Gate Making

Course to make a wooden gate over two days at our woodland workshop.


Greenwood Days
Greenwood Days
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5.0 (4)

7 hours Class size 1 to 5 guests       £230 (PayPal Pay in 3 available)

Spend a weekend designing and building a rustic gate on this two-day course with Alastair Hayhurst.
The ideal project to start or progress your green woodworking journey, you’ll be schooled in using traditional hand tools and techniques, and leave with a solid foundation of skills and a wonderful handmade gate! (Gate size – maximum height 1.2m, maximum width 0.9m.)
Sweet chestnut is a naturally durable wood that does not require treatment and will silver up over time.
You will learn:
  • How to source appropriate wood
  • How to design your gate
  • Cleaving and shaping techniques
  • Joints and frame building
  • Finishing techniques
What you'll get
A completed gate to take home.
Knowledge required
Suitable for beginners and experienced woodworkers alike.
What to bring
just bring yourself!
Location

Greenwood Days, Staunton Harold

Courses are run at our woodland workshop in Spring Wood 1 mile from Melbourne, Derbyshire.

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Greenwood Days
Greenwood Days

Instagram followers 9k followers
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We have been running courses in our woodland workshop for over 25 years. The course centre is set in a beautiful 90-acre wood in the National Forest on the Leicestershire/Derbyshire border.
Our tutors are all highly skilled professional craft workers and teachers who share our passion for preserving, promoting and passing on these crafts and techniques.
Come and enjoy the beauty of the woodland, be inspired, be creative, learn a new craft.

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2026-06-12 15:00:00
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