TCV
Connecting people and green spaces
Coppicing Woodfuel Day
An activity with Community Woodfuel Volunteers
Activity date: Saturday 15th November 2025
Start time: 10:00
Finish time: 15:00
Activity description
This is a great opportunity for you to learn about the craft of coppicing, and it also to helps maintain and manage local woodlands for people and nature over the coming years. We'll also be making dead hedges from the cut branches too, providing valuable habitat. You are also welcome to take away the logs you cut for your wood burner if you wish.
Meeting place
meeting point available on booking
Activity location
Packington Woods, Measham Rd, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, LE65 1WD
Site description
Mixed plantation woodland with open grassy areas and small orchard
Pick Up Point
Contact
Ben Woolley
Telephone: 07740899718
Email: ben.woolley@tcv.org.uk
Website: https://www.tcv.org.uk/nationalforest
Please bring
- packed lunch
- suitable outdoor clothes
- suitable outdoor footwear
Further info
places are limited so please email ben.woolley@tcv.org.uk for booking TCV will be running a series of Saturday volunteer days in the National Forest over the winter and into the New Year. These will include activities such as coppicing, dead hedging, bulb planting, tree planting, formative pruning, Rhododendron control, hedgelaying and dry stone walling. Please email for further details
Site Facilities
- Parking
- Nearest Toilets - n-a