forward to Current Courses on offer in Cumbria and Lancashire
Contact details for other Wood and Wood-related course providers in the North West of England and adjacent areas:
(See below for Course Providers further afield)
NOTES - 1. all the information below is
given in good faith but may be subject to unnotified change and
WEP accepts no responsibility for such changes. Please inform WEP
of any errors or amendments to the listings, we shall be pleased
to correct them.
2. WEP would be pleased to receive further information from other
course providers for inclusion in this list at
wep@www.woodeducation.org.uk
List last updated 13 May 2000
Alston Hall, Alston Lane, Longridge,
Preston PR3 3BP Tel 01772 784661 Fax 01772 785835
Email info@alstonhall.u-net.com
Details of this residential and day College are on their WEB Site
at www.alstonhall.u-net.com
Amazon Nails; Barbara Jones, 554,
Bunley Road, Todmorden OL14 8JF Tel 01706 814696
Specialists in roofing and straw bale buildings
Blencathra Centre, Field Studies
Council, Threlkeld, Keswick, Cumbria CAI2 4SG Tel. 017687 79601
Email fsc.blencathra@ukonline.co.uk
FSC WEB Site www.field-studies-council.org
Lancashire Woodlands: Paul Bullimore, Environment
Directorate, Lancashire County Council, Guild House, Cross Treet, Preston PR1
8RD Tel 01772 263917 Fax 01772 263423 Email paul.bullimore@env.lancscc.gov.uk
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
Castle Head Field Centre, Field
Studies Council, Grange over Sands, Cumbria LA11 6QT
Tel 015395 34300 Fax 015395 36662 Email fsc.castlehead@ukonline.co.uk
FSC WEB Site www.field-studies-council.org
Coppice Association North West, c/o
Cumbria Broadleaves, Rayrigg Meadow, Bowness on Windermere,
Cumbria
LA23 1BP Tel&Fax 01539 723325 Email
canw@coppicenorthwest.org.uk
Details of Courses and other activities are on the Association
WEB Site at www.coppicenorthwest.org.uk
'A Weekend in the Woods' of courses and public
activities is run each August, usually at a South Lakeland venue
Cumbria Broadleaves, Rayrigg Meadow,
Bowness on Windermere, Cumbria LA23 1BP
Tel&Fax 015394 88802 Email cumbria@broadleaves.freeserve.co.uk
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
Owen Jones, Spout Meadow, High
Nibthwaite, Ulverston, Cumbria LA12 8DF Tel 01229 885664
Specialist in oak swill baskets
Lake District National Park:
EventsProgramme/Education Programme,
Brockhole, Windermere, Cumbria LA23 4L3 Tel.015349 46601 Email education@lake-district.gov.uk
The National Park WEB Site is at www.lake-district.gov.uk;
look under Education in index
Lancaster University, Dept. of
Continuing Education, Lonsdale College, Bailrigg, Lancaster LAl 4YN
Tel. 01524 592623/65201 Fax 01524 592448 Email Conted@lancaster.ac.uk
Details of courses and fees etc are available on the Department
WEB Site www.lancs.ac.uk/users/conted
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
The Mersey Forest Tel 01925 816217
Email josayer@merseyforest.org.uk
WEB Site www.themerseyforest.org.uk
Walter Lloyd, c/o Devonshire House, Finsthwaite,
Ulverston, Cumbria LA12 8BJ Tel 015395 31181
Consultancy and a wide range of courses
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
Colin Norman, Wildlife Wizardry, c/0
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.
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
Newton Rigg College : National
School of Forestry, Newton Rigg College, University of Central
Lancashire, 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
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
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
Course Providers further afield
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
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
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
Greenwood Trust, Station Road, Coalbrookdale, Telford, Shropshire TF8 7DR Tel 01952 432769
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
Small Woods Association, The Cabins, Malehurst Estate, Minsterley, Shropshire Tel 01743 792644 Fax 01743 792655 Email enquiries@smallwoods.org.uk WEB site www.smallwoods.org.uk
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