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Unique opportunities to enhance your stay with us

We hope that your stay at Coombeshead will be an unforgettable experience. To make the most of your stay, why not book onto one of our tours? These tours can be booked on the accommodation page, or you can book at the office during your stay.

Wild Walk

This Ecologist lead walk through our rewilding area. Bring your boots,  binoculars and soak in the sights and sounds of the returning wildlife. Gain a greater connection to Nature.

Beaver Watching

Pass a couple of hours as night falls in our well established wetland habitat where you can view our iconic landscape engineers at work.

Self Guided Tours

While you are with us why not visit our Rewilding Garden to see and learn how nature recovery can be kick started in smaller areas.  If you are feeling enegetic why do one of our self guided rewilding walks, The Upcott Trails, guide booklets are available from the site office or in your welcome pack.

Film & Photography

Our site offers a unique opportunity to film and photograph a broad range of incredibly rare and charismatic species. With expert animal handlers and quality built sets you can produce that shot that sets you head and shoulders above the rest. Contact photography@derekgowconsultancy.com 

Workshops
We are offering a wide variety of workshops from learning how to bring back nature, into your garden or at landscape scale. Ecology, Water Vole handling & Management, Rewilding, Natural Dyes and much more.  Bespoke courses for beginners to professionals, individuals to teams. Courses can be tailored to suit your organisations unique requirements.

2025 EVENTS

APRIL

Mammal Society - Beaver Ecology & Conservation

23rd April
Booking Details to follow

MAY

Rewilding Course Field Trip

1-3rd May
Booking details to follow

Practical Rewilding Course

15-16th May
Book through CIEEM website
This course provides an introduction to rewilding in the UK context and how it can be applied at a variety of scales. Beginning with an overview of the history and different applications of the practice both in Britain and overseas, the course will focus on practical demonstration of rewilding at Rewilding Coombeshead.

Practical Rewilding Course

22-23rd May

Explore the World of Rewilding: History, Science, and Success Stories

Join us for an immersive two-day course at Rewilding Coombeshead in Devon to gain in-depth insights into rewilding, from its origins and challenges to the science behind its growing success in conservation. 

Where the Wild Things Were

30 May to 1st June

'WHERE THE WILD THINGS WERE' promises a packed weekend of talks from high-profile speakers in conservation palaeoecology, introducing long-term environmental records from fossil and zooarchaeological bone and palaeoecological records, indigenous knowledge and historical texts, to make us think (literally more deeply!) about how the past can guide us with nature restoration goals today.”
Prof. Danielle Schreve

JUNE

Mammal Society - Beaver Ecology & Conservation

9th June 2025
Booking Details to follow

Rewilding Course Field Trip

26-28th June
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JULY

Beaver Ecology and Field Sign Identification

2nd July
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Beaver Survey Methods and Management

3rd July
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If Not Know When? Rewilding Land to Sea Beyond 2025

July 25th to 27th
The third year of our groundbreaking symposiums brought to you by Keep it Wild. We'll be tackling the thorny issues, facilitating much needed conversations, raising the bar on nature recovery.

AUGUST

Details to follow

SEPTEMBER

Practical Rewilding Course

10-11th September
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Rewilding Course Field Trip

25-27th September
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Address

Upcott Grange
Broadwoodwidger
Lifton  Devon
PL16 0JS.

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