Curved wooden benches around a metal firepit on the grass beside the private lake, The Lakeside Retreat Indoor swimming pool with wood-clad ceiling and sauna alongside, The Lakeside Retreat The Country Social farmhouse exterior on a Hampshire estate Formal dining room with long oak table, marble fireplace, gold mirror and slate floor, The Lakeside Retreat Black-walled games room with green-baize pool table, bar counter and brass pendant lights, The Lakeside Retreat ⊞ See all 3 houses

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South East houses you actually want to stay in.

Three cherry-picked hen houses within easy reach of London. A lakeside retreat thirty minutes from the city, a Hampshire estate with private pool, tennis court and open fires, plus a lakeside cottage on the same estate with shared pool, fire pit and BBQ.

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Cherry pick your favourite activities and we'll build the perfect weekend around them, the kind your guests will absolutely love.

Long farmhouse table set for a hen party dinner with candles, flowers and citrus

Private chef night

Hen party group pouring their own cocktails

Pour your cocktail

Hen group in heart-shaped sunglasses doing prayer pose on pink yoga mats in the garden

Yoga

Hen group in matching monogrammed white robes laughing on the steps of a country house

Pamper party

Bride seated under a "BRIDE" silver balloon arch with white balloon ceiling

Bride balloons

Hen guest in a strawberry-shaped hat sipping at a wine tasting party

Wine tasting


5.0 across 79 Google reviews

Why hens book with Flock,
instead of planning everything themselves.

  1. We organise the weekend.

    Hen houses, activities, dining, the Saturday-night plan. Your hen planner who has walked the house and booked the suppliers. You give us the bride's vibe; we come back with a shape that fits her.

  2. We chase the money.

    Each hen pays us £50 to hold a place, then three monthly Payday instalments. 0 reminders you have to send. We chase. You don't.

  3. We plan every detail, you celebrate.

    Houses, activities, dining — all booked and confirmed before the weekend starts. We plan every detail so things run smoothly and you can focus on the bride.

Niamh C
a year ago

Flock dealt with all the payments so I didn't have to chase anyone up. Taking off any added stress.

Payment plan
Christie Jamieson
a year ago

The most amazing weekend in Kingussie. Eilidh, who organised everything, couldn't be more helpful.

Highlands planner
Rebecca Leckie
2 years ago

Took the stress out of my hen do in Bath. Everything was easy. They sorted a payment plan and organised the activities.

Bath weekend
Emma Mackay
2 years ago

Slight hiccup 3 days before, original owners had double-booked. Kat was immediately on the case and found us an incredible replacement.

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What brides said

"Booked the Lakeside Retreat for my sister's hen and the indoor pool, sauna and lakeside firepit absolutely made it. Thirty minutes on the train from London and we felt like we were properly away." — Niamh C., maid of honour, The Lakeside Retreat, South East

The South East is the easiest hen weekend from London.

For groups travelling from London and the South East, the trade-off used to be brutal — either a long drive west for the country-house weekend, or settle for an Airbnb that doesn't quite cut it. Our South East houses fix that. All around ninety minutes of central London, all exclusive-use, all with the kind of spec sheet that means you barely need to leave the house.

The Lakeside Retreat is thirty minutes from London by train, with a heated indoor pool, sauna, private lake and a games room with its own bar. The Country Social is on a Hampshire estate with a private outdoor pool, shared tennis court and three open fires across nine bedrooms. The Boat House sits by the lake on the same Hampshire estate — a 7-bedroom cottage with a shared pool, fire pit, BBQ and a welcome hamper waiting on arrival.


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3 houses · Sleeps 14–20 · 5.0 ★ 79 reviews
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