'Little Explorers' is an exciting new approach to 'parent and tots groups' held in an outdoor woodland environment! A group for children from 18 months to four years, incorporating messy play, stories, crafts, and all the fun of the forest! Each week provides an opportunity to explore the woods, swing in our hammocks, take part in craft activities, and enjoy the freedom of nature!
You and your little ones will spend one-and-a-half hours in the woods, enjoying crafts, stories, and play, with a real campfire for toasting marshmallows!
Snacks, drinks, marshmallows, and a wide variety of woodland crafts that your child will take home each week.
Our camps take place in our woods in Leek, Glossop & Marple
Online booking essential
1 parent per family is advisable please
Cost: £6 per child, or £25 for a 5 session block.
Babes in arms FREE.
Childminder discounts available.
Sibling discounts are no longer available.
In winter, wrap up warm with waterproof outerwear and wellies, and don’t forget your woolly hats and gloves! In summer, sun cream and hats are a must!
Where: Gnat Hole Farm, Hague Street, Glossop SK13 7PW Get Directions
Fridays 10:30am-12pm
Booking system opens for our Winter term on Wed 30th Oct at 9am.
Where: Pickwood (Ballington) Woods, Off Ladydale, Leek ST13 5SB Get Directions
Mondays 10:00am-11.30am
Booking system opens for our Winter term on Wed 30th Oct at 9am.
Where: Rollins Wood, Community Woodland, Off Compstall Road, SK6 5HG Get Directions
Thursday 9:30am-11am
No sessions this Autumn term, we will be back in Spring 2025!
If you are new to our Forest School in Leek, this short video should help you!
Once you have parked up/or have come on foot, a short video on how to access the woods and a sneak peek of what it looks like on site.
A video filmed for holiday camps but gives everyone a good idea of what our gorgeous Gnat Hole Woods in Glossop have to offer.
For Little Explorers, Babes, Home Ed, Just for Dads and Parties.
Remember there is NO driving through the farm, please access on foot!
You can park anywhere you can find a space on Compstall Road or on the housing estate opposite.
Remember there is NO driving down this track or parking in the little community car park, please only enter by foot. Look for the A frame 'welcome' sign and follow the yellow flags.
Gift vouchers are now available for ‘Little Explorers!
The perfect experience to give as a Christmas or birthday gift.
Refunds are not available, but you can still transfer your bookings to another date, as long as you transfer up to 3 days before the event that you originally book on to.
If it is 3 or less days until your original booking, then unfortunately it is too short notice to transfer. We feel that we keep our prices low in comparison to other Forest School companies who charge double and more. We also allow you to transfer your booking if you can’t make a session that week. The admin of refunding bookings would mean we would have to raise our prices in future.
Our instructors are Forest School trained, have fully enhanced DBS checks, are outdoor first aid trained with an emphasis on child first aid, and are qualified in food safety and catering. All our activities are risk assessed.
Sessions may not be suitable for siblings under 18 months, but bring them along to see as every child is different!
Read our blog for a lovely Forest School craft that you can make at home!
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