Under Paul James' directorship, Halsway is very clearly setting out to be a national resource. I have a slight vested interest, as I'm tutoring there in late November, with Martin and Shan Graebe, on a traditional song weekend. One of the areas Martin will cover is the exploration of the Kennedy archive, details of which you can find in this thread.

There seem to be a lot of very interesting courses booked there, and I'm told it's a lovely spot, so it seems to me it would be well worth travelling the distance.

Here's the weekend I'm involved with: Singing the folk tradition