Crutchley Farms Open Day

Come to Crutchley Farms for a wonderful day of Wood Culture!

A woodland walk and workshop tour

There will be guided walks to three woods.

This will be followed by visits to various workshops, the solar kiln, our timber stacks and processing area, joinery and yurt making workshop, a group holiday let using farm grown timber, four small framed structures using poplar, sweet chestnut, oak and leylandii, cedars and cypress.

More about our woods
After parking near the sawmill, the track leads us into Knowle Wood. 
We will see semi-mature oak, ash, Lawson cypress and sycamore. 
The walk also takes in twenty-year-old cherry, chestnut, larch, oak and red cedar which have been high pruned. 

Belstone Copse, with 60 year old oak and ash. 

Chaffins Copse replanted with sweet chestnut and wild cherry 40 yrs ago at final spacing. 

After the woodland walks, there is a short walk up to North Eggardon farm for workshops visits, tea and cake.

We will discuss ash dieback, small scale felling and extraction, conversion and use of variety of timbers including the above. Herb Paris and Twayblade can be seen.

Mappercombe has 20 woods, including eight planted since 1981. Our main aim is to produce quality timber for local use.

2007, first thinnings of sweet chestnut

The walk will show some trees growing fairly optimally, i.e. with good crowns and clear stems, possibly putting on an inch dbh per year. We will see some good poplar, ash, oak, sycamore, cherry and sweet chestnut.

Oak at 60-70 years

Please note:
Anyone under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult.
Parking is available.
Toilet facilities on site
Dogs allowed, may be asked to be on leads
Animals on site
Inside and outside areas
Rough terrain - sturdy shoes required. 

This site is not accessible to wheelchairs. 

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

Champion lawsons!