COPPICE ASSOCIATION North West
Contact details for other Coppice
and Greenwood-
NOTES -
2. CANW would be pleased to receive further information from other course providers for inclusion in this list at
3. Organisations and individuals are listed by country in which they are based -
4. To the best of our knowledge organisations marked M are membership organisations
or accept volunteers: please inform us if we are in error -
Last update 02 January 2009
ENGLAND
Allotment Forestry www.allotmentforestry.com
Amazon Nails; Barbara Jones, 554, Burnley Road, Todmorden OL14 8JF Tel 01706 814696
Specialists in roofing and straw bale buildings
Bill Hogarth MBE Memorial Apprenticeship Trust,
93 Silverdale Road, Yealand Redmayne, nr Carnforth, Lancashire Tel 01524
781 375
WEB Site at www.coppiceapprentice.org.uk
Runs an annual 'Woodland Pioneers' week in South Lakeland for
those interested in looking at coppice and greenwood working as a full
or part-
Brereton Heath Country Park Contemporary Country Craft Days; between Holmes Chapel and Congleton, Cheshire Tel 01477 534115
1999 programme included willow work, wood sculpture & carving, stone sculpture & carving, textiles and environmental arts
BTCV,Stricklandgate House, Kendal, Cumbria LA9
Information about North West England activities and courses is on their WEB Site at www.btcv.org.uk/northwest
Carbotech Ltd (Don Kelley), 72 Woodstock Road Loxley Sheffield S6 6TG 0114 2344932 0114 2344932
M Coppice Association North West, c/o Cumbria Woodlands, ower Mill House, Staveley Mill Yard, Staveley, Kendal, Cumbria LA8 9LS Tel 01539 822140 Fax 01539 822443 Email canw@coppicenorthwest.org.uk
'A Weekend in the Woods' of courses and public activities is run each August, usually at a South Lakeland venue
Cumbria Woodlands,Lower Mill Hiouse, Staveley Mill Yard, Staveley, Kendal, Cumbria LA8 9LS Tel 01539 822140 Fax 01539 822443 Email mail@cumbriawoodlands.co.uk
M Dane Valley Coppice Crafts Group, 77 Sandbach Road, North Alsager, Stoke on Trent Staffs ST7 2AP 01270 875464
M Dorset Coppice Group, Jack Beckett DCG, Henning View, Newton Farm, melcombe Bingham, Dorchester DT2 7PY www.dorsetcoppicegroup.co.uk
M Forestry Contracting Association, Dalfling, Blairduff, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire AB51 5LA Tel 01467 651368 Email members@fcauk.com Website www.fcauk.com They have a Charcoal section.
Great North Forest A wide range of courses is available. Telephone for details and booking to
Maurice Pyle (Woodsmith), 107, Queen s Road, Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear NE26 3AT
Tel. 0191 25240645
M
The Green Wood Centre, Station Road, Coalbrookdale,
Telford, Shropshire TF8 7DR Tel 01952 432769 Fax 01952 433 082 Email courses@greenwoodcentre.org.uk
Website www.greenwoodcentre.org.uk
M Hampshire Coppice
Group www.hampshirecoppice.org.uk
Hereford Coppice Group kateudge@smallwoods.org.uk
Owen Jones, Spout Meadow, High Nibthwaite, Ulverston, Cumbria LA12 8DF Tel 01229 885664
Specialist in oak swill baskets
Lancashire Woodlands, Paul Bullimore, Project Officer, Lancashire County Council, Environmental Directorate, Guild House, Cross Street, Preston P1 8RD
Tel 01772 263917 Fax 01772 2673423 Email paul.bullimore@env.lancscc.gov.uk
Gudrun Leitz, Greenwood Courses, Hill Farm, Stanley Hill, Bosbury, Herefordshire HR8 1HE
Tel & Fax 01531 640125
A wide range of courses available; usually between April and October
Walter Lloyd, Lakeland Willows, Fair View Lane, Staveley in Cartmel, Ulverston, Cumbria LA12 8NS
Mobile : 07740053794
Consultancy and a wide range of courses
Malvern Hills Coppice Network www.malvernhillscoppicenetwork.org.uk
Martin Lennon, MPL Arbor & Forestry Services, 9, Broad Oak Lane, Penwortham, Preston, Lancs PR1 0UX
Tel 01772 742199
Aboriculture and forestry training
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The Mersey Forest Tel 01925 816217
Email josayer@merseyforest.org.uk WEB Site www.themerseyforest.org.uk
M Middle Wood Centre, Middle Wood, Roeburndale West, Lancaster LA2 8QX Tel. 01524221880
Email middlewood@lancaster.ac.uk;details of activities on their WEB Site www.marketsite.co.uk/middlewd
National School of Forestry, University of Cumbria Newton Rigg, , Penrith, Cumbria CA11 0AH Tel 017678 863791 Fax 01768 867249
Details of short courses and
of full-
Colin Norman, Wildlife Wizardry, c/o 9 Kent Park Avenue, Kendal, Cumbria LA9 5JT Tel 01539 722667 Mobile 0831 819352 Pager(Message) 01523 112473
Tailor-
Northwoods
the Upland Northumbria Woodland Initiative, Cockle Park, Morpeth, Northumberland,
NE61 3EB
www.northwoods.org.uk
Rebecca Oaks, 93, Silverdale Road, Yealand Redmayne, Carnforth, Lancs LA5 9TD Tel 01524 781375
Range of courses and demonstrations, especially coracle making
Tino Rawnsley, Rawnsley Woodland Products, Waverley, Burlawn, Wadebridge, Cornwall PZ27 7LD
Tel&Fax 01208 813490 Email info@cornishwoodland.co.ukWebsite www.cornishwoodland.co.uk
