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OVERNIGHT BUSHCRAFT & SURVIVAL COURSE 🔥 Adults 18+📍 Dorking, Surrey
📅 7–8 November 2026
Escape the everyday and spend 26 hours immersed in a beautiful private woodland, learning practical bushcraft and survival skills, sharing food around the campfire and spending an autumn night beneath the trees.
Whether you're completely new to bushcraft or looking to develop your outdoor skills, this overnight experience is designed to be welcoming, practical and hands-on.
No previous experience needed — beginners are very welcome.
🌿 WHAT YOU'LL LEARN & EXPERIENCE
🔪 Bushcraft Knife Skills – safe knife use, sharpening & practical woodcraft
🔥 Fire Lighting – learn different techniques for creating and maintaining fire
💧 Water Filtration & Purification – explore methods for making water safer in an outdoor environment
🌳 Useful Trees, Plants & Fungi – discover some of the woodland's natural resources
🐟 Trout Ponassing Demonstration – discover a traditional method of preparing and cooking fish beside the fire
⛺ Shelter Building & Camp Creation
🥖 Survival Bread Making – preparing simple bread outdoors
🌙 Overnight Woodland Camping – experience spending the night surrounded by the sights and sounds of the woods
🔥 AN EVENING AROUND THE CAMPFIRE
As daylight fades, we'll gather around our communal campfire and prepare a warming vegetable stew together.
It's a chance to slow down, share food, reflect on the day's experiences and enjoy one of the best parts of woodland living - sitting beside the fire beneath the autumn night sky.
Saturday evening's vegetable stew is included in the course price.
🌳THE WOODLAND
The course takes place within a large private woodland near Dorking, Surrey, complete with a lake and plenty of space to create our overnight camp.
🏕️ Bring your own tent and sleeping bag
🌲 Hammock & tarp hire available – £20
🚻 Basic eco toilet on site
🥘 Saturday evening meal included
👤 Adults 18+
📅 COURSE DETAILS
Saturday 7 – Sunday 8 November 2026
⏰ Saturday 10:00am – Sunday approximately 12:00pm
📍 Dorking, Surrey
🎟️ £95 per person
🔥 LIMITED SPACES — EARLY BOOKING ADVISED
If you've ever wanted to learn practical bushcraft skills, spend a night in the woods or simply step away from screens, traffic and everyday routines for a while, this is your opportunity.
Come and experience 26 hours of woodland living, practical skills, campfire cooking and connection with nature.
🌿 In association with Down in the Woods
📩 Bookings & enquiries:
[email protected]
Find out more:
🌐Website: https://www.wildeyeadventures.com/survival-courses-adults
🌐 Blog Post: https://www.wildeyeadventures.com/single-post/overnight-bushcraft-survival-course-in-surrey-spend-a-night-in-the-woods-this-november
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