About Us
Bōkan is shaped by the people, place and philosophy behind it.
Created by Lord and Lady Northampton at Castle Ashby, it brings together decades of lived and professional experience with the history, landscape and quiet rhythm of the estate.
Discover the founders’ approach, the land that holds Bōkan and everything you need to plan your visit.
Lord and Lady Northampton
Lord Northampton has spent nearly sixty years exploring subtle energy fields, frequency and the relationship between people and place. His work informs Bōkan’s distinctive philosophy of resonance, balance and the Castle Ashby landscape.
Lady Northampton is a dually accredited UKCP
and BACP psychotherapist with four decades of clinical practice, specialising in eating disorders
and women’s psychological health. Lady Northampton’s approach is rooted in the belief that clinical and holistic practice need not be separate, Her work draws on trauma-informed practice, yoga, somatic and sensory awareness, forest therapy
and coaching.
At Bōkan, these perspectives come together to create space for reflection, reconnection and meaningful personal change.
Castle Ashby
Set on a powerful ley line, Castle Ashby has been home to the Compton family since 1512. Its living estate brings together historic woodland, water, and a village shaped by generations of people who have called it home.
Here, heritage is not simply preserved; it is lived in, cared for and woven into the rhythm of every stay. Guests of Bōkan are invited to slow down and spend time across the estate, from the Orangery and formal gardens to the clear open-water swimming lake, set within Capability Brown’s beautifully designed landscape.
Getting There
Bōkan sits in the heart of England, but approximately ninety minutes north of London, yet surrounded by the stillness of the estate, village, gardens and woodland.
Lady Northampton describes the experience as stepping out of city life and into “another land,” without travelling a real distance. Private parking
and charging ports are available on-site, Northampton and Wellingborough stations
are close by.
London Luton, Heathrow and Birmingham airports are within reach for international flights
