Bushcraft · Somerset
Ancient Skills.
Real Knowledge.
Yours to Keep.
Did you know you can navigate by the trees? Beowulf Bushcraft teaches the skills your ancestors lived by: fire-lighting, shelter-building, animal tracking, and the folklore woven through it all. Real skills. Taught properly.
Meet your instructors
Real skills, taught properly.
We're Helen and Mike, nature lovers and parents of three. Mike is a qualified bushcraft instructor with an ex-military background in field craft and outdoor skills; Helen brings early years education expertise and a genuine passion for getting people outside and learning. Together we teach traditional knowledge and folk heritage the way it was always meant to be passed on, properly, and with real depth.
What we run
Our Sessions
Adult courses and bespoke corporate days, plus fortnightly sessions for families and Woodland Wolves at our two Somerset locations.
Our adult courses cover a rotating range of practical skills — from wilderness navigation and outdoor cooking to bushcraft fundamentals and traditional crafts like basket weaving. Each course is different. See what's coming up in the calendar below.
Bespoke bushcraft experiences for corporate teams. Real outdoor skills, genuine challenge, and an experience people actually talk about. Get in touch to discuss your requirements.
Sessions for children aged 3–10. Fire, shelters, animal tracking, and nature knowledge woven through with folklore and tradition. From £10 per family.
Proper bushcraft for 10–16 year olds. Fire-starting, foraging, knotwork, knife work, and learning to read the land. Not arts and crafts: the real thing. £10 per person.
Planning a birthday party?
A birthday they'll actually remember.
Up to 15 children. Fire-lighting, shelter-building, nature knowledge, led by our qualified instructors. Come to one of our locations, or we can come to you. Optional bushcraft party bags for every guest. From £150.
In their words
What Families Say
"My daughter absolutely loves her home ed Bushcraft with Mike and Helen. She gets to spend time in nature doing the things she loves and is learning new things each week. Thank you!"
"My children had a really good time on the family session, really great for learning new skills and socialising. My eldest was on the Tween session and he's very excited about another session. They both absolutely loved it."
"My children have been to a couple of bushcraft sessions and are super keen to keep going! They have loved the range of activities so far and are excited to try more."
"A fantastic birthday surprise. After introductions, kit checks, and a route overview, we set off, passing the highest point on the Mendips, continuing through Rowberrow Woods. The pace was moderate, with plenty of stops to explore and discuss the various navigation clues all around us. I can't say enough how much we enjoyed the morning. It really highlighted how much we all take for granted about nature and the world around us."
"Fantastic sessions where the whole family learns so many new skills. The Beowulf Team fit so many activities, stories, crafts, music, games and of course, bushcraft, into each meet up. Cannot recommend more highly."
"We've been going to the sessions for two months now and have loved them. My 9 year old loves joining in with the crafts, dancing, listening to the stories and all the bushcraft activities whilst my 5 year old explores the woodland areas. Mike and Helen are wonderful leaders for the group and I highly recommend it!"
Why Beowulf?
Confidence,
built around a fire.
Most outdoor children's groups look the same. We're not one of them. Our families come back because what we teach actually sticks, and because it's taught with depth, care, and proper instruction.
Real fire-craft, real knife-work, real knowledge. Taught properly by qualified instructors, not gentle activities dressed up as bushcraft.
There are stories in the trees and the seasons. We teach the lore alongside the skills, the way it was always meant to be passed on.
A rare combination of field craft and child-led teaching. The result: serious skills, taught patiently, in a safe and managed setting.
5% of every session is donated to the Woodland Trust. Skills in the woods, support for the woods.
Ancient Lore
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Tree growth rings are usually wider on the south side, where there's more sunlight. Read a stump like a compass.
From the field journal · fact 1 of 31
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