Welcome to The British Bushcraft School
As heard on BBC Radio Wales, 5 Live and other local radio stations where Dale has been consulted as a survival expert in realtion to international news stories.
As seen in Bushcraft and Survival Skills Magazine and on Videojug.com, where we have recently been chosen to demonstrate our bushcraft skills in a series of professional online tutorials.
Fully catered courses with all meals and drinks provided, based in an isolated woodland in rural Worcestershire.
Free aftercare for 6 months following any of our courses, this covers advice, or where possible, follow up instruction in person.
New dates for 2012 now listed for our bushcraft courses!
Click here or on the menu bar above to see our courses.
Booking only takes one phonecall or email.
Attend expertly run bushcraft courses with The British Bushcraft School in the heart of England. Founded by Dale Collett (who can be seen writing for Bushcraft and Survival skills magazine) to initially teach wilderness and native survival skills to local people in Worcestershire. The school has now grown over 7 years and is becoming renowned as the top place, not only the UK, but in Europe to learn fire by friction. People travel far and wide to attend the courses, in the last year alone clients have travelled from Canada, the Netherlands and from New Zealand. The school isn't just about Fire by friction training though, as you can also study a full range of bushcraft courses, from an individual one day course through to weekends and week long training, the school offers a comprehensive learning package with a larges emphasis placed on practical learning, the school's motto is less talking and more doing!
Bushcraft is a vast subject.
Through years of experience and practice Dale and his team of
instructors will guide and tutor you through all aspects of bushcraft including shelter construction and identifying wild edibles, making fine cordage, providing a nutritional diet, natural navigation, making
wonderful carvings, observing wildlife and learning essential wilderness journey skills.
Our method of teaching is founded on one of fostering a friendly atmosphere… everyone attending our courses says that the relaxed, yet deliberate way in which the outdoor skills are taught is second to none.
The school is based in the Midlands where students attending the bushcraft courses are taught in 220 acres of ancient bluebell filled coppiced woodland, surrounded by wildlife. The bushcraft training camp is within the centre of the woodland with easy access to water and parking.
Dale has a strong following on youtube where he shares some of the bushcraft knowledge and skills that are taught on the bushcraft courses listed on this site.
Click on http://www.youtube.com/user/LearnBushcraft for his homepage and videos.
Dale is swiftly becoming regarded as one of the UK’s top experts in fire by
friction, with a high level of skill especially in the hand drill. He
currently has a world record attempt application in with Guinness for
using a sub 3inch drill to create fire by using the advanced floating
technique.
Latest news:
28th Feb 2012 Another article out in Bushcraft and Survival Skills magazine, this time the focus is on string types that can be used with the Bow Drill.
20th Feb 2012 Dale on BBC national radio again see the BBC's webpage for more details http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17094310
7th Nov Dales first video tutorials are now live on videojug,com, just search British Bushcraft School to find them. Dale has been asked to provide more tutorials so more videos will be up and running soon.
1st Nov Dale's latest article is out in Bushcraft and Survival Skills magazine. This time he shows how to make a Lester fishing spear.
12th October, new dates listed for our bushcraft courses in 2012.
4th August, next years course dates to be listed very soon!
1st August Another article from Dale in Bushcraft and Survival Skills magazine, this time he talks about trapping and how to ethically practice this without causing any harm or distress to animals.
1st May Another of Dale's articles is out in bushcraft magazine.. this time is how to dry a wet fire by friction kit.
1st March Dale's latest artcile on the Rattan fire thong now out in Bushcraft and Survival skills magazine. Click here to go to our about us/links page and find a list of bamboo, rattan and balsa suppliers.
24th Feb Dale latest article on the Rattan Fire Thong will be out in Bushcraft and Survival skills magazine at the start of March.
24th Feb Spring feels very close now with many wild plants growing well above the ground in Worcestershire.
28th Jan The British Bushcraft School will be at the NEC outdoors show on Saturday 26th Feb 2011 demonstrating the hand drill and bow drill.
10th Jan Dale will be at the outdoors show in London on the 15th Jan to demonstrate the hand drill.
3rd Jan 2011 Dales latest article on the fire plough now out in Bushcraft and Survival Skills Magazine.
1st Jan 2011 HAPPY NEW YEAR!
11th Nov: big price reductions on many bushcraft courses, £100 off our week long course and essential fire course. Big reductions on many other courses. Check out the bushcraft courses page here: courses
10 Nov: Dale now has an article on the handrill in the latest issue of bushcraft and survival skills magazine; the UK's biggest selling bushcraft publication.
9th Oct: New 3 day Essential Fire Craft Course listed. Our most thorough fire craft course ever. Follow the link here
26th Sept: New 3 day fire craft course to be listed shortly. This course will cover almost every possible method of lighting fires and will give key instructuion in fire management and use.
26th Sept: 2011 course dates listed, more to follow shortly.
20th - 22nd of August the British Bushcraft School will be at the wilderness gathering to demonstrate skills, sell fire by friction hand drill and bow drill kits. We will also be advertising courses and can answer any questions you may have.. Follow the link to the gathering from this page here
17th June: new crook knife making video uploaded go to the video by clicking here. Go to our knife making course here.
10th June: More course dates listed for 2010. Click here to go to the bushcraft course pages.
9th June: Making a crook knife 2 part video uploaded to youtube. Follow these links to watch the videos :
Or watch them all on this bushcraft website by clicking here
22nd May: wild edibles walk in conjunction with transition worcester promoting sustainability in the Midlands.
Scroll down to see some course photos including some from the latest wild edibles and bushcraft walk in conjunction with Transition Worcester.
Testimonials
"The couple of days spent with you was definitely the highlight my trip to England. Thanks for being such a friendly and helpful host and i got alot from the experience". Ian Barnes (New Zealand) Two day personally tailored bushcraft course.
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"Such an amazing weekend full of useful infornation and skills and so much of it not taught in books! Well taught and thoroughly enjoyed" Dan Scott - Bushcraft Taster Course.
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"Thanks for a fantastic day. Can't tell you how much I enjoyed it" James Harvey - Hand Drill Course.
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"Many thanks for the excellent course. I found the finer details particularly useful and had never come across the tapping idea before. I'm going to wait a while to let my hands heal (!) but will be drilling again as soon as possible whilst all is fresh in my mind" R Tofts- Hand Drill Course
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"Thanks SO much for the advice and the help (and the blisters...) and if I can't get the floating method I'll definitely be back out with you again" C Sherwood - Hand Drill Course.
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"Great two days of fire by friction with lots of guidance and advice.. even managed a spruce root bow drill" Dan Scott -Bow Drill Course and Hand Drill Course.
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"Just a quick email really to say thankyou for such a great course yesterday! Not only did I learn alot of new plants, but I can now positively ID the ones I was looking for in my area and not finding. Also the variety of ways we ate and prepared all of the different varieties was superb, from the gorgeous warm salad, to the beautifully simple cat tail's methods. I defiantly feel alot more confident to try the foods and methods out after this course than after some other 'wild food walks' that I have attended (just showing lots of plants and tends to overload oneself), I put this down to your method of always reinforcing and double checking at every available chance. To boot the extra tuition with the hand drill was brilliant, as was the other additions like the nettle root cordage. All in all Dale a real corker of a day!! " Mark Jackson - Spring Wild Edibles Course.
