Come and celebrate the local apple harvest! Enjoy tasting some heritage fruit varieties and try your hand at crushing and pressing local apples to make delicious juice. Family games, crafts, apple cakes and bakes to sample. Drop in anytime 12pm – 3pm.
An introduction to basic bushcraft skills including fire lighting, knife skills, wild food, foraging and shelter building. Children under 16 must be accompanie. Please book this event. Tickets for bookable events can only be purchased through the Visitor Information Centre in Hollytrees Museum. In person at Hollytrees Museum, Castle Park,…
Join the Ranger and turn detective. Try and find out which creature has left tell-tale signs around the park. Join in with the fun and games along the way. Create your own tacks in clay to take home with you. Suitable ages 5+. Please book event. Tickets for bookable events…
Join the ranger searching for mini beasts, learn where they like to live then create your own minibeast hotel to take home. Suitable ages 4+. Please book event. Tickets for bookable events can only be purchased through the Visitor Information Centre in Hollytrees Museum. In person at Hollytrees Museum, Castle…
Come and discover the history of the landscape of High Woods. Take a walk with the Ranger and learn about the people and events that have shaped the park. Discover how the woods have been managed in the past and in the presen.
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Join us for a fun activity learning to live as nomadic tribes would have done, building dens, foraging in the forest and making dream-catchers. 6+. Please book this event. Tickets for bookable events can only be purchased through the Visitor Information Centre in Hollytrees Museum. In person at Hollytrees Museum,…
Do your teenagers like the great outdoors and want to try something a bit different? How about becoming a Ranger for the week? The days will be full of fun activities including building bird boxes, looking for animal tracks and trails, monitoring reptile and insect traps. They will get involved…
Take in the views around the Park in this gentle off-road vehicle tour with Ranger commentary along the way. Ideal for those who want to see the wider park but can’t walk as far as they would like. Please book this event. Tickets for bookable events can only be purchased…
Take in the views around the Park in this gentle off-road vehicle tour with Ranger commentary along the way. Ideal for those who want to see the wider park but can’t walk as far as they would like. Please book this event. Tickets for bookable events can only be purchased…
