The hub of the Gathering and where we endeavour to assist you with your problems and answer any questions you may have. Its also where you bring yourself if you are injured or require medical assistance.

1948 Original Equipment has been conceived from experience, necessity and a desire to shape the future. Many great explorers, sportsmen and pioneers have made subtle modifications to their equipment to make tomorrow a little better.  A group of friends, following in these footsteps, decided to do the same and 48 OE was born. We are a specialist company that provides equipment, clothing and gear for anyone interested in expeditions, travel and the great outdoors.
Tel:0333 444 1948 Email: sales@pmlgb.com Website: www.originalequipmentshop.com

Outdoor equipment from tarps, sleeping bags and down jackets to headtorches and drybags. Check out our new tents. We'll be setting up a bivi with just alpkit gear and showing just how light you can travel.
Tel: 01773764342

Outdoor equipment from tarps, sleeping bags and down jackets to headtorches and drybags. Check out our new tents. We'll be setting up a bivi with just alpkit gear and showing just how light you can travel.
Tel: 01773764342 Website: www.alpkit.com

I have been a blacksmith for around 20 years. I specialise in making historically accurate tools, knives, fire steels and bushcraft equipment etc. I also make longbows
Tel: 01709 363127 Email: info@akirkham.co.uk Website: www.akirkham.co.uk

Timberhitch Archery target practice for all ages. Various weights of Bow provided.

Genuine army surplus, US and British equipment and clothing. Goretex jackets, trousers, sleeping bags, survival and useful items. Genuine issue kit.
Tel: 01508 483880 Email: armysupplies@hotmail.com

Backwoods' aim is to teach students not only how to survive, but to thrive in the natural environment - as our ancestors did and as many indigenous peoples still do. We equip our students, not with expensive kit, but with the knowledge and skills to face the challenge of moving from a comfortable modern existence to one of self-reliance, building a closer relationship with nature.
Tel: 0141 641 2055 Website: www.backwoodsurvival.co.uk

Trading in handmade woodcraft tools and Bushcraft knives and leatherwork. Demonstrating greenwood crafts, safe tool use and sharpening techniques.
Tel:01886 880410 Email: info@benorford.com Website: www.benorford.com

Bushcraft leather goods, knife, axe and saw sheaths. Firesteels and exotic wood and antlet jewellery.
Email: beneaththestars@live.co.uk - www.beneaththestars.net

Hand made knives including The Original Bison Bushcraft Knife, Gransfors Axes, Swanndri clothing, Ventile clothing, Kelly Kettles, fire steels, bashas and other hard to find bushcraft kit.
Contact Roger Harrington on Tel: 0845 8387062 or Email: info@bisonbushcraft.co.uk - www.bisonbushcraft.co.uk

The outdoors is our passion, bushcraft is our tool and craft. Now based at Biblins in the heart of the Forest of Dean, the ideal setting to inspire you to push that comfort zone just a little.
Tel: 01600 890850 Email: Graeme@biblins-bushcraft.co.uk Website: www.biblins-bushcraft.co.uk

Bowdrill and firelighting demonstrations, Bushcraft Living showcase and general 'have a go' bushcraft activities. We provide an excellent discussion forum replete with bushcrafters, both seasoned and beginner, offering a broad wealth of knowledge and experience and a strong community atmosphere, so join up today and get stuck in to the banter!
Contact Scott Compton on Tel: 07817259266 or Email: scott@bushcraftliving.com - www.bushcraftliving.com

Sale of knives - bushcraft/wood carving.
Tel: 01453 825208 Email: paul@paulbakerknives.co.uk Website: www.bushmanuk.co.uk

The premier magazine dedicated to Bushcraft and written by experts.
Email: info@bushcraft-magazine.co.uk - www.bushcraft-magazine.co.uk

Handmade leather items for the bushcrafter and outdoorsman. Belts, sheaths, pouches etc.
Tel: 07801 884508 Email: mark@bushcraftleather.co.uk Website: www.bushcraftleather.co.uk

Bushcraft Navigation School - it is the aim at Bushcraft Navigation to promote and develop the art of navigation within the bushcraft community.  Navigation and map reading is often an area within bushcraft that is neglected; with perceived knowledge often higher than that held in reality.  Bushcraft Navigation seeks to redress this imbalance through education and training
Tel: 0871 6629459 Email: w_a_hince@geodesicsurveyltd.co.uk Website: www.bushcraftnavigation.co.uk

