Padmaloka Retreat Centre
Surlingham, Norfolk, England · 1976–2018
Padmaloka — 'lotus abode' — was Sangharakshita's primary residence for much of his FWBO years, a former farm in the village of Surlingham, Norfolk, purchased in 1976. He wrote and taught there, led ordination retreats, and kept his personal library in the room below his first-floor study. The grounds included a lily pond, gravelled drive, rose beds, and lawns over which swallows skimmed on summer evenings.