currently offers courses in chair making, coracles, longbow making, and basic and more advanced Greenwood working
Red Rose Forest, Community Forest Centre, Dock Office, Trafford Road, Salford Quays, Manchester M5 2XB
Tel 0161 872 1660 Fax 0161 872 1680 Email team@redroseforest.co.uk
WEB Site www.redroseforest.co.uk
Riverwoods groundsforconservation@hotmail.com
Alan Shepley, Tod's Lot c/o 108, Bellingham Road, Kendal, Cumbria LA9 5JU Tel & Fax 01539 723325
Email alan.shepley@virgin.net WEB site www.todslot.co.uk
Illustrated talks and courses on woodland ecology, history, forestry and wood processing
M Small Woods Association, at The Green Wood Centre, Station Road, Coalbrookdale, Telford, Shropshire TF8 7DR Tel 01952 432769 Fax 01952 433 082 Email enquiries@smallwoods.org.uk WEB site http://www.smallwoods.org.uk/115_Home.asp
Somerset Coppice Crafts 5, Seavale Road, Clevedon, Somerset BS21 7QB 01275 874437 01275 341129
M
South West Coppice Group,
Contact -
M
Sussex & Surrey Coppice Group
Secretary, Ian White, 2 Chapel Close, Dummer, Nr Basingstoke
Hampshire RG25 2AB ian@greenboot.co.uk www.coppicegroup.org.uk
Ruth Thompson, Sylvan Skills, www.sylvanskills.co.uk
Ruth is also a core member of Lapwing crafts, www.lapwingcrafts.co.uk
Three Ridings Coppice Group, Pear Tree Cottage Whitwell on the Hill York YO60 7JJ 01653 618892
M Tree Spirit, c/o 82, Kingston Road, Earlsdon, Coventry CV5 6LR
The principle alms of Tree Spirit are to protect and conserve trees and woodlands through the land, to create new woods and to promote a greater understanding of all matters related to trees With our literature we hope to create a deeper sense of awareness and affection for trees. woods and the natural environment as a whole.
Trees have a great deal to offer human beings besides their raw materials. We aim to show this through their undeniable beauty and splendour, as well as recognisng the inner peace and understanding that can be gained by quietly meditating amongst them.
Tree Spirit is neither politically nor religiously biased and we hope we cross these artificial divides. Tree Spirit enables its members to express their spirituality with relation to the land, nature and the earth, in whatever faith they choose. We welcome any articles. poems, drawings, letters or stories and legends based on the theme of trees, Mother Earth and the natural world.
Dan Watson, 8 The Villas, Kippax, Leeds LS25 7BU Tel 0113 2863701 Mob 07970 116515 Email dan.watson@care4free.net
Wessex Coppice Group Vale Farm Monkwood nr Alresford Hampshire SO24 OHD 01962 772030 01962 773500
A dated WEB Site at www.coppice.org.uk
M West Country Woodsmen www.westcountrywoodsmen.org.uk
Willowpool Designs, 9, Weston Houses, Endmoor, Kendal, Cumbria LA Tel 015396 67056
Email livingwillow@hotmail.com
Details on their WEB Site at www.browser.to/willowpooldesigns
Yorwoods working for Yorkshire's woodlands www.yorwoods.org.uk
Woodnet www.wood.netmx.co.uk
SCOTLAND
M Argyll Green Woodworkers Association
Contact: Gordon Gray Stephens, Middlehill, Lochgilphead, Argyll PA31 8NY
Tel 01852 500366
A very wide range of courses is offered at their Barnluasgan Woodland Centre
Laurieston Week in the Woods, run annually near Castle Douglas, south west Scotland, late June/early July
Contact: Gill Dobson, 11, Devonshire Road, Princes Park, Liverpool L8 3TX
1999 courses were on coracles, creative willow, willow baskets, yurts
Scottish Crannog Centre,
Croft-
Tayside Native Woodlands, Buccaneer Way, Perth Aerodrome Business Park, Scone, Perthshire
Tel 01738 553390 Fax 01738 553833
Timber Growers Association Woodland Initiative, TGA, 5, Dublin Street Lane South, Edinburgh, EH1 3PX
Tel 0131 538 7111 or 01981 240250 Fax 0131 538 7222
Woodland Craft Supplies, Braehead Holm, Orkney KW17 2SDEmail woodland@fxferry.demon.co.uk Website www.fxferry.demon.co.uk
WALES
Centre for Alternative Technology CAT www.cat.org.uk
The Greenwood Forest Park, Y Felinheli, Gwynedd LL56 4QN Tel 01248 671443 Fax 01248 670064
Email trees@greenwood-
Demonstrations and opportunities to try out crafts and activities
Stewart Whitehead, Fron Derw, Pontfadog, Llangollen, Wales LL20 7AH
Tel: 01691 718888 Website www.coedceiriog.co.uk/stewart Email stewart.whitehead@virgin.ne
IRELAND
M Centre for Environmental Living and Training, CELT, c/o East Clare Community Coop, Scariff, County Clare, Ireland
Website www.celtnet.org
Centre for Traditional Skills, The Old Railway Station, Lismore, Co. Waterford Tel & fax 058 53196
Clive O Gibne, Comhla bheag, Rough Grange, Donore, Drogheda, Co Meath Ireland 041 80095
M CRANN Crank House, Banagher ,Co Offally, Ireland 0509 51718
M Irish Basket Makers' Association, Poulsur, Fethard on Sea, Newcross, Co. Wexford
Woodlands of Ireland, Project Manager, The Farm Centre, Mill Park Road, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford Tel&Fax 054 39607 Email woodsofireland@iol.ie