Demonstrating the Fire Piston. We offer naturally grown, hand gathered tools and tools that gave mankind an advantage in the evolutionary race of life. To make fire with sticks and string is something as humans we naturally know to do. But not many of us have really tried... Why would we, we would strike a match or use a lighter. Now we are not trying to trick you. It is as easy as it looks, you are free and you may go and collect a firebowdrill set anywhere but there is some skill to selecting a good set. At bushcrafttools we only offer your FIRST firebowdrill, once you understand what tools you need you can gather your own, from years of outdoor living we guarantee these set to "light your fire" and open your eyes to the possibilities of low technology alternative solutions to your future environmental problems.
Tel: 07967 587979 Email: enquiries@bushcrafttools.com Website: www.bushcrafttools.com

Log burners, fire pits and associated equipment.
Tel: 07917161427 Email: pacj@btinternet.com Website: www.bushlifeessentials.co.uk

Spoon carving, bow making, use of green wood working tools, peg loom weaving and spinning. Sale of spoon knives, chairs made by Martyn Huxter. Training information. Tel: 01458 446799 Website: www.wilderwoods.org

Handcrafted Walking Sticks. Demonstration of stickmaking with finished products on display and for sale.
Contact Charles Hutcheon on Tel: 01903 205015 or Email: c.hutcheon@lineone.net

Demonstrating blacksmithing with his Iron Age forge, making blades and steels upon request. Also demonstrating freehand sharpening with waterstones. There will be a selection of his handmade knives, tools and other bushcraft kit for sale as well as the opportunity to sign up for his courses.
Tel: 0776 4742569 Email: buddknives@yahoo.co.uk Website: www.davebudd.com

Fire Boxes, Cooking Gear, Forges Pegs and other metalwork.
Tel: 07973 364483 Website: www.medievalmade.co.uk/tools

Selling Bushcraft Blades and knife kits also knives. Green woodworking blades and tools, The Bushkey.
Email: dorsetwoodlandblades@gmail.com Website: www.dorsetwoodlandblades.co.uk

Try your hand at this Swedish sport using a Gransfors double headed axe.

With over 70 years'  experience as a family run business buying and selling Army Surplus and associated products we have established a system for ( almost ! ) getting it RIGHT. 
Tel: 01392 433331 Website: www.endicotts.co.uk

Chris Matthews sells all knife making supplies and ready made knives.
Tel: 01797 369424/01797 369100 Email: chris@english-handmade-knives.co.uk Website: www.english-handmade-knives.co.uk

Equip For Adventure specialize in outdoor equipment. We have a great selection of equipment to choose from, including top names from around the world.
Tel: 0845 257 7025 Email: sales@equipforadventure.co.uk Website: www.equipforadventure.co.uk

Bushcraft Equipment, Clothing and Accessories.
Tel: 01594 835116 Email: info@forest-bushcraft.co.uk Website: www.forest-bushcraft.co.uk/

Eco-friendly outdoor kits. Tents, tipis, tarps and shelters made using the most environmentally friendly materials and methods currently available.
Contact Marcus Allam on Tel: 0845 5082814 or Email: info@greenoutdoor.co.uk - www.greenoutdoor.co.uk

Pure, natural, handcrafted bodycare products. Green Wych has an ethical policy to create luxury but affordable toileteries using environmentally responsible ingredients and packaging. We exclude artificial colours, scents, preservatives, petrochemicals instead using plant extracts, vegetable fats and waxes and essential oils.
Tel: 01803 315012 or Email: info@greenwyse.co.uk Website: www.greenwyse.co.uk

Hands on Bushcraft offer a wide range of bushcraft and survival courses. All of which are fun as well as informative, our aim is for you to go away from the courses with a sense of achievement and increased confidence in your abilities in bushcraft, wilderness living and sustainability.
Tel: 07598 491989 or Email: enquires@handsonbushcraft.co.uk Website: www.handsonbushcraft.co.uk

Baskets for sale. Demonstration of Creel making.
Tel: 01503 250073 Website: www.helygenbaskets.co.uk

