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May Hill Woodlands has published its program of woodland well-being and nature connection activities and events for 2024. In late April, the year will be kicked off with Tales of Witchcraft and Wonder, hosted by Inkubus Sukubus. This event will go from Friday evening through to Sunday, with a Witchcraft market at the Village Hall […]

The winter months from November to March is the time when we practice the old woodland art of coppicing, which is the practice of cutting back (a tree or shrub) to ground level periodically to stimulate growth. In a coppiced wood, which is called a copse, young tree stems are repeatedly cut down to near […]

On the 21st of December, we reflect on some of the old, pagan, woodland traditions from years gone by. Two of the woodland plants which have had cultural significance to both the pre-Christian and Christian people of Britain are the holly bush and mistletoe. As evergreen plants, they were revered by traditional cultures and were […]

As the dust settles on a beautiful season of woodland activities, we reflect on the programme which, following some false starts and pandemic issues in 2020 and 2021, took full flight for the first time this year. We hosted an exciting range of activities; some at our group campsite behind May Hill Village Hall and […]

Last week saw the passing of the autumn equinox, and there’s a definite chill creeping into the air in the early mornings and late evenings. As well as signalling the day and night being equal length, here in the northern hemisphere this equinox marks the end of astronomical summer and the start of autumn. Many […]

Our two very private, very special woodland retreats are back and booking up fast! We have two safari tents nestled into woodland locations, which will be available to guests from 13th May and 20th of May 2022 respectively, through to the end of the summer holidays in September. The tents share a toilet and shower […]

May Hill woodlands has packed down both of its safari tents for 2021, after a successful season which started in Easter of this year. Our business operates from April to September each year, and the woodland sites are rested over the colder, winter months. This year we added a second safari tent to our original […]

Qigong returns to the scouts field campsite with a short mid-week camp with time for connection to the Earth and love and respect for all life. A camp for self-development, enjoyment and a deep experience of Nature Dates: Tuesday August 31st – Friday September 3rd 2021 Nicola, Sarah, and Helen are very excited to have booked […]

May Hill woodlands launched its second safari tent in May of this year, and this one is located to take advantage of stunning, panoramic views across the Severn vale and over to the Cotswold. We call this tent Bredon view, as the site looks directly to Bredon Hill, which is all the way over in […]

  We would like to sincerely thank Sarah Fairhall and Hanan Currah for their amazing work re-laying this hedge, with gained the admiration and praise of many passing locals and motorists on the road from the Glasshouse Inn to Cliffords Mesne. Hedge laying is traditional rural skill practised mainly in the United Kingdom and Ireland with […]

A camp for self-development, enjoyment and a deep experience of Nature, held at May Hill Woodlands from Saturday 1st May  – Saturday 8th May, 2021.  This event includes a programme based on the five elements which will deepen our connection to nature using Qigong and creativity. The Programme Each day we will explore one of […]

May Hill woodlands has teamed up with Maurice Clother of Touch wood, to deliver a varied program of greenwood courses at May Hill. Courses will be held in the woodlands around the scouts field campsite, and include spoon and spatula making, milking stools, carving tree spirits, pole lathing and more. For the full program of […]

May Hill woodlands was scheduled to launch their campsite and glamping pods in April 2020, to coincide with Easter holidays, however like so many other businesses and start ups across the world, we have not been able to do this due to the corona-virus pandemic and subsequent national lock down.  

We’ve been busy working on our main field campsite, getting ready to launch it as a commercial campsite during the coming Easter break. Our friend Jimbo from Redbreast Rustics has done a lovely job of creating toilet and shower cabins out of green sweet chestnut wood which is harvested directly from the woodlands for this […]

Over the summer months of 2020, we will be releasing a few very exclusive wild camping nodes to more intrepid campers, for a limited number of dates. Wild camping is camping outside of campsites…in sites with no amenities, so all gear will need to be provided by the campers. The sites are 4 wheel drive […]

From October 2019 to March 2020 we’ve been busy restoring a 1 hectare patch of over stood hazel and sycamore coppice within May Hill woodlands. We started a very busy coppice season with a really enjoyable coppice camp coordinated by the Small Woods Association. Over 20 people joined us over four days. They camped in […]