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Hamsterley Forest Events Calendar

Events for 2013 will be published in January.

What's on

A Forest Adventure
Experience nature like you never have before in excitingly different new ways
Den Building
Family fun; build a forest den and find out how waterproof it is!
Firecraft
Central to survival; fire warms, dries, makes water safe, cooks food, lifts morale.
Food From the Forest
Food From the Forest
Forest Fun
Join OASES staff and explore Hamsterley Forest with some fun activities.
Fungal Foray
Fungal Foray at Hamsterley Forest
Hamsterley Trailblazers Monthly Club Ride
Hamsterley Trailblazers Monthly Club Ride
Hamsterley Trailblazers Trailbuilding Session
Hamsterley Trailblazers Trailbuilding Session
Hamsterley Trailblazers Wednesday Night Ride
Hamsterley Trailblazers Wednesday Night Ride
Nature Detectives
Find the hidden wildlife; become trackers and explore the forest for its unseen inhabitants
Night Walk-Nightjars, Owls and Bats
Hunt for the illusive night life of the forest including nightjars, bats and owls
Picnic Cinema
Picnic Cinema is an outdoor cinema experience set in extraordinary locations across the north of England.
Slaley Forest Fungal Foray
Slaley Forest Fungal Foray
Spooky Forest Fun
Spooky ghoulish Halloween fun in the forest after dark.
The Ancient Craft of the Pole Lathe
Try your hand at turning green wood on a traditional pole lathe.
Volunteer Day
Get Your Hands dirty and help us look after the forest.
Wild Food Cookery
Wild Food Cookery,roll up your sleeves and join in a wild food cookery session.
Wild Food Walk
Wild Food Walk, find out what is edible, what is poisonous and what to do with it.
Wilderness Cooking
Wilderness Cooking, find out how to cook the wilderness way, set up a camp fire for cooking.
Zombie Run
Find out more about the Northeast's only Zombie Run series,

When is it on

Chalara ash dieback

Advice for visitors

Location

OS Grid ref: NZ092312
Postcode: DL13 3NL

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Contact

Hamsterley Forest


enquiries.hamsterley@­forestry.gsi.gov.uk
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