The One-Day Woodturning experience and the Two-Day Beginners Course run monthly. Other courses vary depending on availability.

Check the calendar for each course you are interested in.

Courses run by The Woodturning School have a maximum number of four students with a minimum of three booked on for the course to run. If Martin runs the course, it will likely run with two.

Externally run courses usually require four to run with a maximum of five.

Date changes are not permitted once the 30% per person non-refundable deposit has been paid. In exceptional circumstances, we will do our best to accommodate a date change, subject to availability. Otherwise, the booking must be cancelled (forfeiting the deposit or balance) and rebooked.

Our company policy is that students are a minimum of 18 years of age.

If you are aged 16 to 18 and wish to try woodturning, we recommend you book a one-to-one lesson with either Les or Martin and ensure you have a responsible adult to stay with you throughout the day. Better still, book them onto the same day and learn together.

Alternatively, we support the Youth Training Scheme run by the Association of Woodturners of Great Britain that offers free training for young people at our workshop and others up and down the country,

Each course has details on how to book. Please check on the course you are interested in.

We are lucky our courses are popular and usually book up months in advance.

Rather than keeping a waiting list of students for the many courses we run each year, we recommend you join our mailing list to be notified of any last-minute availability or cancellations. We notify the mailing list 24 hours before posting availability on Facebook and Instagram.

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Not easily. We are not set-up for phone or in-person bookings. We can help you though. The process is time-consuming as we have to act as you on the site as if you are doing it yourself. We will then need to take your card details over the phone (which we are not keen on doing) to complete the booking.

Of course! Learning with your own tools is very beneficial. Each course has a list of the tools used so you know what to bring. If you don’t have one of those listed, use ours – no problem.

The only caveat is that your tools should be sharpened before you arrive. If the tool is not deemed appropriate for use, we can briefly guide you on sharpening it correctly and you will need to use the supplied tools. This is for your benefit, and your safety during the course.

Absolutely not. Gloves and lathes are not friendly with each other. For your safety, you will not be permitted to wear gloves.

The Tree House Coffee Shop onsite where we have coffee and lunch are used to dealing with dietry requirements. Let us know in the notes when you book and we’ll speak to the kitchen. In the meantime, check out the menu HERE..