A friend of mine done a retreat with Bhante Boddhidhamma at the Satipanya Centre.
Bhante BodhiDhamma practised intensively for many years in the Mahasi tradition in Sri Lanka and is a good teacher.
http://www.satipanya.org.uk/
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Burmese Mahasi Temple in Manchester, Salford.
http://www.saraniya.org.uk/
At most Burmese temples they change the teacher sayadaw according to their visa situation.
The previous teacher, 2008, at the Manchester-Salford temple was Sayadaw U Nanujhota. He was good.
I dont know about the quality of the teacher for 2009 onwards as I have not visited since U NanaJhota left.
In December 2010 the Salford Mahasi temple is having a 10 day intensive retreat.
In 2010 the monks attendant ( in Burmese called " Daiaka" ) speaks good English. The Daiaka's change frequently according to their visa situation.
Saraniya is a good place to do intensive practise if you are committed to doing it.
If any Burmese ask you to do work to help the temple e.g. paint the walls etc feel free to politely to tactfully side step the request.
They got me painting all the walls before U Pandita was scheduled to visit.
I wont recommend any Goenka places as I know too many people who had negative consequences from the intensity of the practise they were to quickly subjected to.
My friend had to ram a Goenka Centre gate with his car to escape from the retreat. They would not let him leave.
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Samye Ling Scotland.
http://www.samyeling.org/
Sometimes offers Tibetan style Vipasshana courses.
They sometimes also offer Shamatha courses too. ( pronounced Shin-ey)
The resident Lama, Lama Yeshe, ( now called Yeshe Rimpoche) is an attained meditator. My friend done a cloistered 3 year retreat there.
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Gaia House
http://www.gaiahouse.co.uk/
Offers many guided-group retreats as well as work retreats, solitary retreats, and live in spaces too.
A few miles along the road from Gaia House is The Barn.
http://www.sharphamtrust.org/barn/
which similarly as Gaia House offers a variety of practise opportunities.
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Amaravati
http://www.amaravati.org/abmnew/index.php
Is an Ajhaan Cha Thai Forest Tradition monastery previously run by Ajhaan Sumedho.
In 2010 Ajhaan Sumedho retired to Thailand.
On average there are at least 10 ordained sangha members here.
In 2009 about half of the female monastics left Amaravti as Ajhaan Sumedho and the Thai Forest Sangha denied the female renunciates ( 10 preceptors, Sila Dharra's ) the opportunities to become full Bhikkhuni's. Allegedly they went to numerous temples in various counties seeking full Bhikkhuni ordination.
Sangha split opens door for women;
http://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/27667/sangha-split-opens-doors-for-women
#1 Why Bhikkhuni ordination;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZiQaemiZDI
Amaravati offers the occasional practise retreat and is a work-practise environment e.g. work is practise.
I heartily recommend it.
There are numerous other smaller Ajhaan Cha tradition temples in the UK. They are much smaller than Amaravati and you will live in close proximity to the others there.
They are not good for intensive style Vipassana but are very good for combining work with practise.
At Aruna Ratnagirhi, the teacher Ajhann Munindo, will tell you he is an old hippy, I found him to be very inspiring.
Many folks like him. He is now a highly esteemed senior monk.
There is space for about 4 monastics ( male only I think ) and 2-3 lay folks. I think male only.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aruna_Ratanagiri
Chithurst is a training monaster for Bhikkhus and female 10 precept keepers, Siladharras.
http://www.cittaviveka.org/index2.htm
There is space for about 20 monastics and a few lay people.
I hope the above info may be of some use.
Shendy.
