An incredible afternoon & evening of spectacular entertainment, straight from Valhalla itself. Witness live folk music, reenactor warrior battles, traditional crafts, and the burning of a Viking longship at dusk…
Our biggest reenactment of the year! Witness a Viking raid as a village of Saxons defends the farm against a Viking warband.
Learn the ancient techniques used to shape flint, and create your very own hafted tool with flint, wood, twine, and pitch.
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.
Step into an eerie world of spine-chilling beasties with the Travelling Talesman for an evening of spooky fireside storytelling!
Enjoy all the excitement of a usual day out at Butser, at a fraction of the cost! Kindly funded by the East Hampshire District Council, this time-limited offer is open to East Hants residents only, though we're also open as normal if you live further afield.
Discover the metal that changed the world and craft your own bronze sword, axehead, knife, or torc. Running on the 12th, 26th, & 28th.
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 beginner friendly.
As the seasons turn, settle into the great roundhouse for a cosy autumn afternoon diving into spellbinding ancient British myths!
As the seasons turn, settle into the great roundhouse for an evening exploring spooky, spellbinding ancient British myths!
An incredible two days of entertainment and inspiration with bestselling writers! Join us for talks, poetry readings, storytelling, workshops, book signings, hands-on crafts, and more, with some of historic fiction's bestselling authors.
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.
Discover the secrets of ancient skeletons this October half term! An action-packed week filled with a themed trail, hands-on activities, ancient skills demonstrations, and more.
Discover the metal that changed the world and craft your own bronze sword, axehead, knife, or torc. Running on the 1st, 3rd, & 30th.
Join us to celebrate Samhain with an evening of storytelling and crafting in the atmospheric surroundings of the Great Roundhouse at Butser Ancient Farm.
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.
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.
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!
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.
Bring nature into your home and craft a gorgeous handmade hedgerow wreath! Immerse yourself in the timeless beauty of our Saxon meadhall in this calming escape from the bustle of modern Christmas. Running both days this weekend.
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.
Discover the metal that changed the world and craft your own bronze sword, axehead, knife, or torc. Running on the 7th & 15th.
This course will introduce you to which parts of an animal are useful for different products, and how to preserve those parts until they can be used. We will cover all basic butchery for both food and utilitarian items, as well as those parts not often seen as useful.
Discover a craft that has never been replicated by a machine! Learn the traditional and sustainable craft of basket weaving on this relaxed day course, and turn natural hedgerow materials into your own basket.
Discover life as a Viking! Meet villagers and warriors, see them and their weapons in action, and craft your own mini Viking shield.
Learn how to make cordage, a prehistoric form of string, in this ancient crafts workshop. Work with a variety of foraged, wild-growing plants and start work on a coil basket! Running both days this weekend.
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.
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.
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.
Discover the metal that changed the world and craft your own bronze sword, axehead, knife, or torc. Running on the 1st, 7th, & 15th.
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.
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 beginner friendly.
Have a bash at flintknapping in a half hour session and learn a million-year-old technology.
Get hands on with one of humanity’s greatest inventions, and experience ancient metalworking with our experimental archaeologist! Learn to smelt copper, create alloys, and cast bronze using 8,000-year-old tools and techniques — or what we think they might have been…
Meet members of Colchester Historical Enactment Society sharing crafts and textiles from the Saxon period.
Explore the artistry of spoon carving, and discover the timeless craft of carving, shaping, and refining wooden spoons. Connect with tradition and create a functional and personalised piece of art.
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.
Warrior Camp is a unique holiday activity bushcraft club for 8 to 14-year-olds, set in the stunning Hampshire landscape.
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 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.
Time Traveller Holiday Club is a unique holiday activity club designed for 6 to 12-year-olds, set in the stunning Hampshire landscape.
Travel back in time with immersive drop-in workshops that bring the Roman world to life! This week, we’re turning part of our villa into a Roman classroom with the experts from Reading University’s Ancient Schoolroom project — join us to have a go with wax tablets, discover ancient Latin curses, hear Roman fables, and more!
Discover one of humanity’s oldest crafts, and see expert knappers from the Lithics Studies Society turn raw flint into a range of beautiful tools and objects!
Time Traveller Holiday Club is a unique holiday activity club designed for 6 to 12-year-olds, set in the stunning Hampshire landscape.
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!
Reach back in time to discover how the ancient world was connected through amber. Create your own amber pendant and string under the guidance of experimental archaeologist Vanessa Bunton.
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.
Discover the metal that changed the world and craft your own bronze sword, axehead, knife, or torc in an intimate two-person workshop. Running on the 2nd, 4th, 9th, 11th, 17th, 19th, 24th, & 26th.
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.
Warrior Camp is a unique holiday activity bushcraft club for 8 to 14-year-olds, set in the stunning Hampshire landscape.
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