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Special trails through the
ancient woodland allow you to find its magical corners.
Amazing springtime bluebells, the enchantment of Forest Folklore, the
autumn harvest of the Chestnut Trail and Fungus Hunts, and the delights of Christmas.
Explore our interactive trail around the ancient woods and discover the folklore of trees and plants. Find out how artists and poets have responded to the beauty and wildness of the woods. Take inspiration from what you find, write your own poem for our competition, and enjoy messing about with charcoal drawing, sculpture and leaf collage as you make your way round the mile-long trail.
1st June – 31st Aug
Usual admission prices, plus optional £1 activity pack.
See last year's gallery here.
Sculptor Janine Creaye, whose work features on the Folklore Trail, is running a two-day carving course at the Wood in September. Click here for details.
Walk in the woods and gather tree seed to identify, take home and plant. Part of the Tree Council's Seed Gathering Season.
Sunday 26 October 10am-5.30pm
Usual admission prices plus an optional £1 seed guide.
Choose from a range of courses and walks, from a family fun walk to an all day adults course. Run by local expert Anne Yarrow.
Woodland fungi -
Death or Dinner?
Hunt for fungi with Anne Yarrow, discovering the world of woodland toadstools. Know a blusher from a stinkhorn and a tasty dinner from certain death! Please book
Sep 25, Oct 23, 30 all 10.30 – 12.30
Oct 13 2.15-4.15
Adults £15, Conc £13.50, Child (6-15) £7
Fungal fry-up
Hunting, identifying and cooking our woodland harvest. Please book
October 9, 21 10am-1pm
Adults £45 Concs £42 with a glass of bubbly and nibbles
Family fungi hunt
A special fungus foray for the whole family to enjoy, especially children. Please book
October 3, 27 2.00-3.30pm
Adults £8 Conc £7 Child (4-15) £5
Fungi for starters
A day course for beginners. Learn what they are, how to identify them and which are edible.
October 5, 16 10am – 4pm
Adults £80 Concs £75
Includes a vegetarian lunch with local ingredients.
Enjoy an autumn ramble through ancient chestnut coppice. Discover the history and uses of the sweet chestnut and gather a few to take home and roast....
The barn will be serving chestnut soup and chestnut cakes throughout the season, and there will be an opportunity to try your hand at working with sweet chestnut wood.
Throughout October.
Usual admission prices.
Find the perfect tree and the decorations and gifts to match.
Reserve and cut your own from our plantation within the wood or choose from hundreds of locally sourced ready cut trees in the yard.
Warm up in the barn with hot soups, drinks, and mince pies warmed on the log stoves and do a little Christmas shopping.
Click on our Christmas page for full details.
Enjoy the best of the spring flowers with special trails through the ancient woodland.
Starry white wood anemones, swathes of bluebells and golden celandines, with the bright green of spring leaves opening overhead.
Walks are roughly a mile, half a mile or a quarter of a mile.
Mid-April - mid May, depending on season.
Usual admission prices.
