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Woodland Survival Crafts

Bushcraft and Primitive Survival Skills Specialists

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Bushcraft and survival based activities provide an excellent basis for helping people to understand social skills; team and personal development; as well as environmental issues.

Woodland Survival Crafts offers a comprehensive range of bushcraft survival courses designed to educate, challenge and inspire both young and old.

Find out more about Woodland Survival Crafts and take a look at our dates and prices for our current standard range of courses.

We also provide personal tuition and mentoring on a one to one basis, as well as training for outdoor centres throughout the UK.

BBC Countryfile Appearance

Dave with BBC Countryfile presenter Adam Henson

Dave Watson made an appearance in the 8th August 2010 edition of BBC One’s Countryfile. Dave instructed presenter Adam Henson in the art of shelter building and fire lighting with the bow drill. You can see how Adam got on with his new found skills in this video clip on the BBC website.

Reasons to choose Woodland Survival Crafts

  1. Dave is an Approved Bushcraft Trainer and Assessor for the Institute for Outdoor Learning
  2. Our main instructors are Accredited Practitioners with the IOL
  3. Creators of the Open College Certificate “Woodland Survival Skills (Bushcraft)”
  4. Dave has become a Leading Practitioner for the IOL. One of the Institute’s highest awards
  5. Dave has been a writer for the Bushcraft and Survival Skills, Living Woods and Horizons magazines
  6. Superb Woodlands set in the National Forest providing excellent resources for the many training courses we run

Discover more about our popular bushcraft courses or read a selection of customer testimonials.

About Dave Watson

Dave Watson

Dave's passion for ancient survival skills, or ‘bushcraft’ as it has become known, led him to create Woodland Survival Crafts in 1995. Since then, Dave has witnessed the inspiring effects of learning bushcraft on both young and old.

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Courses for individuals, families, beginners and experienced bushcraft practitioners alike

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Courses for schools and youth organisations

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Courses for management training, team building or just a fun staff day out

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Some Important Changes

Due to increased demands on Dave's time, which is now predominately spent running courses for outdoor professionals, Woodland Survival Crafts is no longer able to run Introductory Bushcraft courses.

There are now many other companies who can provide decent to good quality Bushcraft courses. Dave will happily recommend a suitable provider to you in order to help you ensure that you receive a good experience.

Groups of people can organise a course through Dave, so if you would like to discuss this option please feel free to contact us.