
Redfield
Redfield is an intentional community, founded in 1978 and situated in North Buckinghamshire. We live together as a single household within a large Victorian mansion,
Rowan Community
The Rowan Community is an unincorporated association. The aims of the community are: to form a life-sharing community for mutual help and friendship in this
Shirle Hill Cohousing
Shirle Hill Cohousing is a thriving, developing intergenerational community of ten households in Nether Edge, Sheffield, aged from 0 to 77. Unfortunately there are no
Shrub Family
Our communal name and address is misleading. We are not a farm, don’t live in a cottage and if the ‘family’ brings images of Californian
Stepping Stones Housing Co-op
Stepping Stones Housing Co-op was formed in 1999 with the intention of providing secure, ecologically friendly housing to its members in a rural setting where
Talamh
Talamh is gaelic for earth, and it’s 50 acres form a green haven in Lanarkshire just south of Glasgow. The thousands of young native trees
Taliesin Housing Co-operative
Taliesin Housing Co-operative purchased Temperance House in 2002 with a loan from Triodos Bank. It is a five-bedroom three-storey townhouse, with back garden, in the
Tan-y-Fron Housing Co-operative
Tan y fron’s translation, ‘dwelling of the heart’, speaks closely of our desire to create a way of living that no longer harms, but is
Temple Druid Community
Temple Druid community is set in 56 acres in the foothills of the Preseli Mountains. Our aim is to be a year-round Therapeutic and Educational
Trelay
Trelay Cohousing is a vibrant community of 22 adults of all ages and 10 children. It was established in 2007 on a farm with thirty-two
Ty Brethyn
We are a small, friendly, open minded community who have come together to live co-operatively and creatively. Co-operating challenges us to take account of others’
Wellhouse Community
We up date this entry as our ongoing situation changes. We are small community of 4 – 8 people (the numbers vary as we accept
Wild Futures Monkey Sanctuary
For 40 years a group of dedicated individuals have been looking after a colony of Amazonian woolly monkeys rescued from the pet trade in the
Wild Peak Housing Co-op
Wild Peak is a rural housing co-op with land in the Derwent Valley in Derbyshire. It was set up to house people working or volunteering
Woodhead Community
After over 20 successful years as a small family and land-based community, we officially dismantled some of our communal activities four years ago. However, the
