Welcome to the Green Wood Centre...

based in Coalbrookdale just a short way from historic Ironbridge, the Green Wood Centre is an innovative interpretation centre for woodland management, coppicing, sustainable building and other sustainable technologies.

Click here to visit the Small Woods Association web site. The Green Wood Centre is part of the national woodland charity, the Small Woods Association.

The Centre promotes sustainable living through a wood based economy by running courses in woodland management and related activities and making landscape furniture from local FSC timber. The site has one of the UK's most energy efficient timber buildings and is now the national centre for excellence in the field of crafts and coppice.

The Green Wood Centre is home to the Ironbridge Woodland Experience which includes a 'state of the art' woodland hall, a vegetarian whole-food cafe, a retail outlet for coppice products, displays of coppice tools, coracles in all stages of construction and of course woodland walks around the Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage Site. Access to woodland walks throughout the year.

Cherry’s Real Food Café @ The Green Wood Centre will be open each day from 10.00 – 4.00 p.m.

Specialising in good rustic food, which is vegetarian and home-made by us on site or sourced from local suppliers. In keeping with our own ethical code and principles, we have adopted a policy of sourcing produce that is high quality, ethical and where ever possible, local and organic. As a result our food is fresh, seasonal, interesting and delicious!

We deliver successful and popular Open College Network accredited courses in Coppicing, Hedge Laying, Coppice Products, Sustainable Woodland Management, Introduction to Small Woodland Management and Woodland Monitoring and Evaluation. We hope that we will be able to expand this portfolio even further to encompass other aspects of woodland management, green woodworking and social forestry. We also hope to deliver courses nationally and develop training opportunities in partnership with other agencies around the country, including the Centre for Alternative Technology in Wales and the Sustainability Centre in Hampshire.

  Jewels of the Forest - A rare opportunity to see drawings, photographs and jewellery designed and made by the late Sarah Jane Connor >>
 
 
 
   

Last few places available!

Learn to make charcoal, along with the techniques of cleaving and weaving to make other green wood products, as part of the Coppice Products Course from the 15th to the 19th June.

Basic accommodation available at the Green Wood Centre, please ask about our ‘package deals’.

Either book online or speak to Rachel or Fran on 01952 435852.

 

 
       

 

 

 

The Green Wood Centre, where your conference won't cost you the earth...

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This year’s Week In The Woods was a great success - please follow the link for more information >>

Click here to find local wood products or to advertise your coppice business.

Heartwoods – supporting the woodlands and timber industry in the West Midlands.

 
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Supported by the Forestry Commission and part of Small Woods Association registered Charity number 1081874
 
 
 

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