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Gate hurdle workshop

Sat, 31 Aug

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Gibbets Close Hill nature reserve

Learn how to make a garden gate or hurdle from hazel sourced from our woods.

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Gate hurdle workshop
Gate hurdle workshop

Time & Location

31 Aug 2024, 10:00 – 15:00

Gibbets Close Hill nature reserve, Oxford Hill, Witney OX28 3JU, UK

About the event

Join Toby Swift, our Countryside and Reserves manager, and learn how to make a garden gate or hurdle from hazel sourced from our woods.

You will learn:

How to split the hazel on a traditional cleaving brake

How to use a shave horse to fashion the split rods into the hurdle’s components

How to put the hurdle together in traditional Cotswold style

All tools, equipment and materials will be provided.

Please wear appropriate sensible clothing and footwear. 

Tea, coffee and biscuits will be provided around the camp fire, but please bring your own packed lunch.

ABOUT TOBY:​

Toby has been delivering training in rural skills across West Oxfordshire for more than 20 years, through the Wychwood Forest Trust and previously through Abingdon and Witney College where he was Course Leader for the Countryside Management and Forestry BTEC courses. He also holds a FAIB Certificate in Emergency First Aid at Work.

HOW TO FIND US:

Approaching via the A40 from the Oxford direction: after joining the B4022 Oxford Hill into Witney, the entrance to Gibbets Close Hill nature reserve is on your right through a five bar gate, opposite the signposted entrance to Windrush cemetery on the left (about 100m before the traffic lights at the crossroads). Approaching in the opposite direction from Witney, the site is then on the left after the Oxford Hill crossroads. The entrance to the site will be marked with a WFT flag and you will be met in the farmyard.

CANCELLATION POLICY AND ACCESSIBILITY:

If you cancel your place less than 24 hours before the event or course we cannot offer a refund. If we have to cancel an event or course that you have booked we will offer a full refund.

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We aim to make our events and course as inclusive as possible but some outdoor spaces can present access difficulties. If you have any special requirements, please contact info@wychwoodforesttrust.co.uk before booking.

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As a registered charity, we are a non-profit making organisation.  All the proceeds from our events go to restoring nature in the Wychwood Forest area.

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