COPPICE ASSOCIATION North West
Contact details for other Coppice and Greenwood-related organisations, course and event providers in the UK and Ireland:
NOTES - 1. all the information below is given in good
faith but may be subject to unnotified change and CANW accepts no responsibility
for such changes. Please inform CANW of any errors or amendments to the listings,
we shall be pleased to correct them.
2. CANW would be pleased to receive further information from other course providers
for inclusion in this list at
canw@coppicenorthwest.org.uk
3. Organisations and individuals are listed by country in which they are based
- they may well operate nationally and/or away from base
4. To the best of our knowledge rganisations marked M
are membership
organisations or accept volunteers: please inform us if we are in error - in
either direction!
Last update 14-Nov-2004
ENGLAND
Amazon Nails; Barbara Jones, 554, Burnley Road, Todmorden
OL14 8JF Tel 01706 814696
Specialists in roofing and straw bale buildings
Bill Hogarth MBE Memorial Apprenticeship Trust, 93 Silverdale
Road, Yealand Redmayne, nr Carnforth, Lancashire Tel 01524 781 375
WEB Site at www.coppiceapprenticeship.org.uk
Runs an annual 'Woodland Pioneers' week in South Lakeland for those interested
in looking at coppice and greenwood working as a full or part-time future: also
takes on full-time Apprentices for a three-year programme
Brereton Heath Country Park Contemporary Country Craft Days;
between Holmes Chapel and Congleton, Cheshire Tel 01477 534115
1999 programme included willow work, wood sculpture & carving, stone sculpture
& carving, textiles and environmental arts
BTCV, Brockhole, Windermere, Cumbria LA23 IU Tel.015394443098
Information about North West England activities and courses is on theeir WEB
Site at www.btcv.org.uk/northwest
Carbotech Ltd (Don Kelley), 72 Woodstock Road Loxley
Sheffield S6 6TG 0114 2344932 0114 2344932
M Coppice
Association North West, c/o Cumbria Woodlands, Rayrigg Meadow,
Bowness on Windermere, Cumbria
LA23 1BP Tel&Fax 01539 723325 Email canw@coppicenorthwest.org.uk
'A Weekend in the Woods' of courses and public activities is run each
August, usually at a South Lakeland venue
Cumbria Woodlands, Rayrigg Meadow, Bowness on Windermere,
Cumbria LA23 1BP
Tel&Fax 015394 88802 Email
mail@cumbriawoodlands.co.uk
M Dane Valley Coppice Crafts Group, 77 Sandbach Road, North Alsager, Stoke on Trent Staffs ST7 2AP 01270 875464
M Dorset Coppice Group, Jack Beckett DCG, Henning View, Newton Farm, melcombe Bingham, Dorchester DT2 7PY
M Forestry Contracting Association, Dalfling, Blairduff, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire AB51 5LA Tel 01467 651368 Email members@fcauk.com Website www.fcauk.com They have a Charcoal section.
Great North Forest A wide range of courses is available.
