Join us under the gentle glow of the new moon as we come together, connect, craft and reset for the month ahead. Visit the farm after dark for an evening of deep connection and personal renewal.
Learn the most ancient skill there is: how to prepare an animal for the table. Skin, butcher, and cook a deer using traditional tools, techniques, and recipes.
Plait straw to create a range of tree ornament corn dollies for Yule or Christmas. A soothing and relaxing activity, this workshop offers a calming escape from the bustle of modern Christmas, and is beginner friendly.
Discover the art of medieval manuscript creation in our immersive workshop. Dive into the world of historical writing techniques using authentic materials as you master the craft of the medieval scribe.
Learn to cook some of England’s oldest recipes like sweet Saxon bread, nettle and wild garlic soup, and meadowsweet mead, and feast in an authentic Saxon hall! Veggie and vegan-friendly options included.
Join us in the great roundhouse for a festive fireside afternoon of Winter storytelling with Red Phoenix, a magical and enthralling storyteller. The perfect way to start your festive season together!
Join us in the great roundhouse for a festive fireside evening of Winter storytelling with Red Phoenix, a magical and enthralling storyteller. After the storytelling we will have a cheeky visit from The Prize Old Mummers.
Gather in the Great Roundhouse as we mark the shortest day of the year with an afternoon of storytelling and meditation. Jonathon Huet will recite the ancient stories of the Celtic traditions with gentle drumming, poetry and prose.
Join us for a midwinter evening of warm-hearted theatre, with Leela Bunce beautifully bringing to life a Saxon woman's day in the times of Viking invasions.
Join storyteller Bernadette Russell around the fire for celestial stories about the stars during the South Downs Dark Skies Festival this February half term.
Join us for a unique overnight storytelling and music experience in our beautiful Iron Age roundhouse. Explore the profound wealth of Celtic stories as doorways to your inner worlds.
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.
Celebrate spring and the spellbinding sounds of the harp in the ancient setting of Butser’s Great Roundhouse, with renowned concert harpist Keziah Thomas.
Join Jason Buck and Dave Tonge for an afternoon of culture and comedy, from the annals of Chaucer's medieval writing, rebooted and reshod for modern audiences.
Join Jason Buck and Dave Tonge for an afternoon of culture and comedy, from the annals of Chaucer's medieval writing, rebooted and reshod for modern audiences on a warm summer evening.
To celebrate the construction of Butser’s Wyke Down House, join storyteller Jon Norman-Mason for a foray into the beliefs and myths of the past!
Join us under the gentle glow of the new moon as we come together, connect, craft and reset for the month ahead. Visit the farm after dark for an evening of deep connection and personal renewal.
Join us to celebrate Samhain with an evening of storytelling and crafting in the atmospheric surroundings of the Great Roundhouse at Butser Ancient Farm.
Looking for an unforgettable way to celebrate Halloween this year? When the veil between this world and the next is thin and the spirits of the past awaken, dive into the mystical and macabre at Butser Ancient Farm.
As the seasons turn, settle into the great roundhouse for an evening exploring spooky, spellbinding ancient British myths!
As the seasons turn, settle into the great roundhouse for a cosy autumn afternoon diving into spellbinding ancient British myths!
Step into an eerie world of spine-chilling beasties with the Travelling Talesman for an evening of spooky fireside storytelling!
Join us under the gentle glow of the new moon as we come together, connect, craft and reset for the month ahead. Visit the farm after dark for an evening of deep connection and personal renewal.
Unveil the history of hags, witches and wild women through enthralling myths by the glowing hearth of our Iron Age roundhouse. In this unique performance, spellbinding storytellers Dawn Nelson and Jason Buck will team up to take you back in time through magical tales.
Unveil the history of hags, witches and wild women through enthralling myths by the glowing hearth of our Iron Age roundhouse. In this unique performance, spellbinding storytellers Dawn Nelson and Jason Buck will team up to take you back in time through magical tales.
Join us under the gentle glow of the new moon as we come together, connect, craft and reset for the month ahead. Visit the farm after dark for an evening of deep connection and personal renewal.
Learn to cook some of England’s oldest recipes like sweet Saxon bread, nettle and wild garlic soup, and meadowsweet mead, and feast in an authentic Saxon hall! Veggie and vegan-friendly options included.
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.
Learn the most ancient skill there is: how to prepare an animal for the table. Skin, butcher, and cook a deer using traditional tools, techniques, and recipes.
Spend a week learning to timber frame on our unique site, surrounded by Anglo-Saxon Halls, Iron Age and Bronze Age Roundhouses, and a Stone Age timber framed temple. Learn the craft from our treewright Darren and his team of apprentices.
Discover ancient music and have a go with historic instruments! Explore a wide array of instruments from the early Neolithic era to the Middle Ages with merry band of musicians Here Be Flagons.
Immerse yourself in a carefully curated myriad of myths and folktales about the mother goddess energetically retold by master storyteller, the Travelling Talesman, in our great roundhouse this summer!
Join us under the gentle glow of the new moon as we come together, connect, craft and reset for the month ahead. Visit the farm after dark for an evening of deep connection and personal renewal.
Join us to celebrate the ancient Celtic Festival of Lammas or Lughnasadh, a celebration of the summer and the gathering of the first harvest. Music, storytelling and crafting will take place to celebrate the abundance of the earth and a successful harvest.
Join incredible storyteller Jason Buck around the fire this summer for a myriad of adventure-filled stories following heroes and villains, loves, losses, dooms and triumphs!
Immerse yourself in the ancient sounds of Seventh Wave, two international musicians bringing their shimmering songs to our Great Roundhouse on a summer evening.
Join us under the gentle glow of the new moon as we come together, connect, craft and reset for the month ahead. Visit the farm after dark for an evening of deep connection and personal renewal.
Learn to cook some of England’s oldest recipes like sweet Saxon bread, nettle and wild garlic soup, and meadowsweet mead, and feast in an authentic Saxon hall! Veggie and vegan-friendly options included.
A unique chance to explore the origins of British language with linguist and Medievalist Harriet Earis.
Learn the most ancient skill there is: how to prepare an animal for the table. Skin, butcher, and cook a deer using traditional tools, techniques, and recipes.
Join us for a unique Summer Solstice experience where we will gather around the fire in our Iron Age roundhouse to hear stories and bathe in the sound of gongs.
Join storyteller Bernadette Russell around the fire for stories, poems and incantations about the little people.
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.
Ahoy there! You are invited to board the Sailorette and join the plentiful crew, 'The Old Time Sailors', for a night of footstomping, dancing and singing!
Join us under the gentle glow of the new moon as we come together, connect, craft and reset for the month ahead. Visit the farm after dark for an evening of deep connection and personal renewal.
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