You’ve been meaning to do this.
Nature retreats and weekend escapes from London.
What we doNot a spa break. Not a festival. Something quieter and more lasting, a weekend spent properly outside, with good people, in a place that still feels wild.
Big Free Time runs weekend retreats and nature experiences across Suffolk, Essex, and beyond. Every one is shaped around a simple idea: this is what the weekend is actually for.
Who comes on a Big Free Time weekend
Our retreats don't attract a type.
They attract a feeling, the one that creeps in on a Sunday evening when you've spent another weekend in the city doing nothing you'll remember. Burnt-out professionals, groups of friends who've been meaning to do something like this for years, solo travellers who surprise themselves, couples overdue an adventure, and the occasional sceptic who got talked into it and ended up suggesting the next one.
The common thread isn't fitness level or age or how outdoorsy you think you are.
It's knowing, somewhere, that you're overdue something real.
TestimonialBig Free Time put together a well-balanced full-day adventure with a scenic ride, a relaxed wine tasting, and a great outdoor meal. The schedule worked smoothly, the locations were well chosen, and the whole experience felt easy and unforced. It gave us the space to enjoy the setting, the conversation, and the time together.
- Former Corporate Group