Our Forest School Sites
Hazel Woods, Mitcheldean
Hazel Woods is located near Mitcheldean, Gloucestershire. Address: Hazel Wood, Jubilee road, Mitcheldean, GL17 0EE.
Please see the video below of how to drive to the site from Plump Hill. Please park in the Oakraven Field Centre car park. From the car park you will see a gate with our green banner onto the Field Centre recreation Field. Follow the grass path through the field past the grapevines towards the brown shed. You will see our woodland gate with another HARE banner.
Oakraven Field Centre is kindly allowing us to use their car park and to access our site across their field. Please respect this by parking considerately and walking directly to and from our woodland, staying on the grass path.
Our larger site offers sole use, allowing us to run groups during school holidays, weekends, and after school. The site features a fire circle with a canopy shelter and stunning views over the fields and valley. The woodland is home to mature oaks, hazel trees, and diverse local flora and fauna for exploration.
Driving to Hazel Woods
Please click play on the videos to watch. The first is the drive to our site to help you find us, the second is the walk from the car park to our woodland gate. The third is showing where the toilet is. Children may like to watch the latter before coming to the site without a parent. Click the arrow on the right to go to the next video.
Beaver Lodge, Parkend
Our Parkend site is a fenced woodland which he hire from 1st Royal Forest Scouts. The Address is Beaver Lodge, Whitecroft Road, Parkend, Lydney, Gloucestershire, GL15 4HG. This site is Ofsted Registered.
The site is accessed from a gate to the left of the path up to the lodge. The woodland consists mainly of mature oak trees, along with a few other species, Ash, Beech and Hawthorn. There is a stream running along the edge of the woodland, where we have spotted trout and crayfish. We have a fire circle made from logs and boards, with a boundaried fire pit. We set up craft stations, mud kitchen and other activities within the woodland. We often set up shelters, a slack line dens and/or a hammock.
