jack raven bushcraft ltd
Founded in 2011, Jack Raven Bushcraft courses take place in beautiful Westwell,
Kent, UK, just 50 miles from the centre of London with easy access by both rail
and road. We have access to around 60 or so acres of stunning ancient broadleaf
woodland in a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Our courses in bushcraft, ancestral skills and wilderness living are perfect for
anyone who wants to learn new outdoor skills, foraging, herbal remedies,
traditional woodland crafts, corporate team building activities or simply having
fun with nature. You don’t need any previous outdoor experience to take part in
one of our bushcraft courses, or indeed any of our other courses, and the
training sessions are entirely hands on so that you leave Jack Raven Bushcraft
with simple, practical and repeatable skills. Not only will you learn valuable
bushcraft, survival and outdoor skills, but we’re certain that you’ll have a lot
of fun along the way!
Our ancestral skills and bushcraft courses take place in a private woodland with
no public access at an expedition style camp on the North Downs, complete with a
yurt and wood burning stove, a parachute, a kitchen area, work benches and a
composting toilet. We have areas where you can pitch a hammock, tarp or small
tent, cleared of standing and hanging dead wood, or you can camp on a nearby
working farm campsite.
It’s the perfect environment for training in wilderness survival skills and
taking part in our unbeatable bushcraft courses. Our bushcraft experience
courses in Kent offer a wide range of organised outdoor tasks and team building
activities covering wilderness living skills, woodlore, camp craft, tracking,
earth skills, carving, and wild food and foraging courses as well as a wide
range of traditional craft courses.
Our bushcraft and wilderness survival courses vary in duration, some take a day
and are more specialised or you can join us for a bushcraft weekend. For those
who would like a truly immersive experience, we offer 5 day bushcraft courses –
here you can learn all of the principles and skills needed to get by in the
wild.
We place a strong emphasis on natural history, woodland management and
conservation throughout all of our teachings as we believe that this knowledge
should inform everything we do in bushcraft, both in the UK and abroad.
