Retreat Conference Center
Rolling Ridge Retreat and Conference Center is a peaceful, beautiful and historic place offering hospitality and programs for the renewal of spirit and transformation of the world.
Ideal Place For Your Meeting
Nestled on a peninsula surrounded by Lake Cochichewick in North Andover, Massachusetts, the 40 room Georgian estate on 38 acres of woods, rolling hills and lakefront is the perfect setting for retreats and conferences, day meetings, or personal retreats. Twenty two bedrooms accommodate 40 adults and special youth accommodations sleep 75. Chef prepared delicious meals in the lakeview dining room are sure to please groups and individuals. Two labyrinths, nature trails, a summer pool and the Ridge Wellness Center provide opportunity for relaxation, recreation and refreshment. Download our brochure.
“ a hidden treasure ”
- Andovers Magazine
“ place to get away from it all ”
- Boston Globe
A History of Service
For over 60 years, Rolling Ridge Retreat and Conference Center has been a ministry of hospitality and spirituality of the New England Conference, United Methodist Church, and open to diverse religious groups, not-for-profit organizations, schools and civic groups and corporate meetings and events.
Just 25 miles north of Boston, half-way between Logan (Boston) airport and Manchester/Boston regional airport, Rolling Ridge is accessible to national and international groups and meetings.
Come visit and stay at a true oasis of quiet beauty and gracious hospitality.

Retreats For All Occasions
Rolling Ridge offers nearly 50 retreats and programs in spiritual formation, health and wellness, peace and justice and the environment and earth-care.
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Group Retreat
Our guest services staff handle meeting details for large and small groups and insure room and meal service that are sure to please.
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Personal Retreat
Treat yourself to a personal retreat at Rolling Ridge. Come experience the peaceful grounds, comfortable accommodations, and warm hospitality at this historic and gracious estate. Choose the number of days you wish to stay, choose the services you wish to add and design your special time away for refreshment and renewal.
Private room, chef-prepared meals, lakeside trails and labyrinths are some of what makes a personal retreat special at Rolling Ridge. Many guests add massage or other services from the Ridge Wellness Center.
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“I found the quiet, peace, tranquility, and beauty of Rolling Ridge to be the perfect oasis from the hustle and bustle of daily life. I plan to return again and again.”
Announcements
- See Executive Director, Larry Peacock in an exclusive interview.
- Read our Spring Newsletter
- Nominate Sixty-Five in Sixty-Five
- May 23, 2013
- May 24, 2013
- June 19, 2013



