Lifehouse Spa & Hotel, Thorpe Suite
Lifehouse Spa & Hotel Frinton Road, Thorpe-le-Soken, CO16 0JD -
Up to
80 guests
About Venue
Lifehouse is a contemporary spa & hotel in rural Essex, reachable in just 80 minutes by train from London Liverpool Street and set in 12 acres of Historic Gardens. A perfect location for team building and off site meetings.
Our Thorpe Suite function room is the largest in the hotel - the perfect space for your next corporate event or private function. Offering views across the private internal courtyard the Thorpe Suite also has juliet doors leading out onto a private patio area perfect for breakout sessions, outdoor tea & coffee breaks and casual summer dining. The Thorpe Suite can be configured as a large single space or two separate meeting spaces with a soundproofed partition wall dividing the two rooms. Each room has lots of natural daylight, complimentary Wi-Fi, air conditioning, large TV monitors and access to projection equipment for presentations.
Capacity & Layout
Standing
up to 80
Dining
up to 48
Theatre
up to 60
Boardroom
up to 24
Cabaret
up to 40
Classroom
up to 24
Pricing
& Opening Hours
Weekly schedule
monday
07:30 - 22:00
tuesday
07:30 - 22:00
wednesday
07:30 - 22:00
thursday
07:30 - 22:00
friday
07:30 - 22:00
saturday
07:30 - 22:00
sunday
07:30 - 22:00
Price type:
from £450 per day
from £450 per day
from £450 per day
from £450 per day
from £450 per day
from £450 per day
from £450 per day
Facilities & Amenities
Disabled access
Heating
Air conditioning
Lectern
Natural light
Outdoor / Garden / Beach
Telephone
Table / chairs included
Tea
Whiteboards
Public transport
Premises parking
Overnight accommodation
Audio & Visual
Sound system
Conference phone
TV screen
Flipchart
WiFi
Space Rules
Cancellation policy
Full refund 2 weeks prior meeting.
Location
Reviews
- valerie pinnockJuly 2025
On entering the building it is spacious light and airy with soft lights. The receptionists were welcoming and gave concise clear instructions. The massage from Natalie was excellent. Danielle's foot massage was delightfull. I wish had taken the ladies who served us in the dining area was great. They were courteous and friendly and the lunch was delicious! I really enjoyed the relaxation room. At the end of the time and I needed to leave I was wanted to stay. It was a beautiful experience.
- Carol PearsonAugust 2025
Treated to a night's stay here for my birthday. Paid a little extra to upgrade to a garden room with terrace. Worth the extra. Whole experience was lovely. Food was very good and so different. Staff were all, friendly, helpful and attentive. House keeping do a very good job in the rooms. Bed was very comfortable. All in all, it was a lovely stay. Very relaxed and peaceful. A walk around the grounds and lakes is recommended
- jay richardsonAugust 2025
I would like to say what a wonderful stay and a beautiful setting that you have the one was good and the staff was very helpful especially Caroline the guest service manager she was amazing and very helpful from start to finish and made our stay unforgettable and delightful. She is a credit to your company. It’s not often I’ll leave a review but her professionalism and dedication to what she does is inspirational so grateful and definitely will stay again and we recommend to my family and friends thank you Lifehouse and thank you Caroline guest service manager.
- Grant PughJuly 2025
I’ll start with we did have a relaxing overnight break but there were a number of things that could have been done better. On arrival we went to the terrace for some lunch, sandwiches are priced at £22 which I would stay is on the steep side, the sandwiches were nice but definitely not worth the price. We also had a glass of Prosecco with lunch and this was again priced at London prices, the glass was half full so I asked for it to be topped up and was told no! I was told it was the shape of the glass. I will add the evening meal we had was lovely and this does seem correctly priced for the quality of food you get. The next “issue” we had was that lockers are not given out to guests staying in the hotel, you are expected to leave items in your room. There was plenty of lockers available so we could have been given one but was told firmly no but given a paper bag to put our belongings in and leave round the pool area. The next issue was that we wanted an ice bucket for the room, again told no they don’t give out ice buckets or for that matter even a glass of ice. We stayed during hot weather so it would have been good to cool drinks in the room while chilling out and getting ready, as there is no fridge or air con in the room. Overall if you are looking a few simple customer service changes would have made the stay a lot more enjoyable and if you are looking for a budget spa at luxury prices then this is the spa for you.
