Hakeford Woods

Hakeford Woods A North Devon Woodland based charity providing Education and Wellbeing Opportunities for all ages.

Hakeford Woods is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation - CIO with the Registered Charity Number 1203076. Hakeford Woods provides a variety opportunities for members of the community to benefit from time spent in the outdoors including children's Forest School Sessions, School sessions for children in mainstream and alternative provision schools, sessions for home educated children, holiday clubs

and a mix of adult sessions focusing on wellbeing, mental health and development of new skills. Hakeford Woods is based in 40 acres of temperate rainforest only 10 minutes from Barnstaple in North Devon.

We're really looking forwards to tomorrow's Wellbeing in Nature session at Hakeford Woods after a summer break. We'll ha...
26/08/2026

We're really looking forwards to tomorrow's Wellbeing in Nature session at Hakeford Woods after a summer break. We'll have some shelter from the sun or rain we'll have activities, a tasty lunch and great company and we'll have the kettle on and ready in the roundhouse for our usual time 11-2.30.
Please book a place if you're planning to come along.
The link can be found on the bookings page of our website https://hakefordwoods.org.uk
There are still places available for tomorrow's session if you or someone you know fancies a few hours in the woods.
The kettle will be on, there will be a warm lunch cooked on the fire and crafts or jobs to keep yourself busy or seats for sitting on if you'd rather relax by the fire or the pond.
If you have any questions please don't hesitate to get in touch.
These sessions are aimed to provide activities and opportunities with therapeutic benefits for adults struggling with mental health challenges.
We ran our first pilot project in the Autumn of 2017, where the participants really enjoyed the opportunities to spend time out in the woods being creative, constructive, sociable or just relaxing. After successfully managing to get funding to support the project, we began to provide weekly sessions every Thursday from Easter 2018.
Sessions are free to attend and open to anybody who feels that their mental and physical health could benefit from time spent in nature.
If you would like to know more please get in touch or check out our website.
We are extremely grateful to the following organisations and others that have provided the funding over the years that allowed us to continue to run the Wellbeing in Nature Project: Recovery Devon; Devon Community Foundation; The National Lottery Community Fund; Tesco Bags of Help; The Alpkit Foundation; North Devon District Councillors and Devon County Councillors and an award from the Postcode Local Trust.
mentalhealth recovery

It's looking like a slightly cooler day tomorrow for our Wellbeing in Nature session at Hakeford Woods🙌 . We'll have som...
29/07/2026

It's looking like a slightly cooler day tomorrow for our Wellbeing in Nature session at Hakeford Woods🙌 . We'll have some shelter from the sun we'll have activities, a tasty lunch and great company and we'll have the kettle on and ready in the roundhouse for our usual time 11-2.30.
Please book a place if you're planning to come along.
The link can be found on the bookings page of our website https://hakefordwoods.org.uk
There are still places available for tomorrow's session if you or someone you know fancies a few hours in the woods.
The kettle will be on, there will be a warm lunch cooked on the fire and crafts or jobs to keep yourself busy or seats for sitting on if you'd rather relax by the fire or the pond.
If you have any questions please don't hesitate to get in touch.
These sessions are aimed to provide activities and opportunities with therapeutic benefits for adults struggling with mental health challenges.
We ran our first pilot project in the Autumn of 2017, where the participants really enjoyed the opportunities to spend time out in the woods being creative, constructive, sociable or just relaxing. After successfully managing to get funding to support the project, we began to provide weekly sessions every Thursday from Easter 2018.
Sessions are free to attend and open to anybody who feels that their mental and physical health could benefit from time spent in nature.
If you would like to know more please get in touch or check out our website.
We are extremely grateful to the following organisations and others that have provided the funding over the years that allowed us to continue to run the Wellbeing in Nature Project: Recovery Devon; Devon Community Foundation; The National Lottery Community Fund; Tesco Bags of Help; The Alpkit Foundation; North Devon District Councillors and Devon County Councillors and an award from the Postcode Local Trust.
mentalhealth recovery

A few photos from the celebration night at Hakeford Woods.Our amazing musiciansAmanita GroveSmall Town JonesGabby YoungA...
26/07/2026

A few photos from the celebration night at Hakeford Woods.
Our amazing musicians
Amanita Grove
Small Town Jones
Gabby Young

And thank you to Focused Light CIC for sharing some beautiful photos

26/07/2026

An enormous THANK YOU to everyone who came along to last night's 10 year anniversary celebration last night at Hakeford Woods.

Thank you for coming, eating, drinking, enjoying the music and the woods and your kind words and support yesterday and over the last decade.

An an extra big thank you to and for playing for us. You were all amazing and we're so delighted that you were part of our first ever live music event.

