hidden woods

Hidden away in the trees near Farleigh Hungerford, just off the A36 yet a world from the tarmac, this woodland retreat teaches the old crafts with rare enthusiasm. Days here are spent coaxing sparks into flame, building shelters, foraging along the woodland floor and learning to read the land as your ancestors did. The sheer volume of glowing reviews speaks to instructors who make every visitor feel capable and unhurried. Children leave muddy and beaming, adults leave quietly changed. It is the kind of place where a single afternoon rewires how you see the countryside.

An independently run woodland school with an extraordinary depth of praise, delivering hands-on days that families and curious adults talk about long afterwards.

• Family Adventure
• Learn Something New
• Adventure
• Nature Lovers