Forest Ranger adventures

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Forest Ranger activities

Once you’re settled into one of our cosy log cabins, now it’s time to meet your Forest Ranger! Each of our 13 stunning locations has one, and they can’t wait to meet you — just remember to pre-book Forest Ranger activities in your my account area so you don’t miss out.

An entire forest at your feet. Let us show you around...

Our Forest Rangers are experts in helping you have fun in the great outdoors. They’re bursting with passion for wildlife and know the forests like the back of their hand.

Forest Ranger activities are designed with the forest in mind, helping you experience the best of nature in each and every one of our locations. Our Forest Rangers have so many special talents - from survival skills and bushcraft to mindfulness and Forest Bathing.

Activities on offer

There really is something for everyone

New for Easter
Mini Forest Rangers

Join our Ugly Bug Hunt this spring! Through exciting games, crafts and immersive activities – we'll turn the so called ‘creepy crawlies’ into forest heroes with help from our Forest Rangers. With bug-catching nets in hand and microscopes at the ready, you’ll discover the unexpected beauty in these minibeasts—seeing the forest through their many little eyes...

Dates: 7 April - 2 October 2025

Duration: 90 minutes

Price: £10 per child, £5 per adult

Suitable for: Families and aimed at 5 - 10 year olds

In collaboration with BugLife

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Forest Survival
You’ll learn all sorts — like how to light a fire from scratch and how to build a woodland shelter. Then it’s time to relax around the campfire, toast some marshmallows and maybe even enjoy a much-deserved cuppa (brewed from your very own freshly foraged herbs) Because it’s the simple things in life.

Duration: 90 minutes

Price: £12 per person

Suitable for: Families, Groups, Couples

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Wildlife Wonders
Get everyone together for a feel-good wander through the woods and uncover forest secrets as you go. Your Forest Ranger might show you how to spot animal tracks or how to forage for plant snacks. Learn about everything from the bugs below to the birds in the sky. Let your curiosity lead the way!

Duration: 90 minutes

Price: £10 per adult, £8 per child

Suitable for: Family, Groups, Couples

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Nature by night
Get ready to uncover the secrets of the forest as you join your Forest Ranger for an adventure under the stars. Experience the forest in a whole new light as you witness the natural phenomenon of biofluorescence up close using UV technology. No matter the weather, you’ll spot some of our nocturnal wildlife in a truly unique and memorable way!

Duration: 90 minutes

Price: £15 per person

Suitable for: Minimum age 10+, older families, groups and couples

Available September 2025 - March 2026

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Nature Tots
Does your tiny tot love exploring outside? There’s no better place to play and learn than the forest. Your Forest Ranger will run lots of lovely activities to keep little ones entertained — like making mini-dens for fairies, bear hunt games and so much more. Who knows...maybe the big kid in you will want to get stuck in too!

Duration: 60 minutes

Price: £6 for child and £5 per adult

Suitable for: Families and pre-schoolers

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Mini Forest Rangers
Who wants to be a fully certified Mini Forest Ranger? This one’s for the mini explorers who love muddy adventures. Kids will have a blast building dens, hunting for minibeasts, making art and letting their imagination run wild. Rosy cheeks guaranteed.

Autumn timetable available from October 2025

Duration: 90 minutes

Price: £10 per child, £5 per adult

Suitable for: Families and aimed at 5 - 10 year olds.

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Forest Bathing Taster
Looking for a real wellbeing boost? You needn’t travel to Japan to feel the amazing benefits of Shinrin Yoku (or as we call it, Forest Bathing). From improved heart health to reduced anxiety, nature really is the best remedy. Exhale, unfurl, let the forest take the weight off. Then tie it all together with a woodland tea ceremony!

Locations: Blackwood Forest and Forest of Dean

Duration: 90 minutes

Price: Free of charge

Suitable for: Older families, groups and couples.

Bookable on-site only, subject to availability.

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What is Forest Feeling...?

“...It means appreciating the wildlife and habitats in the forest and the benefits that exist for the wildlife themselves and for guests.” Forest Ranger, Delamere Forest

“The feeling that we are part of the environment, not separate from it.” Forest Ranger, Forest of Dean

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