Christmas Family Forest Days

Wednesday 20 and Thursday 21 December  Please note the different timings on each day. During the Christmas holidays we are running our hugely popular family activity days… Lots of fun in the great outdoors. Activities will include:  campfire and s’mores, trails, shelter building, natural art crafts Tickets include a jacket potato/soup and hot drinks in…

Wytham Woods What’s On

Wytham Woods are our neighbours – the University of Oxford’s ‘laboratory with leaves’ is a private woodland, but free to visit with a walking permit. Special education access can also be granted for groups, email: Wythamytham.woods@admin.ox.ac.uk directly for permission. Or, visit their website. The estate has been owned and maintained by the University of Oxford since…

Woodcraft and Spooncarving

Try green woodcarving and spooncarving with expert tuition in the beautiful surroundings of Hill End! Carving a wooden spoon from a simple piece of freshly cut tree branch is a deeply satisfying experience. Green wood is very yielding and all of your senses are stimulated, from the smell of fresh wood shavings being carved away…

Forest Tots at Hill End in 2023

We are delighted to host Muddy Boots Forest School for fantastic Forest Tots for preschoolers at Hill End! Muddy Boots Forest School aims to connect children and their families to nature through outdoor, child led play and exploration. Sessions use Forest School philosophy and pedagogy to create opportunities for imaginative play,developmentally appropriate risky play and…