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Small Woods is proud to be the training partner for the Lost Woods of Low Weald and Downs project.

We’re running subsidised courses on sustainable woodland management and heritage skills, which is made possible by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. Due to funding conditions, you must live, work or volunteer in the project area in Sussex.

Click here to see if you are eligible.

(If there are no suitable dates available, please register your interest in attending a future course here and we’ll be in touch.)

 

 

 

Make a gate hurdle with sweet chestnut

: 11 Sep 2025

: Park Wood, Poynings, West Sussex

Traditionally used to handle and pen livestock, today gate hurdles are an attractive addition to your garden or green space.

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Introduction to Coppicing

: 22 Oct 2025

: Lag Wood, Hassocks

Join us in this classic woodland setting for a practical day with Chris, a fourth generation forester and coppice worker with over 20 years of experience.

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Hazel coppice, hurdles and hand tools

: 27 Oct 2025 - 28 Oct 2025

: Lag Wood, Hassocks, West Sussex

A hands-on workshop that explores a time-honoured coppice craft: making traditional woven wattle hurdles. 

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Introduction to Coppicing

: 13 Nov 2025

: Lag Wood, Hassocks

Join us in this classic woodland setting for a practical day with Chris, a fourth generation forester and coppice worker with over 20 years of experience.

MORE & BOOKING

Courses
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Make a gate hurdle with sweet chestnut

  • Park Wood, Poynings, West Sussex
  • 11 Sep 2025
Traditionally used to handle and pen livestock, today gate hurdles are an attractive addition to your garden or green space. more...

Events
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AGM 2025 - Timber and Resilience: members' tickets

  • Dartmoor National Park Authority Office
  • 26 Sep 2025
We’re excited to welcome all our new and longstanding members to join us for a day of connection, insight, and inspiration. This year’s theme, Timber and Resilience, brings together leading voices from across the sector to explore how we can strengthen our woodlands and communities for the future.  Read More...