Some places do you good just by being in them. The Penny Brohn Cancer Care Centre is based at Ham Green House and Gardens, a Grade II listed house on the outskirts of Bristol, and it has been home to Penny Brohn Cancer Care UK since 2007.
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Inside the house
Inside, the house is set up for taking your time. Sit quietly in the Sanctuary, have a cup of tea in the Dining Room, or settle into the Sitting Room with a book. Sessions and consultations happen here too, but you do not need to be booked into anything to visit; the Centre is open to anyone affected by cancer, Monday to Friday.
The gardens
The gardens are part of the support. People walk them before a difficult conversation and after good news; they are somewhere to breathe, notice the seasons and reconnect with the things that steady you, mind, body, spirit and emotions.
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Stay for lunch
Our Dining Room serves lunch on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, and booking ahead is recommended.
[Decision needed (Sophie): is this page where lunches are booked? She asks for a better booking form (currently Stripe) and suggests a non-updating sample menu, since the monthly menus change late and differ on the day. Recommendation: one evergreen sample menu plus a booking link; no monthly menu uploads. Draft the section fully once decided.]
How to find us
Ham Green House, Chapel Pill Lane, Pill, Bristol, BS20 0HH. There is plenty of free parking on site; use the postcode for satnav and What3Words marked.curve.penny. By bus, take the X4 to Pill, get off at The Anchor, and follow the signposted ten-minute walk.
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Planning to join a session or a support day? In-person support explains what happens here and how to book.
Ham Green House and Gardens is also a venue in its own right, with its own website for events, room hire and hospitality.
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Come and visit us
Walk the gardens, have a cuppa, get a feel for the place. You will be very welcome.