Our Bushcraft Courses

Bushcraft & Wilderness Skills Courses in Derbyshire & The Peak District

We may not list many courses, but we can offer everything you may need. Our introductory courses allow you to get a taste of what’s involved, whet your appetite for adventure and see where it can take you. Then maybe take it further.

We will be adding more courses as we go but if you have a specific requirement just get in touch, just because it’s not listed doesn’t mean we won’t do it or that it’s going to be expensive for us to put it on specifically for you. If your looking at a career in the outdoors, we can provide training at the correct level for you to work towards the IOL Bushcraft Competency Certificate.

We can provide businesses with a relaxed team building day or something with a more competitive angle but still working on your teams development. We will work with you to allow your team to learn more about themselves and each other.
Stag and Hen parties are welcome, we can tune the day to suit your requirements.
For schools we can provide activities linked to the curriculum for KS2, 3 & 4. Using the outdoors to build on students knowledge, personal wellbeing, confidence, self esteem and resilience.
We also pledge to plant a tree for each course we run, it doesn’t matter how many people are on it. We want our woodlands to thrive so we can continue enjoying them.

Bushcraft & Wilderness Skills Courses

Please choose an option below for more details, pick a course or contact us to make your own course with private tuition.

Bushcraft Skills Courses Derbyshire, Wilderness Skills Courses Derbyshire, woodland survival skills, bushcraft training

Introduction to Bushcraft

Step out into the woods and create some memories while learning new skills

Tools, Trees & Tinder

An ideal follow on from our Introduction to Bushcraft course

Family Bushcraft Day

Let the family escape from the house and have a family adventure having fun and learning stuff!

Tarps, Natural Nav
and Man made tinders

The ideal follow on from our Introduction to Bushcraft

Game Preparation
and Cooking course

Learn how to and get hands on experience of gutting, skinning/plucking!

Bushcraft Weekend Course

Learn the skills required to setup a wild camp while reducing your impact on the environment.

3 Day Introduction to Canoe / Bushcraft Course

Combine two activities for a journey into wild camping.

Seasonal Wildfood course

Come and join us for a day of learning

Canoes, Campcraft & Castles

A 4 day canoe expedition in the Highlands of Scotland

Family Tools & Crafts

Learn the safe use of tools in a woodland setting and create some craft items to take away

Primitive Bone Tools Course

Step out into the woods and learn about how our ancestors used bones to create tools from the simple needle to harpoon heads.

Introduction to Lacto-fermentation course

Explore the wonderful world of lacto-fermatation and make some tasty healthy foods.

Introduction to Tracking course

Introduction to the concepts of animal tracking, giving you an awareness of your surroundings and animal habitats

Primitive Fire Course

Find how our ancestors made and used fire, how different materials were prepared and used.

Private Bushcraft course

Quality time to develop your skills. We can custom build you a course to fit your requirement's

Family or Adults Only Courses

Our listed courses typically have a family option as well so you can chose an adult’s only course or one where the kids can join in. For family courses the lower age is typically 8 years, however younger children may be able to attend depending on a few things, just ask. There is no upper age for family courses as we accept some people just never grow up!

Friendly instructors

We have been in your position so understand how you will feel at times while trying new skills. We will take as much time as possible to make sure you understand and reach your potential. We take pleasure in seeing people achieving success through doing not just watching. Our teaching style is open and friendly.

Attitude

We believe that attitude towards the environment as well as our subject matter is important. We are friendly but not soft, you need a certain degree of strength when the weather is not so good to achieve some things and good weather is not something we can guarantee so come prepared!

Practice does indeed make perfect

We don’t cram as much into our courses as possible, we believe you need time to practice to get the most from your skills. It doesn’t mean, however, that there will be lots of time sitting around, you will be busy. With high contact time from your instructor it will also change that statement to perfect practice makes perfect, no point in practicing something wrong!

Booking

Get in touch! We like to talk to people before we send booking information out to make sure that you know what to expect. Booking forms will then be emailed out along with a recommended kit list and location details. Please return booking forms promptly to ensure your place on the course.

Schools

We can come to you and deliver sessions to cover KS1 & KS2 subjects to fit in with the national curriculum but in a fun and enjoyable way.

We can also provide sessions tailored to meet with curriculum needs for the STEM subjects in KS3 & KS4.

Great value for money, when you saw what the kids learnt and how much fun we all had.

I thought it was pitched brilliantly for the age of the children, more challenging and more involved than I was expecting and much better for it. The way you managed to get 7 children all safely having a go at starting their own fires... meanwhile the big fire getting toasty for the marshmallows etc, the perfect way to end a party. We could have had fun for 4 hours easily, it felt a shame to end.
Gail
I had a great time on the Level 1 Bushcraft course!

The weather was miserable but Peter was attentive and good humoured, always had a brew on over the fire and made sure that the activities could be done under the canopy as well as in the rain!
Learnt lots of new skills and Peter told us about the benefits of various trees and bushes without it being dry. Peter also took photos and gave us access to the box so we could re-live the memories from the comfort of the sofa! I hope his new woodland offers even more!
Hannah, Introduction to Bushcraft 1 day course
Thank you so much for today. It was wonderful - I don't think it could have been better.

Callum was going to phone you to say thank you but he fell asleep!!
Laura Hill, Introduction to Bushcraft Day
Bushcraft isn’t all about fire but we all know that’s the most rewarding skill to learn; I have since gone on to make fire by bow drill on my own after this course!

I was bought a day course from my sister for a Christmas present to attend Red Oak Bushcraft day course and I only have positive praise for the course and Peter, the instructor. The course was organised but relaxed and Peter was never far away to offer advice when required. I learnt a lot for a relatively short Bushcraft course.
Graham Chesterfield, Introduction to Bushcraft 1 day course
All of the students were super proud of themselves because they could light fire without matches and told their teachers and friends how it’s done!

M Lomas, Buxton Community School, Introduction to Bushcraft Day
You were brilliant company, and a brilliant bush craft aficionado!

Just wanted to say thank you so much for such a fantastic day!! We all enjoyed every minute of it - both us adults the bigger kids and even Gracie! The kids started the fires each night in our cottage with the fire steels and we all now are professional fire starters so thanks for those skills too!
Kirsty Collings, Family Bushcraft Day
A really fun way to spend some quality family time, thanks!

We went on a fantastic family bushcraft day with Red Oak Bushcrafts. It was really well paced day that the whole family (my wife & I and our 2 children aged 6 & 7) thoroughly enjoyed. The kids were never bored and stayed well engaged while we felt that we were also learning something worthwhile.
John Hobson, Family Bushcraft Day
The brownies had a great time firelighting in the woods!

They had to use their communication and teamwork skills to enable them to light their own little fires. After the initial whole group instruction, the leaders took the time to show each group how to practice and develop their firelighting skills. It was a very informal setting but they still covered literacy and numeracy skills and also re-enforced manners from the brownies! The brownies got to toast their marshmallows at the end and sing a campfire song. Definitely be back!
Brown Owl Methodist Brownies, Buxton, Private Booking