Woodland Management

West Kent Countryside, Kent

A team of volunteers help with coppicing — A team of volunteers help with the coppice

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.