Bushcraft & Wild Cooking
Step into the wild and learn Bushcraft skills from our expert team
Enjoy our wild outdoor setting, learn new skills and enjoy a unique experience on one of our Bushcraft courses.
Blade Craft
Join us in the Woods and master knife, axe, machete and saw skills.
Bushcraft Basics
Our popular bushcraft & survival skills course for beginners. Join us for an immersive, hands-on day in the woods and l…
Bushcraft Rotisserie
Spend the day in the woods cooking over fire, learning all about crafting and cooking on a Rotisserie.
Campcraft & Kit
Spend the day at our Bushcraft Base Camp and learn tricks of the trade that can be used for any outdoor adventure!
Seasonal Foraging
Enjoy a day of foraging in the beautiful Finnebrogue Woods. Join our bushcraft instructors on your foraging walk thro…
Hike, Forage & Wild Camp
Join us Easter Bank Holiday Monday to Hike, Forage & Wild Camp in our Ancient Woodland and away from our normal Bushcr…
Paddle & Bushcraft
Join us for this new experience on Finnebrogue Lake, Bushcraft & Paddle.
Small Game & Bushcraft cooking
Join us in the Woods for Small Game processing & Bushcraft Cooking.
Smoked Food
A practical, hands-on course teaching the skill of smoking different foods. You will enjoy the food you have prepared a…
Treelore & Tree ID
Find out more about Finnebrogue Woods and the trees within it.
Wild Celtic Cooking with Chef Rory
Spend the day around the fire cooking with our wild chef Rory Gorman
Wildlife Wander
Spend an afternoon immersed in nature in the beautiful Woods followed by a delicious Fodder lunch.
Wood Carving
This is a wonderful opportunity to spend a peaceful day in nature creating something beautiful that you will cherish fo…
Wild Camping at Finnebrogue Woods throughout 2026
Let Your Night-Time Adventures Begin Join our expert instructors at Finnebrogue Woods Bushcraft Camp and discover the …
Learn from our expert team...
Joan Noade manages the development of outdoor experiences here at Finnebrogue Woods. Her passion for getting outdoors is infectious!
Joan leads our experiences for children, young people and families, she loves to share her knowledge and is genuinely enthusiastic about getting all ages outdoors! Joan has 26 years of experience and this is evident when she delivers. In recent years she has been focusing on the importance of building outdoor play through Forest Schools and Bushcraft here and the benefits getting outside has for everyone.
Joan has a degree in Education, she is also a Walking for Heath Leader, Mountain Leader, a Mountain Rescue Volunteer, Early Years Specialist, Playworker, Forest School Leader and is trained in First Aid and Child Safeguarding.
Joan loves to find time to go hiking, camping, paddleboarding, writing and rowing.
Bushcraft Leader George Anthony joined the team in the Summer of 2022, he's gained extensive experience over the last 20 years instructing Duke of Edinburgh participants and leading expeditions to the Himalayas and South America, gaining mountain leader and paddle instructor qualifications along the way.
His passion for the wild outdoors shines through in his meticulous bushcraft delivery-which is really engaging and enjoyable! George has many bushcraft, mountain leader & paddling skills to share and enjoys doing so.