Celebrate the season or learn something old with our series of unique events and workshops, each drawing on the natural rhythms and folk traditions honoured by ancient communities.
Discover the metal that changed the world and craft your own bronze sword, axehead, knife, or torc. Running on the 7th, 13th, 21st.
Discover Iron Age living history with the Raven Tor reenactment group. Find out what life would have been like in Iron Age Britain as you explore our open air site.
Discover the sound of our ancestors and craft an ancient instrument used in performance and ritual by Neolithic, Celtic, Viking, and modern peoples. Running each day this weekend.
Under the expert guidance of a champion hurdle maker and tree-wright, learn the whole process of creating beautiful and practical traditional fencing panels.
Enjoy a hands-on, creative experience, as you discover the art of ancient mosaic making from start to finish. You will be guided through each stage in a relaxed and engaging way by two highly-trained professionals, working with the same traditional materials and tools that were used over 2,000 years ago.
Discover life as a Saxon! Meet villagers and warriors, see them and their weapons in action.
Learn the ancient techniques used to shape flint, and create your very own hafted tool with flint, wood, twine, and pitch.
Join experienced heritage tutor Kat Wootton under an awe-inspiring roundhouse roof to weave your own belt using natural fibres and backstrap looms. Immerse yourself in ancestral crafts as you learn ancient techniques in the atmospheric buildings of our forebears as you are led in this historic and meditative technique.
Discover the metal that changed the world and craft your own bronze sword, axehead, knife, or torc. Running on the 7th, 13th, 21st.
Experience the mystery of Samhain by the glowing hearth of Butser’s Great Roundhouse as Jason Buck brings spooky Halloween tales to life.
Discover Roman living history and combat reenactments with the Butser IX Roman Legion. Find out what life would have been like in Roman Britain as you explore our open air site.
Learn how to craft a matching set of Viking weave jewellery in our Saxon Hall. Guided by expert Holly Berkley, craft a necklace and beaten spiral pendant, a bracelet, matching earrings and a beaten spiral ring.
Design and build you own copper table decoration. Begin with a small guided walk where you will forage for inspiring natural material. Nestled within the beauty of the South Downs National Park, you will then spend time translating your found inspiration and ideas into copper - resulting in a personal piece of art for your home.
Learn how to craft 5 ancient copper ring designs based on historic finds. Guided by expert Holly Berkley.
Ideal for children. Follow The Storyteller around our beautiful site hunting for clues to folklore stories of nature and hearing folklore stories about kindness and pride from around the world, finishing with making protective Saxon Amulet Beads to take home from natural ingredients.
Learn an endangered craft deeply rooted to rural life, from one of the last remaining tutors in the country. Connected to the rhythms of the earth, corn dollies were also known as harvest tokens. A soothing and relaxing activity, this workshop is for those with some previous experience.
Time Traveller Holiday Club is a unique holiday activity club designed for 6 to 13-year-olds (with 2 age streams), set in the stunning Hampshire landscape and based around memorable hands-on historical activities.
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