Telephone for details and booking to
Maurice Pyle (Woodsmith), 107, Queen’s Road, Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear
NE26 3AT
Tel. 0191 25240645
M Greenwood Trust, Station Road, Coalbrookdale, Telford, Shropshire TF8 7DR Tel 01952 432769 Email gwt@greenwoodtrust.org.uk Website www.greenwoodtrust.org.uk
Owen Jones, Spout Meadow, High Nibthwaite, Ulverston,
Cumbria LA12 8DF Tel 01229 885664
Specialist in oak swill baskets
Lancashire Woodlands, Paul Bullimore, Project Officer, Lancashire
County Council, Environmental Directorate, Guild House, Cross Street, Preston
P1 8RD
Tel 01772 263917 Fax 01772 2673423 Email paul.bullimore@env.lancscc.gov.uk
Gudrun Leitz, Greenwood Courses, Hill Farm, Stanley Hill, Bosbury,
Herefordshire HR8 1HE
Tel & Fax 01531 640125
A wide range of courses available; usually between April and October
Martin Lennon, MPL Arbor & Forestry Services,
9, Broad Oak Lane, Penwortham, Preston, Lancs PR1 0UX
Tel 01772 742199
Aboriculture and forestry training - chainsaw and charcoal courses
Walter Lloyd, Lakeland Willows, Fair View Lane, Staveley in Cartmel,
Ulverston, Cumbria LA12 8NS
Mobile : 07740053794
Consultancy and a wide range of courses
Marches Greenwood Network, 9 Castle Park, Kilpeck, Herefordshire HR2 9DN 01981 570333
The Mersey Forest Tel 01925 816217
Email josayer@merseyforest.org.uk
WEB Site www.themerseyforest.org.uk
M Middle Wood Centre,
Middle Wood, Roeburndale West, Lancaster LA2 8QX Tel. 01524221880
Email middlewood@lancaster.ac.uk;details
of activities on their WEB Site www.marketsite.co.uk/middlewd
National School of Forestry, University
of Central Lancashire, Cumbria Campus, Newton Rigg, , Penrith,
Cumbria CA11 0AH Tel 017678 863791 Fax 01768 867249 Email info@newtonrigg.ac.uk
Details of short courses and of full- and part-time courses from BTEC First
to BSc(Hons) level on their WEB Site www.newtonrigg.ac.uk
Colin Norman, Wildlife Wizardry, c/o 9 Kent Park
Avenue, Kendal, Cumbria LA9 5JT Tel 01539 722667 Mobile 0831 819352 Pager(Message)
01523 112473
Tailor-made courses for 9-13 age range; woodland familiarisation, basic woodland
ecology and management in an enjoyable and informal manner.
Northwoods the Upland Northumbria Woodland Initiative www.northwoods.org.uk
Tino Rawnsley, Rawnsley Woodland Products, Waverley, Burlawn,
Wadebridge, Cornwall PZ27 7LD
Tel&Fax 01208 813490 Email info@cornishwoodland.co.ukWebsite
www.cornishwoodland.co.uk
currently offers courses in chair making, coracles, longbow making, and basic
and more advanced Greenwood working
Rebecca Oaks, 93, Silverdale Road, Yealand Redmayne,
Carnforth, Lancs LA5 9TD Tel 01524 781375
Range of courses and demonstrations, especially coracle making
Red Rose Forest, Community Forest Centre, Dock Office,
Trafford Road, Salford Quays, Manchester M5 2XB
Tel 0161 872 1660 Fax 0161 872 1680 Email team@redroseforest.co.uk
WEB Site www.nwnet.co.uk/redroseforest
Alan Shepley, EDDA 108, Bellingham Road, Kendal,
Cumbria LA9 5JU Tel & Fax 01539 723325
Email alanshepley@classicfm.net
WEB
Site www.users.classicfm.net/alanshepley/eddaindex.htm
Illustrated talks and courses on woodland ecology, history, forestry and wood
processing
Colin Simpson, Larch Bank,Burneside, Kendal, Cumbria Tel 01539
733869
Tuition on crafts, conservation, coppicing, sustainable woodland management;
illustrated talks
M Small Woods Association, The Old Bakery, Pondesbury, Shropshire Tel 01743 792644 Fax 01743 792655 Email enquiries@smallwoods.org.uk WEB site www.smallwoods.org.uk
Somerset Coppice Crafts 5, Seavale Road, Clevedon, Somerset BS21 7QB 01275 874437 01275 341129
M Sussex & Surrey Coppice
Group Secretary, Rose Younger, Traditional Woodland Services ,23
,Long Reach ,West Horsley ,Surrey KT24 6LZ 01483 285917 01483 285917 younger111@aol.com
Three Ridings Coppice Group, Pear Tree Cottage Whitwell
on the Hill York YO60 7JJ 01653 618892
www.threeridings.org.uk
M Tree Spirit,
c/o 82, Kingston Road, Earlsdon, Coventry CV5 6LR
The principle alms of Tree Spirit are to protect and conserve trees and woodlands
through the land, to create new woods and to promote a greater understanding
of all matters related to trees With our literature we hope to create a deeper
sense of awareness and affection for trees. woods and the natural environment
as a whole.
