Bringing the Past to Life

Discover the metal that changed the world and craft your own bronze sword, axehead, knife, or torc. Running on the 7th, 13th, 21st.

Learn the ancient techniques used to shape flint, and create your very own hafted tool with flint, wood, twine, and pitch.

Time Traveller Holiday Club is a unique holiday activity club designed for 6 to 13-year-olds (with 2 age streams), set in the stunning Hampshire landscape and based around memorable hands-on historical activities.

Discover a prehistoric form of knitting, and learn nalbinding stitches used by the Vikings to create sturdy, warm clothes from mittens to socks!

Grow your nalbinding knowledge and discover how to do the Oslo stitch, a stitching technique that dates back to the pre-historical period.

Step out into nature at Butser Ancient Farm this Summer - where you will craft objects, acquire new skills and overcome challenges while working alongside others.

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.

A unique adventure for 3-6 year olds and their carers. Process from hearth to hearth with your costumed guide, as you hear 3 ancient tales and complete 3 woodland activities.

A special one-off day of our popular children’s holiday camp - packed with the best activities that the Romans have to offer. Led using knowledgeable reenactors from our experienced team - this promises to be an immersive way to spend the day!

Before the advent of modern tanning agents, humans were turning raw skin into usable leather products using very basic techniques and materials. Learn to produce incredibly soft, strong and durable leather from raw animal skin using one of human kind’s earliest tanning technologies!