Findhorn Ecovillage – Timber Houses and the Universal Hall
A few hours.
The route
Among the pines on the road into Findhorn, the Park is an ecovillage of hand-built timber houses that grew from a caravan site in 1962.
This is a wander round its lanes and the Universal Hall, with an organic shop to browse and a vegetarian lunch in the Phoenix Café Bar.
Before you go
Book accommodation nearby
If you are staying over: here are ours nearest where the day starts and ends.
The nearest of ours is Culbin Edge in Brodie, 6 miles away. Sleeps 4; next free Mon 9 Nov to Wed 11 Nov.
The day
Findhorn
A gentle wander among the pines and timber houses of the Park, then soup and sourdough under the roof of the Universal Hall.
Findhorn Ecovillage
An attraction
Park along the Runway, the Park's main road, once a wartime RAF runway. Timber houses of every shape and colour stand among the pines along its lanes, some with turf roofs and round windows. The Phoenix Shop by the entrance sells organic food, books and local crafts. The Universal Hall, built by the community over ten years from 1974, is faced in stone carved by hand, with a stained-glass entrance and a five-sided glass lantern on its roof. Inside, the all-vegetarian Phoenix Café Bar opens every day from 10am, with lunch from noon: soup with sourdough baked in Findhorn or a jacket potato. Ring 01309 691900 for current hours.
If it rains
The Phoenix Shop by the entrance and the Phoenix Café Bar inside the Universal Hall are both indoors.
Crown & Anchor Inn, a restaurant in Findhorn.
The Captain's Table, a restaurant in Findhorn.
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