Jackie Saull-Hunt, collecting and processing medicinal herbs. Herbal First Aid.
Tel: 01424 871679 Email: jackie.saullhunt@btinternet.com

At Jack Raven Bushcraft our aim is simple: to give you an unforgettable bushcraft experience.  Located in Westwell, Kent, in quite stunning ancient woodland in a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, we want to inspire and equip you to undertake your own personal journey of discovery about bushcraft and the natural world.
All of our bushcraft courses are designed so that you don’t need any previous experience, and are entirely hands on so that you leave us with simple, practical and repeatable skills. We are certain that you will have a lot of fun along the way!
Tel: 07553 763397 or Email: info@jackravenbushcraft.co.uk Website: www.jackravenbushcraft.co.uk

Blacksmith demos and handmade metalwork.
Tel: 01227 830769 Email: kaoschoppers@hotmail.co.uk

Charlie Tyrrell will be demonstrating splicing and knotting, knot tying for children. Knotted products made from rope and cordage.
Tel: 01798 344258 Website: www.knotcraft.co.uk

Selling natural, prehistoric, primitive and unusual raw materials and goods (antler, horn, sinew, knucklebones, beeswax, sheepskins, ochres, cave art kits, Neolithic axe heads). We will be demonstrating and offering advice on making musical instruments and bone flutes.
Email: info@leaftradingpost.co.uk Website: www.leaftradingpost.co.uk

Lonescout Bushcraft is born of a lifetime of working with people and a passion for the outdoors.
Understanding that not everyone has the ability or the desire to spend an extended period of time outdoors, Lonescout Bushcraft can bring elements of the adventure to you.
As an Accredited Practitioner with the Institute for Outdoor Learning and a holder of their Foundational Bushcraft Competency Certificate Ian Cresswell offers a flexible response to your Bushcraft and Survival educational needs.
Tel: 07971 197109 Website: www.lonescoutbushcraft.co.uk

Lovingtons Ice Cream. Real Dairy Ice Cream, various flavours.
Tel: 01452 314091 Email - lovingtons.a.sharp@hotmail.co.uk

We will be selling jerky, biltong, fruit leathers and demonstrating how to make jerky over the fire, how to use a haybox for cooking, using a flint and steel and how to make pemmican.
Contact: Martin Cowley Tel: 01443 433506 Email - martinsjerkedmeats@hotmail.com
Website: www.martinsjerkedmeats.com

To demonstrate the ancient craft of Greenstick Bow and Arrow making using only hand tools and shave horse. Display of old archery artifacts and some small items for sale.
Tel: 07747 771345

Pocket knives, stalking knives, fish filleting knives, larder knives and sharpening equipment.
Tel: 01747 830418 Website: www.moonrakerknives.co.uk

Clay washing practical demonstrations. Alum deodorant/argan oil/rose water insect bite relief/ shaving soaps/wooden spoons. Cleaning with soapnuts and hemp softs soap. Talks on natural washing, cleaning and wild first aid.
Contact Sally Mittuch Tel: 01603 474516/07522 03448 or Email: s.mittuch@naturalspasupplies.com
Website: www.naturalspasupplies.com

Blacksmith - Tools from recycled steel made using traditional techniques including firewelding/laminating. Commisions taken.
Tel: 01650 511715 Email: info@nicwestermann.co.uk - www.nicwestermann.co.uk

Nordic Outdoor are the leading Scandinavian Outdoor specialists in the UK. They are UK importers of Tentipi Tents, Gransfors axes, Mora Knives, Muurikka skillets, Merino clothing by Aclima, Klattermusen, Nanok, Clothing by Houdini, Lundhags and camping accessories by Light My Fire. As well as these brands you will find Reindeer Hides, Exped sleeping mats and many more accessories within their shops in Edinburgh and Keswick or online at www.nordicoutdoor.co.uk
Tel: Edinburgh 0131 552 3000  Keswick 01768 780550 or Email: info@nordicoutdoor.co.uk

Promoting and teaching traditional skills. We aim to have on display photos and equipment that we made for our Stone Age Experience and teach some of the methods we use such as felting rawhide sandals.
Tel:01952 876703 Email: outback2basics@gmail.com - www.outback2basics.co.uk (not yet active)

Registered Homeopath Practitioner will be giving talks.
Tel: 020 8269 1336 Email: philomena.nalty@gmail.com

