Welcome to Mill End: Your Forest of Dean Group Getaway

Escape to the heart of Gloucestershire's exciting Forest of Dean and discover Mill End, a spacious medieval country house that’s been transformed into a haven for large group gatherings. With lush greenery and open spaces, Mill End offers the perfect combination of comfort, adventure, and unique experiences.

Your Ideal Group Retreat

  • Family Friendly Fun: Our secure walled garden is a paradise for kids and dogs, with a ground level trampoline, plenty of space to run and play, with safe bike storage.

  • Corporate Retreats & Team Building: Boost productivity & team camaraderie with inspiring meetings, team-building activities & catering from Bordello Banquets.

  • Unforgettable Hen Parties: Celebrate your last fling before the ring with a bespoke weekend of pampering, culinary delights, cocktails, and themed entertainment.

  • Wellness Retreats: Reconnect with your inner peace through yoga, breath work, spa treatments & forest bathing. In house treatments available.

  • Spacious & Comfortable: With room for large groups over 3 properties, our variety of comfortable bedrooms & social spaces ensure everyone feels at home.

  • Culinary Delights: Enjoy expertly created cocktails at our on-site bar & delicious meals prepared by our in-house catering team, Bordello Banquets.

Bordello Banquets:In-House Catering & Entertainment

Enhance your stay with bespoke catering, entertainment & activities from Bordello Banquets.

There is a wide range of team building, training, catering, themed tea parties, to cocktail mixology classes and much more.

Mill End has very well equipped kitchens, so we do not allow third party caterers or entertainment providers to come to Mill End. Please enquire through liz@bordellobanquets.co.uk if you would like in house catering, entertainment, hospitality, classes or activities.

If Bordello Banquets doesn’t have what you would like on their books, they can source it for you.

For larger or smaller groups please enquire at liz@millendmitcheldean.co.uk

Explore Our Offerings

Guest Testimonial

“Over 30 of us stayed in June for my hen party, and from start to finish it was absolutely amazing. Liz was the perfect host, the catering was absolutely delicious and there wasn’t anything we asked for that Liz didn’t provide - in fact she went above and beyond throughout. The house is absolutely stunning, I wish we’d had more time there! Thank you Liz for your amazing hospitality - we will definitely be back!”

Important note: To ensure a peaceful experience for all guests, we do not permit DJs, decks, PAs, live music, or music in the garden. A hot tub curfew of 10 pm and a garden curfew of 12 am are in place. For weekend guests, usual arrival is after 5.00pm, and departure by 12.00 noon on a Sunday or 10.00am on a Monday.

Cancellation Policy: We recommend purchasing travel insurance to cover all unforeseen circumstances, details can be found here. Please make sure you review and understand our cancellation policy before booking.

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View fullsize Healthy dining and yoga? Or even breath work and Qigong. Mill End is SO adaptable and great for new year healthy vibes - for a #retreat, for a gathering of #friendsandfamily or an #awayday. @visitdeanwye offers a great picture of everything on offer
View fullsize Simba the cat welcomes you to Mill End Mitcheldean (sleeps 20/30) and the small cottage next door (sleeps 6) belonging to Zoff, my other half. Both #dogfriendly. (Simba can hang out in our private part of the house if you bring a pack of dogs!). Bo
View fullsize So maybe, ignoring the minus 2 temperatures (my heart goes out to those living on the streets though I believe councils have to house them if below freezing) we can remind ourselves of sunnier times and Mediterranean colours. Mill End is not just a
View fullsize Wow! Didn’t expect this when I woke up this morning. The first winter we were at Mill End the snow was 6” deep on the garden furniture. It looked stunning. Like frosted #wedding cakes dotted around the garden. Not up to #sledging standar
View fullsize A little burst of autumn yellow behind our signature stag sculpture. And some beautiful leaves I picked up in our carpark. I think they are kinko biloba but I haven’t seen any trees around here. I planted a run of them when we lived in #glouces
View fullsize Christmas at Mill End. The perfect place for an extended family gathering (we have 2025 booked for ourselves but New Year is still free) for Christmas, New Year or the weekend between the two. Or even for an end of year #corporate gathering - a spo
View fullsize Oh for the sunshine, streaming into the green oak and glass #timberframe garden room. On to our #applecrate shelves w #artbooks and magazines. Our little reading corner. In our #holidayhouse #homefromhome, choc full of interesting things - art, objet
View fullsize More fun filled photos from the weekend’s hen party. It always amazes us how Mill End holds up, considering that it is an ancient #medieval property and a grade 11 #listedbuilding . All credit to my quirky design work and the robust workmanship
View fullsize The most fun we’ve had with a hen party for ages. 30 girls. Graze tables. Murder mystery. 3 course dinner. Buttler in the Buff. Pyjama party. Mad hatter’s tea party. All by @bordellobanquets . With so much more organised by the bridesmaid
View fullsize Corporate Christmas. Come for an #awayday or some #teambuilding. Or an end of year sum up of things achieved and a #celebration with colleagues and friends. We have a handful of corporate gatherings this year, with Italian themed catering from @cicc
View fullsize Autumnal colours on our signature stag and frosty winter vibes @millendmitcheldean . Luckily we have central heating, hot water bottles, a solid fuel stove a #hottub and an outdoor #woodfired #sauna abin to keep everyone toasty. And a BBQ and pulled