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Woodland Management

West Kent Countryside, Kent
A team of volunteers help with coppicing
A team of volunteers help with coppicing

At-a-glance details

  • Dates13 September 2020 to 19 September 2020
  • Holiday typeTrust
  • AvailabilityNo longer available
  • Activity type Coast and countryside, Rural skills
  • Cost£180
  • Physicality8
  • Holiday code20BTZ203
  • AccommodationOctavia Hill Bunkhouse
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About Woodland Management

Come and visit the most wooded region in the country and help us with our management of this special place.

Help with our management of ancient woodland in the very place that inspired Octavia Hill to form the National Trust. Learn traditional woodland and habitat management skills such as rotational coppicing and selective thinning.

About the accommodation

Nestled in a secluded valley deep within the Kent Downs, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and close to a Grade II listed oast house and former piggery, the bunkhouse is a converted farm building which has two bunk-bedded dormitories. There is storage for clothes under the bottom bunks. There are separate male and female toilets, and the building is centrally heated. The old courtyard provides the garden area which is grassed and has a fire site with barbecue and two picnic benches.

Facilities: garden, drying room, washing machine, tumble dryer, pay phone.

Bedding: Only mattress cover provided.

Notes for guests

A standard kit list can be found on our Essential Information page. 

Enquire and book

Call 0344 800 3099

Opening times

Monday to Friday: 9am to 8pm

Saturday: 9am to 7pm

Sunday: 9am to 1pm

We are also open 9am to 5pm on bank holidays

Email working.holidays@nationaltrust.org.uk

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The view of Ide Hill from Toys Hill, a natural area owned by the National Trust in Kent

Toys Hill

Discover the place that inspired Octavia Hill to found the National Trust
The terrace in spring overlooking the rose garden at Emmetts Garden, a National Trust property in Kent

Emmetts Garden

Interesting hillside garden with year-round features
The south front view of the house at Chartwell, a National Trust property in Kent

Chartwell

Family home and garden of Sir Winston Churchill
Quebec House, a National Trust property in the town of Westerham in Kent

Quebec House

Childhood home of General James Wolfe, victor of the Battle of Quebec (1759)
Scearne Bank at Limpsfield Common

Limpsfield Common

Ancient common on the Greensand Ridge where time comes home to sleep
A table set with artists' materials including paints, pigments and a palette and palette knife

The Royal Oak Foundation Conservation Studio

Conserving and preserving our history for the future.

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Woodland Management

West Kent Countryside, Kent
Call 0344 800 3099
Email working.holidays@nationaltrust.org.uk