And an extra thank you to Jim for the video🙏

UPDATE! Hakeford Woods Holiday Club places still available! For those eligible for HAF funding on book here: https://eeq...
25/07/2026

UPDATE!
Hakeford Woods Holiday Club places still available! For those eligible for HAF funding on book here: https://eequ.org/book/woodland-holiday-club-near-barnstaple-with-hakeford-woods-cio-13982
If the day you want is full, get in touch and we'll see if we can open another space. Or sign on to the waiting list to jump on a cancellation.
Other available dates which are bookable through our own booking page here https://bookwhen.com/hakefordwoods are:
28th July - 6 tickets available
29th July - 3 tickets available
30th July - full
31st July - 1 ticket available
4th August - 4 tickets available
5th August - 3 tickets available
6th August - 3 tickets available
7th August - Full

10 Year Anniversary Music Night. Parking, Food, Drink, Donations etcParking - Our parking at Hakeford Woods is quite lim...
24/07/2026

10 Year Anniversary Music Night. Parking, Food, Drink, Donations etc

Parking - Our parking at Hakeford Woods is quite limited, so If you are able to manage the 10 minute walk, please park with our good friends at the Growforward Project under the viaduct at Chelfham Mill. If you need to please feel free to use our carpark, but please park tightly so everyone who needs to can get in. 

Food - We are cooking a Sri Lankan style Dahl and rice which will be available for a small donation (cash only)

Bar - We will have a bar (cash only), but it will be relatively limited in quantity and variety, so if you'd prefer to bring your own refreshments please do, we won't mind.  

Donations - We will be asking for donations towards Hakeford Woods and the artists who are supporting us so please bring cash which will go towards covering their performance costs and help with the work that we do at Hakeford Woods. 

Seating - We do have a number of benches around the site, but if you like something a bit more comfortable please feel free to bring your favourite camping chair. 

We do not have any facilities to take card payments so please bring cash for food, drink and donations.

It's looking like yet another hot one tomorrow, but don't forget that we also have a nice cool stream for cooling hot fe...
22/07/2026

It's looking like yet another hot one tomorrow, but don't forget that we also have a nice cool stream for cooling hot feet at our Wellbeing in Nature session at Hakeford Woods. As well as the shelter from the sun we'll have activities, a tasty lunch and great company and we'll have the kettle on and ready in the roundhouse for our usual time 11-2.30.
Please book a place if you're planning to come along.
The link can be found on the bookings page of our website https://hakefordwoods.org.uk
There are still places available for tomorrow's session if you or someone you know fancies a few hours in the woods.
The kettle will be on, there will be a warm lunch cooked on the fire and crafts or jobs to keep yourself busy or seats for sitting on if you'd rather relax by the fire or the pond.
If you have any questions please don't hesitate to get in touch.
These sessions are aimed to provide activities and opportunities with therapeutic benefits for adults struggling with mental health challenges.
We ran our first pilot project in the Autumn of 2017, where the participants really enjoyed the opportunities to spend time out in the woods being creative, constructive, sociable or just relaxing. After successfully managing to get funding to support the project, we began to provide weekly sessions every Thursday from Easter 2018.
Sessions are free to attend and open to anybody who feels that their mental and physical health could benefit from time spent in nature.
If you would like to know more please get in touch or check out our website.
We are extremely grateful to the following organisations and others that have provided the funding over the years that allowed us to continue to run the Wellbeing in Nature Project: Recovery Devon; Devon Community Foundation; The National Lottery Community Fund; Tesco Bags of Help; The Alpkit Foundation; North Devon District Councillors and Devon County Councillors and an award from the Postcode Local Trust.
mentalhealth recovery

A huge THANK YOU to the wonderful team and families from Families in Grief for coming out to the woods last week. These...
21/07/2026

A huge THANK YOU to the wonderful team and families from Families in Grief for coming out to the woods last week. These days are always an absolute pleasure and we'll look forward to seeing you again in August.

It's our 10th Anniversary Party and music night at Hakeford Woods next Saturday.Please see poster for more details and b...
19/07/2026

It's our 10th Anniversary Party and music night at Hakeford Woods next Saturday.
Please see poster for more details and booking link.
Thanks again to everyone who has supported us over the last decade and an extra big thank you to our amazing trustees and musical talent who are joining us on Saturday.

I wouldn't usually share this sort of thing on here, but it's so wonderful I feel I have to.I had a big birthday last we...
17/07/2026

I wouldn't usually share this sort of thing on here, but it's so wonderful I feel I have to.
I had a big birthday last week and received this amazing card from our Wellbeing groups. We knew about this person's artistic talents as we already have beautiful drawings of the hounds of the woods, but this one is really special and will find itself in a frame sometime soon.
A huge THANK YOU to everyone that has come along, whether to work, volunteer, help out, join in, find peace, enjoy the wildlife, make friends, play, decompress, have fun, or just escape the real world outside the woods.
You've all helped to make Hakeford Woods what it is and we're hugely grateful to be moving onwards and upwards into our second decade with so much support from our local community.
Thank you all
🌳🙏🌳

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Hakeford
Barnstaple
EX327

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