Lancaster Cohousing

Welcome to Lancaster Cohousing

Our multi award winning eco cohousing community at Forgebank consists of private homes, community facilities, workshops/offices/studios and shared outdoor space. We are around 65 adults and 18 children. We eat some meals together, make our decisions by consensus, and enjoy meeting our neighbours in our pedestrian street and the Common House. Our cosy and comfortable homes meet Passivhaus and Code for Sustainable Homes (level 6) standards, and we benefit from renewable technologies (solar, biomass and hydroelectricity). Living at Forgebank also enables us to live a lower impact lifestyle in many ways e.g. through our travel plan and shared cars, cooperative food store, shared meals and other shared resources.

This article in Positive News (p24-33) gives a good illustrated overview of what it’s like to live at Lancaster Cohousing, under the strapline ‘Know your neighbour: how cohousing could make us better citizens’.

Tours

Our upcoming tours are

• Thursday 31st October 1 - 3pm
• Saturday 9th November 1 - 3pm
• Friday 17th January 1 - 3pm

Our tours include our experience of creating and living in cohousing, the homes for sale, some technical details about the Passivhaus homes, the communal facilities, and the renewable technologies. They usually include the chance to chat with residents over refreshments in our lovely Common House.  [ Book on a tour here.]

Homes for sale or rent

There’s an opportunity to join the community whenever a home becomes available for sale or rent. See what it would mean to join the community, and what homes are currently available.

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