Trees have a great deal to offer human beings besides their raw materials. We
aim to show this through their undeniable beauty and splendour, as well as recognisng
the inner peace and understanding that can be gained by quietly meditating amongst
them.
Tree Spirit is neither politically nor religiously biased and we hope we cross
these artificial divides. Tree Spirit enables its members to express their spirituality
with relation to the land, nature and the earth, in whatever faith they choose.
We welcome any articles. poems, drawings, letters or stories and legends based
on the theme of trees, Mother Earth and the natural world.
Wessex Coppice Group Vale
Farm Monkwood nr Alresford Hampshire SO24 OHD 01962 772030 01962 773500
A very interesting WEB Site at www.coppice.org.uk
Woodland Craft Supplies, Windsor's Cottage, Felixstowe Ferry,
Suffolk IP11 9RZ Email woodland@fxferry.demon.co.uk
Website www.fxferry.demon.co.uk
Willowpool Designs, 9, Weston Houses, Endmoor, Kendal,
Cumbria LA Tel 015396 67056
Email sfwithy@hotmail.com
Details on their WEB Site at
www.browser.to/willowpooldesigns
Yorwoods the Yorkshire Woodland Initiative www.yorwoods.co.uk
SCOTLAND
M
Argyll Green Woodworkers Association
Contact: Gordon Gray Stephens, Middlehill, Lochgilphead, Argyll
PA31 8NY
Tel 01852 500366
A very wide range of courses is offered at their Barnluasgan Woodland Centre
Laurieston Week in the Woods, run annually
near Castle Douglas, south west Scotland, late June/early July
Contact: Gill Dobson, 11, Devonshire Road, Princes Park, Liverpool L8 3TX
1999 courses were on coracles, creative willow, willow baskets, yurts
Scottish Crannog Centre, Croft-na-Caber,
Kenmore, Loch Tay ,Perthshire PH15 2HW 01887 830583
Tayside Native Woodlands, Buccaneer Way, Perth Aerodrome
Business Park, Scone, Perthshire
Tel 01738 553390 Fax 01738 553833
Timber Growers Association Woodland Initiative,
TGA, 5, Dublin Street Lane South, Edinburgh, EH1 3PX
Tel 0131 538 7111 or 01981 240250 Fax 0131 538 7222
WALES
CAN ANYONE
TELL WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO Ysgubor Country Crafts Tool Section,
Ysgubor, Y Fron, Caernarfon, Gwynedd Tel
01286 880941 - there seems to be no contact????
The Greenwood Forest Park, Y Felinheli, Gwynedd LL56 4QN Tel 01248
671443 Fax 01248 670064
Email trees@greenwood-centre.demon.co.uk
Demonstrations and opportunities to try out crafts and activities
Stewart Whitehead, Fron Derw, Pontfadog, Llangollen,
Wales LL20 7AH
Tel: 01691 718888 Website www.coedceiriog.co.uk/stewart
Email stewart.whitehead@virgin.net
IRELAND
M Centre
for Environmental Living and Training, CELT, c/o East Clare Community
Coop, Scariff, County Clare, Ireland
Website www.celtnet.org
Centre for Traditional Skills, The Old Railway Station, Lismore, Co. Waterford Tel & fax 058 53196
Clive O Gibne, Comhla bheag, Rough Grange, Donore, Drogheda, Co Meath Ireland 041 80095
M CRANN Crank House, Banagher ,Co Offally, Ireland 0509 51718
M Irish Basket Makers' Association, Poulsur, Fethard on Sea, Newcross, Co. Wexford
Woodlands of Ireland, John O'Reilly, Project Manager, The Farm Centre, Mill Park Road, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford Tel&Fax 054 39607 Email woodsofireland@iol.ie