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Spend a night in the woods with your family, learning bushcraft skills, building shelters, and lighting fires together. Guided by experienced instructors, you’ll enjoy hands-on activities, fun challenges, and opportunities to observe wildlife, making memories and gaining confidence in the outdoors. By the end of the course, you’ll all see the woodland from a new perspective.
The adventure begins with a woodland walk where you’ll learn to identify trees, plants, and animal signs while heading to your woodland camp. Once there, the group will light a communal fire and begin building shelters from natural materials, which you’ll sleep in overnight.
Lunch is prepared and cooked over the fire, followed by a session on safe knife use, where everyone will make a small tool or sculpture to take home. Firelighting practice includes traditional flint and steel, batteries and wire wool, and fire by piston. Dinner is cooked communally over the main fire and finished with hot chocolate and toasted marshmallows. After dark, you’ll take a guided night hike and, weather permitting, explore constellations, learn legends, and practice natural navigation.
Day two begins with a peaceful sit-spot in the morning sounds of the woodland before preparing breakfast over the fire. The course finishes with a creative session using natural cordage to make bracelets, necklaces, or keyrings to commemorate your experience. Private family bookings are available at both woodland sites for tailored adventures.
South London Woods, on the Surrey–Croydon boundary, provides accessible yet secluded woodland perfect for family bushcraft activities. Its mix of open grassland, coppice, and ancient tree plantations offers varied environments for shelter building, firelighting, and wildlife observation.
Private courses can also be booked at the South Wales woodland in the Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) National Park. This location offers more remote terrain and a larger area to explore, ideal for families seeking an immersive overnight adventure in nature.
Families sleep in the shelters they have built themselves, using tarps or natural materials, giving a hands-on outdoor sleeping experience. Sleeping bags and closed-cell foam mats are recommended to ensure warmth and comfort throughout the night.
The woodland environment allows for a full night immersed in nature, with birdsong and the sounds of nocturnal wildlife as your backdrop. Instructors provide guidance and support to ensure safety, making it a secure and enjoyable first overnight experience for children and adults alike.
No previous bushcraft experience is necessary. Families should be prepared for outdoor activity in variable weather and able to manage walking and practical tasks as part of the course.
All participants should bring personal kit as per the one-day course list, plus additional items for overnight comfort, including sleeping bags, mats, and suitable clothing. Guidance from instructors ensures everyone can safely take part in all activities.
The instructors bring years of experience in bushcraft and family outdoor education, offering hands-on guidance for all skill levels. Their expertise ensures that every family gains confidence in firelighting, shelter building, and outdoor cooking while having fun together.
Small group sizes allow personalised attention, ensuring children and adults alike get the support they need. Courses focus on safety, practical learning, and enjoyment, leaving families with skills, memories, and confidence to continue exploring the outdoors together.
Children aged 8 and above are welcome to participate, with one adult able to accompany up to two children. On special dates, younger participants aged 14+ may attend if accompanied by an adult.
The course is designed to engage families as a group, ensuring activities are suitable for children while remaining stimulating and safe for adults. Instructors provide guidance tailored to different ages and abilities.
No prior experience is necessary. The course introduces shelter building, firelighting, and outdoor cooking from scratch, making it suitable for complete beginners.
Experienced participants can also benefit by refining their skills with expert instruction and learning techniques they may not have tried before. The small group size ensures personalised guidance for all skill levels.
Each participant should bring a sleeping bag, closed-cell foam mat, pillow or clothing bundle, and warm, waterproof layers. Comfortable walking boots and extra clothing are essential for staying warm and dry overnight.
Other items include a torch with spare batteries, water bottle, personal first aid kit, wash kit, and any personal medication. A rucksack is needed to carry your kit to the woodland camp, approximately a 20-minute walk from parking.
Yes, meals from lunch on day one through breakfast on day two are included. Breakfast and dinner are prepared over the communal fire, while lunch involves hands-on outdoor cooking to practice skills learned.
Participants are encouraged to bring snacks for energy between meals, and hot water is available for tea or other drinks if you bring a personal brew kit. Dietary requirements should be communicated in advance.
Participants sleep in shelters they help construct during the course, using natural materials or provided tarps. This gives a hands-on experience of wilderness living and shelter-building skills.
Instructors provide guidance on selecting a safe and suitable location, and small groups ensure that all families receive support in creating secure, comfortable shelters for the night.
After dinner, families may take part in a guided night hike to observe nocturnal wildlife, including bats and, occasionally, badgers. Participants also practise natural navigation using stars and learn about constellations and their stories.
These activities are fully supervised, safe, and adapted to the abilities of all participants. They provide a memorable outdoor experience and reinforce the practical bushcraft skills learned during the day.
The course involves walking, shelter building, firelighting, and cooking over open fires. While not highly strenuous, participants should be comfortable on uneven terrain and able to engage in practical tasks for extended periods.
Breaks are included, and the pace is adapted to the abilities of children and adults, ensuring everyone can participate fully without feeling overwhelmed.
Instructors supervise all activities closely, including shelter building, firelighting, knife use, and night walks. Safety briefings are provided at the start of the course, and equipment is checked for suitability and condition.
All practical exercises are conducted in a controlled, supportive environment, with clear guidance on risk management. Children’s activities are designed to be safe yet engaging, while adults receive instruction tailored to their skill level and experience.
About the centre
South London
Operated by Pippin & Gile Bushcraft & Foraging Courses, a partner of adventuro.
Surrey, East and West Sussex, United Kingdom
From £175
Surrey, East and West Sussex, United Kingdom
From £89
