BEDROOMS
8/9 ensuites
every room private
OUTDOORS
Pool + hot tub
saltwater · seats 14–16
ON-SITE ACTIVITIES
20+
pickleball · tennis · golf · more
CERTIFIED
Qualmark Gold
4 star plus · light footprint
Eight/nine ensuite bedrooms. Saltwater pool. A pickleball court, tennis court, and a wood-fired pizza oven. More activities than you can fit in a weekend.
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THE PROPERTY
Hard to know where inside ends and outside begins.
Eight ensuite bedrooms — plus a ninth for groups of 17 or more. Two fully equipped kitchens. A dining table that seats the whole group. Cathedral ceilings, a log fire, and bifold doors that open onto open Hawke’s Bay farmland. Plus 20+ on-site activities — from the new pickleball court to a croquet lawn, putting green, pool table, and large lawn with soccer goals.
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Gather
Whatever brings your group together.
Family reunions, golf trips, corporate retreats, weddings, pickleball weekends, and cycling holidays.
One property. Every kind of occasion.
The whole group. One house. Hawke’s Bay.
ABOUT
A property looked after by someone who genuinely loves it.
Lawn Road Retreat is privately owned and personally looked after by Pen Cropper. It’s not managed by a corporation or run from a distance — Pen knows the property well, cares about who stays here, and is personally involved in making every group feel looked after.
The retreat has a Qualmark Gold rating and a reputation for repeat guests — families who come back for milestone birthdays, golf groups who make it an annual trip, couples who’ve discovered it’s the best base in Hawke’s Bay.
— Pen Cropper, Owner
HAWKE’S BAY
Five minutes to the cycle trail and iconic wineries. Twenty-two to Cape Kidnappers.
Wineries, golf courses, restaurants, and the Saturday farmers market. Everything Hawke’s Bay is known for — New Zealand’s food and wine capital — right on your doorstep.
★★★★★ EXCELLENT · 55+ GOOGLE REVIEWS
★★★★★
“We booked Lawn Road for my 70th birthday with my five children, their partners and six grandchildren and it was the best decision ever. Everything was top-notch from the linen on the beds to the amazingly equipped kitchen, the swimming pool and hot tub which we lived in… Pen was so welcoming and accommodating and made everything very comfortable for us. It was a dream come true.”
SUE · Google Review
★★★★★
“I have just had a wonderful 5 days at Lawn Road Retreat with friends. They have thought of everything! The evening spent sitting under blankets around the outside fire was perfect. We used the large meeting room as a yoga studio. The owner Pen was incredibly welcoming and helpful. We sincerely wished we had been there for two weeks instead of one.”
WENDY FORD · Google Review
★★★★★
“Our family of 18 (ranging from 4 months to 70s) stayed for a week recently. It was everything and more than we expected. Bedrooms were generous and numerous (9 with en-suites)… Because the facilities were so amazing we only left the property to go on the numerous bike trails 5 minutes from the house. The hosts made us very welcome. We are already planning another visit.”
JILL SYMONDS · Google Review
★★★★★
All sixteen of us, from Grandma to our toddler, had a wonderful family holiday at Lawn Road. Each family took turns cooking dinner — from BBQs, pizza ovens to top-of-the-range kitchen facilities. One of our 9-year-old’s went to bed on the last night sobbing and begging to stay another week.”
BARBARA PARKER · Google Review
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