DofE Skills Section - Woodland Skills
Book a place
To book this course at High Ashurst click on the highlighted date on the calendar.
A box will appear below which will show live availability. The course runs bi-weekly over three months on alternate Sundays and the 7 dates are: 11 January, 25 January, 8 February, 22 February, 8 March, 22 March and 12 April 2026.
The course
This is a an opportunity to learn more about bushcraft skills and living outdoors while satisfying the DofE criteria for all levels, Bronze, Silver and Gold. High Ashurst is a 56 acre site surrounded by woodland. You will spend around 2.5 hours per session in the outdoors. If you are under 23 you can join the training even if you aren't enrolled on DofE.
If you book a morning course the timings are 9.30am to 12.00pm and if an afternoon session is booked this runs from 1:00pm until 3:30pm.
Please note - this course needs a minimum of 8 people to run. We will be in touch 2 weeks before the start date to let you know if we don't have enough participants for the course to run.
