There are other eco-breaks around but none quite like 42 Acres, the beautiful and tranquil regenerative estate, nature reserve and luxury wellbeing retreat, just outside Frome.

Despite the name, there are 173 acres of wild spaces, ancient woodland, meadows and ornamental gardens to explore and enjoy. Discover the sacred bee garden and a secret tree house. Dive into the seven-acre wild swimming lake. Sweat it out in the wood-fired sauna. You might spot beavers, otters, wild boar, hares, deer and, of course, there are plenty of birds.

Their delicious ‘soil to gut’ menus are simple, seasonal and hyper local, using locally sourced, wild foraged and home-grown in their permaculture-inspired vegetable gardens.

Accommodation is luxe but simple and sustainable, not bling.

Dedicated to regenerative practices, 42 Acres aims to be carbon negative and biodiversity positive. A solar farm and biomass boilers provide renewable energy. Grey water’s used for irrigation. They’re into agriwilding with edible hedges, an outdoor mushroom farm, nut trees and seabuckthorn.

Come for a two-night Wild Weekend retreat. Deepen your connection with nature through meditation and nature immersion on Rewild. Forage, graze, harvest, cook and eat foods grown wild or organically on Renourish. Treat yourself to a woodland spa with yoga and treatments on Restore.

Come for a self-catered stay, sleeping from 2 to 18 people.  We love the sound of the Tiny Boat, a two-person converted boat moored on the lake but there’s everything from a simple cottage to an 11-person farmhouse, and bell tent camping in the summer months.

Come for workshops, transformational wellbeing events; hold your own event or celebration, including weddings.

So, slow down, reconnect with yourself and the natural world.