Littledale is a therapeutic community with personalised 3-12 month programmes for adults whose lives have been affected by addiction and trauma. We treat the person, not just the addiction.
At Littledale, we believe connection is the antidote to the isolation of addiction. We're a residential rehab and therapeutic community near Lancaster, for adults affected by alcohol or drug addiction and the trauma beneath it - with longer-term programmes for those who've tried to stop before.
Our programmes are for adults of any age. Whatever your background, or how long addiction has been part of your life, you're welcome here.
Immersive, longer-term treatment - you live here, with the time and space to understand your addiction and rebuild a life beyond it.
Coming to Littledale is always voluntary. The assessment runs both ways: you decide whether we're right for you, just as we consider whether we can meet your needs.
Reaching out is often the hardest part, so we keep it simple. Whether you're seeking help for yourself or someone you love, or making a professional referral, here's what happens next.
Get in touch: Call our admissions team for a relaxed, no-pressure chat about your situation.
Visit and assessment: Look around the hall and meet us for an assessment. It runs both ways: you're deciding whether we're right for you, too.
Decide together: Take your time. If Littledale's a good fit and funding's in place, we'll agree an admission date.
Talk it through: Discuss a referral with the person you're supporting and their key worker.
Make the referral: Contact our admissions co-ordinator to arrange an assessment. We work with over 40 commissioning authorities across the UK.
Confirm and admit: Once suitability and funding are agreed, we'll set an admission date.
Littledale is built around our neuro-bio-psycho-social (NBPS) model. This is an approach that treats addiction across four connected areas: the brain, the body, the mind, and the relationships and circumstances around you. Rather than tackling the addiction alone, we work across all four, so recovery has firm foundations to last.
Making sense of your addiction - how it works and what drives it - so you can recognise patterns and make different choices.
Rebuilding trust and connection: repairing family relationships and learning to form the healthy ones that support a life in recovery.
Engaging the spirit through art, mindfulness, and physical activity to promote holistic healing and self-expression.
Safe, supported space to begin addressing the trauma that so often sits beneath addiction, with experienced staff alongside you.
Littledale sits in 200 acres of private countryside on the edge of the Trough of Bowland, just outside Lancaster - calm, private, and a world away from the pressures that fuel addiction. It's a place with room to breathe and think, where you'll recover alongside a community of others, with staff on hand around the clock.
Private woodland, gardens and country walks across the edge of the Trough of Bowland - space to clear your head and reconnect with the outdoors.
With just 33 beds, Littledale is small enough to feel personal. Comfortable bedrooms, shared living and dining rooms, and quiet spaces for therapy - a calm, homely setting, not an institution.
Staffed 24 hours a day by an experienced team, with peer support woven into daily life. You're never doing this on your own.
Rated 4.5 on Google by more than 60 people who've recovered with us. These are some of their stories, in their own words.
“I entered Littledale Hall as a 24 year old girl who had never understood herself, never felt like she belonged anywhere, struggled to understand why she felt the way she did and riddled with anger, defiance and a negative attitude towards the world.
As soon as you enter the doors of Littledale you know you belong, the sense of community, love, support and genuine compassion for others is unexplainable. It is a highly intense programme, some days are long, challenging, they will have you doubting yourself but the community and staff always pull through for one another. There is no such thing as feeling alone at Littledale.The taught side of the programme includes great detailed analysis and discussion around the neurological aspects of addiction as well as the behavioural – the teaching is an highly exceptional standard, I spent years counselling/researching etc. desperately trying to understand why I was the way I was which now, I understand more than why, I understand myself, my behaviours and why I did the things I did – as well as how to live a ‘normal’ life around these things.
Trying to put into words how amazing the staff are at Littledale would never do them justice. Their level of intelligence, honesty, love (sometimes tough, but always love) is unexplainable. They give every ounce of themselves to their job, go above and beyond a thousand times over, and still offer support after treatment has ended – I could not fault one of them.I strongly believe anyone who enters Littledale Hall already has a higher chance of success, a head start on their journey, solely because of the place they are in. The daily walks (optional) and the surroundings also helped me massively. I have made genuine friends for life, another thing I have never experienced before.
Littledale becomes a family and weirdly, I am so grateful for the years of hurt and addiction – because if it wasn’t for it, I wouldn’t of experienced Littledale and I wouldn’t of left the 24 year old woman I am today. 🫶🏻”
Addiction doesn't only affect the person living with it - it affects everyone who loves them. If you're worried about a family member or friend, you don't have to navigate it alone. Littledale's Family Service offers guidance, support, and a chance to understand what they're going through and how to help.
View Family ServiceLittledale is more than a clinic, it's a place to recover. Since 2006, we've provided high-quality, accessible addiction treatment to people across the North West and beyond, drawing on a team with decades of combined experience in the field.
Registered with and regulated by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), we hold to rigorous standards of safety and care without ever losing the personal, warm touch that makes our historic hall feel like home.
Based near Lancaster, most of our residents come from across the North West - many from Lancashire, Liverpool, and Greater Manchester - but we welcome referrals from all over the UK.
Littledale Hall, Littledale, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA2 9EY
Our admissions team is here to listen without judgement. Whether you're seeking help for yourself or a loved one, we're ready to guide you.
01524 771500 admissions@littledaleaddictionservices.If you need urgent help now, you don't have to wait. The following help lines can be used at anytime:
