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Twiggy and Rod making a set of dining chairs in the workshop
Making a set of chairs in the workshop at The Woodland Skills Centre

Dressing out coppice hazel in Warren Woods ready for hurdle making
Working in Warren Woods preparing coppice hazel for making hurdles

The Woodland Skills Centre Team
The Woodland Skills Centre Team running workshops at the Glastonbury Festival 2010

A family holiday in the woods
A Family holiday in the Woods

A family holiday in the woods
A Family holiday in the Woods

post and rung stool
Post and rung stool made by a course student - frame out of ash and seating of woven elm bark


Ash frame chairs with woven elm bark seating

 

Canolfan Crefftau'r Goedwig
Woodland Skills Centre

Coppice, Greenwood,
Woodland and Traditional Craft Courses,
Bushcraft Courses, Family Holidays,
Birthday Parties and Holiday Club ... 2012

Located in the heart of an "Area of Oustanding Natural Beauty" ( AONB ) in the Clwydian Hills in Denbighshire, just 6 miles from Denbigh and 10 miles from Mold, Woodland Skills Centre offer a wide range of woodland courses to suit all ages, abilities and interests.
Just browse the calendar of events below and book your courses online now!

Click on any course for further details

Date Month Spaces Course Cost Deposit
25-26 February   Introduction to Green Woodwork £100 £50
3 March   Willow Plant Support £55 £30
4 March   Gypsy Crafts £50 £25
4 March Full Make a Rustic Stool £50 £25
10 March Full Managing a Small Woodland £50 £25
11 March Full Practical Woodland Tasks £50 £25
23-25 March Full Oak Swill Baskets £180 £90
31 March Full Introduction to Pole-lathe work £55 £30
31 March   Wooden Plant Labels £50 £25
31-1 March-April Full Bushcraft - Introduction £95 £50
1 April Full Introduction to Bee-Keeping £55 £30
2-6 April Full Holiday Club    
7 April Full Adventure Day in the Woods    
8-9 April Full Make a Shave-Horse 2 £100 £50
14-15 April Full Wood Carving 1 £130 £65
14-15 April   Bushcraft - Working with Wood £95 £50
21-22 April Full Basket-Making 1 £110 £55
28-29 April Full Introduction to Green Woodwork £100 £50
24 April Full Charcoal burning £40 £20
28 April   Willow Plant Support £55 £30
6 May Full Gypsy Crafts £50 £25
29 April Full Make a Shave-Horse 1 £60 £30
30-4 April - May Full Timber Frame Building £360 £180
5-7 May Full Post and Rung Stool £150 £75
15 May Full Charcoal burning £40 £20
19-20 May 1 space Home Chainsaw £110 £55
19-20 May Full Make a Shave-Horse 2 £100 £50
26-27 May 1 Space Willow Animal Sculpture £140 £70
26-27 May 1 Space Make a Pole-Lathe £140 £70
2 June Spaces Introduction to Pole-lathe work £55 £30
4-8 June Spaces Holiday Club    
9-10 June 1 Space Bushcraft - Hunting and Trapping £95 £50
9-14 June Spaces Make a Welsh Stick Chair £400 £200
22-24 June Spaces Make your own Coracle £180 £90
23-24 June Spaces Coppice Crafts £100 £50
7-8 July Spaces Basket-Making 2 £110 £55
14-15 July Spaces Home Chainsaw £110 £55
15 July Spaces Make a Rustic Stool £50 £25
28-29 July Spaces Family Week-End in the Woods    
30-3 July - Aug Spaces Holiday Club    
3-5 August Spaces Wood Carving 2 £175 £90
4-5 August Spaces Bushcraft - Introduction £95 £50
6-10 August Spaces Bushcraft - Woodsman Week £320 £160
11-15 August Spaces Family Week in the Woods    
18-22 August Spaces Greenwood Crafts Week £250 £125
27-31 August Spaces Holiday Club    
1-2 September Spaces Ancient Technologies £140 £70
8-9 September Spaces Make a Shave-Horse 2 £100 £50
15 September Spaces Adventure Day in the Woods    
15-16 September Spaces Make a Pole-Lathe £140 £70
22-23 September Spaces Introduction to Green Woodwork £100 £50
29 September Spaces Managing a Small Woodland £50 £25
30 September Spaces Growing Trees from Seed £50 £25
30 September Spaces Introduction to Pole-lathe work £55 £30
13-14 October Spaces Apple Days £10 £5
20 October Spaces Make Bird Feeders £50 £25
21 October Spaces Make Bird Nest Boxes £50 £25
27-28 October Spaces Hedge-Laying £100 £50
27-28 October Spaces Bushcraft - Tracking and Fieldcraft £95 £50
29-2 Oct - Nov Spaces Holiday Club    
           
           
           


The Warren, Bodfari, Denbigh, LL16 4DT
Telephone Day: 01745 710626
Evenings: 01745 710477
Mobile: 07711 472033
email: enquiries@woodlandskillscentre.co.uk

Woodland Skills Centre is part of Warren Woods Ltd, Social Enterprise Company Reg 07176786
©Warren Woods 2011-2012

Twiggy making a chair leg
"Bill Hogarth Coppice Apprentice" Twiggy making a chair leg

Cooking over a camp fire in Bushcraft course
Cooking over the Camp-Fire

post and rung stool course 2007
Post and Rung Stool Course

basket making course 2006
Basket making Course


Demonstrating coppice and greenwood crafts at a show