Guided Woodland Walk; Hazel Woodland Products

Guided Woodland Walk

The walk will start at 10.30 am and run to approximately 1pm.

Rawhaw Wood is a semi-natural ancient woodland, a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), and part of the Rockingham Forest, which is situated in north Northamptonshire. The wood has had a long history of being coppiced, and over the last 30 years Hugh and Carolyn have been restoring the woodland reintroducing the coppice cycle, to recreate and example of a working hazel coppice.

The guided walk will incorporate the various stages of the coppice cycle, taking into account the different habitats that this form of management creates. Other topics will include the strategies that have been used in bringing the woodland back into management, the building of dead hedges as protection from deer browsing, the management of the standard trees, the large oaks and ash, and also leaving some areas with little or no management.

Rawhaw Wood has won a number of awards including:
The Duke of Cornwall's award for forestry and conservation 2000
A SSSI award from English Nature (now Natural England), 2001
All England Excellence in Forestry Award, RFS, second place, 2014
Esmond Harris Award for innovation in small woodland management, Small Woods Association: for deadhedging, 2024
The Peer Award for the restoration of the Hazel coppice, From National Coppice Federation, 2024

Find out more: hazelwoodlandproducts.co.uk

The walk will start at 10.30 am and run to approximately 1pm. Visitors are welcome to bring packed lunches to eat on site after the walk. 

Please note:
Anyone under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult.
Parking is available but limited - see note below
Dogs not allowed
Outside only site
Toilet facilities on site

We can park up to 10 cars on the site. When booking, please choose a car ticket and add the number of additional visitors attending.

Photos: Ellie Walpole, A Productive Year for Woodland Heritage

If you have any questions about the event, please contact the event organiser using the 'Manage Tickets' button at the top of the page.