Cluny has touched my heart,
my intellect, my deepest longings for communion
and community. I think this is the way we will live
in days to come, for those of us who have the courage
to believe it possible and work towards it . . .
Cluny Hill College in Forres is the
second campus of the Findhorn Foundation. It is home
for 35 community members and up to 90 residential guests
taking part in a variety of programmes and events at
Findhorn. The building is Victorian and was once a hotel
that community founders Eileen and Peter Caddy and Dorothy
Maclean successfully ran before the community at Findhorn
was begun.
Accommodation at Cluny is comfortable
and spacious, mainly in shared rooms, and the building
itself has been recently retrofitted to a good ecological
standard. The main building has four meeting rooms for groups and a beautiful
ballroom with a sprung wooden floor, with a further two meeting spaces in the Pavilion, a separate building
behind Cluny. Shared facilities and communal living
at Cluny contribute towards the community's low ecological
footprint.
The gardens at Cluny are full of delightful
surprises and the views across the neighbouring town
golf course can be inspiring. Behind the house are the
Cluny Hill woods for walking in, while the town of Forres
is a 15-minute walk away down the hill.
Workshops and events are held either
at Cluny Hill College or at The Park. When you are part
of an Experience Week or other programme, you may be
living at Cluny for the week and working there, or living
at The Park and working there. Sometimes you may live
on one campus and work at the other. The Foundation
has its own minibuses to take people between campuses,
about 5 miles, at regular intervals during the day.
Cluny Hill College and the people
who live there provide a welcoming, comfortable and
supportive environment for many of our events and programmes.