May Hill Woodlands

Name: May Hill Woodlands
Address: Scouts field May Hill, Longhope, GL170NP, GB
Telephone: +447864822336
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May Hill woodlands is an environmental enterprise located on within an ancient woodland on May Hill, Gloucestershire.

02/02/2025

The Home farm woods on Huntey Estate are awash with their annual display of beautiful snow drops, heralding the beginnings of the end of winter.

These gardens will be open to the public this weekend through the open garden scheme, which raises money for local charities. Check their website for details:

https://findagarden.ngs.org.uk/garden/11820/home-farm

📷 Paula Golding

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25/01/2025

Guess who?! 🌳🌿🍂

Tree identification in winter uses recognition of shape, buds, barks, and remaining fruits, as leaves are obviously mostly gone or rotting.

In these pictures, we have some lovely examples of twisty oak twigs, red elder buds, hazel catkins and misty alder cones, all visible against the tree structure.

Join our friend Elyot of Explore in 2025 for more fundamental outdoor skills learning! Elyot has been hosting fireside woodland skills sessions on May Hill.

See trexexplore.co.uk for booking. 🦕

14/01/2025

Linda Day (Astrologer)and Sue Matthews have decided to run Divine Connections again in 2025, as it was so divinely gorgeous and nourishing last year! They definitely hit the sweet spot.

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11/01/2025

Beautiful sunrise from the scouts field campsite, behind the Village Hall at May Hill.

This space is available to hire for group, families, and individual campers over 2025. It has space and amenities for up to 50 people, with an old stone barn, including a basic kitchen and wood stove.

Get in touch for more information.

📸 Micky Murphy

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06/01/2025

Our friend Paula found this delicate wonder of nature in Brights Hill in Huntley estate last week. The conditions required for the formation of hair ice are extremely specific, so sighting it is relatively scarce.

This strange candyfloss look is caused by a fungus called exidiopsis effusa. The action of the fungus is to enable the ice to form very thin hairs. If you are out in these low temperatures, just look around in the woods as you are likely to spot it on decaying branches.

https://www.sciencealert.com/this-rare-icy-enigma-is-so-thin-and-wispy-it-looks-like-hair-but-melts-in-your-hand

📸 Paula Golding

24/12/2024

🌱 Signs of bluebells appearing already @ Bearfoot Woods, what an uplifting sight as the winter months take hold. Nature will always be there waiting for us and reminding us beautiful times are still ahead we just need to be patient 🌱

📸 Paula Golding

12/12/2024

There is a shift from winter’s chill to spring’s renewal, to the warmth of summer, and then to autumn’s changing colours when nature slowly heads towards a well deserved rest 🌲

We love this beautiful montage of May Hill summit over the seasons from Paula Golding ❤️

27/11/2024

🍂Beautiful walk watching the sunrise on the estate this morning. It's always worth getting up early for mornings like this 🍂

How lovely to appreciate the sun after all this rain.

📸 Paula Golding

26/11/2024

It's National Tree Week in the UK 🇬🇧 🌳🌲🌴

Since 1973, National Tree Week has been the U.K.’s largest tree celebration. This year, it takes place from November 27 to December 5. The purpose of National Tree Week, which is held to kick off the annual winter tree-planting season, is to encourage the public to plant trees and appreciate the beauty and importance of trees in our environment.

Trees provide us with so much from oxygen, climate control, shade, food, fibre, and the amazing amount of life they nuture and provide.

It seems a fitting time to feature this wonderful, venerable old oak that we believe is the oldest tree on Huntley Estate, which stands like an old grandfather in the woodlands.

📸 Paula Golding

22/11/2024

☃️❄️ Snowy scenes around Bearfoot Woods @ May Hill earlier this week, it made the woods look so pretty with a gentle dusting of snow. ❄️🌨️

📸 Paula Golding

20/11/2024

❄️Same views a week apart and still as beautiful. The woods and hill was like winter wonderland ❄️

📸 Paula Golding

17/11/2024

If you're looking for a private, rustic but beautiful woodland location for your next gathering, we have a beautiful reciprocal roof round pole building located by a lovely woodland stream,which is available to hire.

Located within the woodlands of May Hill, easy walking distance from the Glasshouse Inn and Clifford's Mesne

Contact us for more details.

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13/11/2024

Sunrise on top of May Hill this fair morning.

📸 Paula Golding

11/11/2024

Come join Lucy on your sewing journey and become confident with your sewing machine.

To book your place https://mayhillhub.com/workshops-2/p/sewing-sunday-sewing-machine-masterclass-171124

09/11/2024

One of the things that happens regularly in Huntley Estate plantations is chainsaw training, with partners KNW and trainer Derrick Byas. This time, he is training our kids!

This way, the woodlands are thinned by removing some of the conifers to allow the others to grow taller and wider.

Meanwhile, providing a valuable opportunity for people to learn how to fell trees and handle a chainsaw efficiently and safely.

08/11/2024

Beautiful autumn hues in May Hill Woodlands.

📸 Paula Golding

30/10/2024

A view from the air.

These photos were taken by one of our safari tent guests, who brought his drone with him while they stayed with us.

We love these, as they show what a special place we are located in! Our cottage and safarit tents are nestled in the woodlands of Huntley estate, on May Hill.

The images show the interface between the hamlet of May Hill with the woodlands.

Why don't you come and experience the site yourself when we reopen the tents in 2025?

27/10/2024

October saw our last group booking of 2024 at the Scouts field campsite.

The campsite will be closed for the remainder of the year and re open around March 2025. Watch this space!

If you'd like to enquire about using the space, please email us on [email protected] or check out our online booking calendar to check availability:
https://teamup.com/ksddfp29vdvpssgye5

Thank you to everyone who hired and visited the site this year. We hosted 2 week long theatre camps, an astrology camp, a living focusing retreat, Scouts, cubs, brownies and beavers, and many more. We hope we'll see some of you again next year!

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Address

Scouts Field May Hill
Longhope
GL170NP

Telephone

+447864822336

Website

http://www.mayhillwoodlands.com/

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Do you hear that? That is the sound of no power tools! Green wood working relies on the skills and knowledge of the people past, who fashioned furniture, tools and buildings this way for millennium. Re-learning these skills is calming, restorative and very satisfying. Many Hill woodlands will be hosting a variety of wood craft courses near the Scouts hall over 2022. See our website to learn more: https://www.mayhillwoodlands.com/activities/ #mayhill #forestofdean #gloucestershire #wyedean #countrylife #greenwood #bushcraft #bodging

The woodlands are full of life, if you stay awhile, watch and listen you will catch a glimpse of the many creatures that dwell here. #mayhill #forestofdean #gloucestershire #ancientwoodlands #wildlife #outdoorlife

Had this wonderful family from London stay with us over the last two nights. Thank you Natasha and Antonio for sharing your video with us!

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Supporting woodlands and wildlife

May Hill Woodlands Ltd is an eco-tourism business and environmental enterprise based within ancient woodlands on May Hill, Gloucestershire which combines recreation and conservation with traditional coppice production. The enterprise will offer a variety of luxury, family and wild camping experiences, as well as training, short courses and well being programs. These activities will fund the restoration of the woodlands into a haven for wildlife and people.