All hand forges domestic ironware including skillets, fireboxes, braziers, ladles and cauldrons. Plus hand made tools, accessories, pewter and brass castings and adornments. All commissions considered.
Tel: 01494472165 Website: www.reddogforge.co.uk

Greenwood working demonstrations including pole lathe, axe work, cleaving and shaving to produce items for furniture, the kitchen, tool handles and other practical applications.
Tel: 07890 375282 Email: greenwoodcraftsman@yahoo.co.uk Website: www.greenwoodcraftsman.co.uk

International Guild of Knot Tyers. Knot Tying Demonstrations and hands on instruction at his stand.
Tel: 0117 9867146 Email: richard@hwlfordd.fsnet.co.uk Website: www.igkt.net

Rory Macphee will be demonstrating the construction of a 4 metre Currach type boat, using skin on a frame technology. Such craft are inexpensive to build and have a minimal Carbon Footprint. Orders will be invited for similar craft and learning programs offrered for schools and community groups. We will also have this years harvest of dried Cornish Seaweed for sale.
Tel: 07800 865669 Email: rorymacphee@yahoo.com Website: www.currachs.blogspot.com

Sharpening and care of axes. Safety in use of axes - felling, side axe, froe adze. Demonstrations of the above including public participation with own axe.
Tel: 01237 425278 Email: rowlandjones09@btinternet.com

Historic skills and traditional crafts. Handknitted socks. Hats and textile tools including dyed yarn Historic recipe soap Wood, bone and horn Metalware and books.
Tel: 01443 475724 Email: enquiries@sallypointer.com Website: www.sallypointer.com

A fountain of knowledge on historic crafts and technology, Pete and Joyce Butler bring their demonstrations and  hand-made leather, wood and antler wares for sale to The Gathering.
Contact Pete Butler on Tel: 01424 772351 Email: svcrafts@postmaster.co.uk

Hampshire Explorer Scouts and Avon Scouts Stand for Scouting Recruitment, demonstrations of scouting skills designed to show the kinds of things youngsters can expect from modern scouting.
Jim Cook on 02380 422098, Simon Crowden on 07968 484766 Email: simoncrowden@hotmail.com or jimcook1@btinternet.com - www.heatsu.org.uk and www.scout.org.uk

Traditional Firemaking equipment, tinder boxes, sharpening equipment, diamond stones, sharpening kits, handmade leather goods, belts, pouches and strops.
Contact Mark Hordon Tel: 01634 241049 Email: info@sharkdesigns.co.uk Website: www.shark-tinderbox.co.uk

ShelterBox is an international disaster relief charity that delivers emergency shelter, warmth and dignity to people affected by disaster worldwide
Tel: +44(0)1326 569782 Email: info@shelterbox.org Website: www.shelterbox.org

Artisan craftworker in the woods! Pete Ball will be demonstrating greenwood work, drawknife work and hazel basket making.
Tel: 01444 461349

Fire lighting tools, sharpening tools, water purification aids plus an extensive range of Bushcraft and survival equipment and courses. Contact: Survival School on Tel: 08712227304 - jonny@survivalschool.co.uk or www.survivalschool.co.uk

Since 1969, Survival International has been working tirelessly to defend the rights of threatened and vulnerable tribes all over the world. Survival has an exclusive range of beautiful gifts and cards, that exist solely to raise money for Survival's urgent work defending the rights of the threatened tribal peoples and safeguarding their future.
Website: www.survival-international.org

Handstitched leathergoods including bags,belts, pouches and knife sheaths
Tel: 01425 839642 Email: tiborleather@gmail.com Website: www.tiborleathercrafts.com

Fantastic Swedish modern tipi shaped tents that also come with a woodburning stove.
Contact Roger Harrington on Tel: 0845 8387062 - Email: moskoselkatan@bisonbushcraft.co.uk

The Treewise Co-operative is made up of parents, conservation volunteers and professionals who have, over the past 5 years, gained skills and experience in various approaches to environmental learning. The Treewise ethos is based on the belief that a love of Nature grows from the freedom to explore the natural world in an unmediated way; to that end Treewise works to provide opportunities, skills and the inspiration for families and children to enjoy time outdoors so that being outside becomes part of everyday life.
Contact Kim Squirrell on Tel: 01308 427449 - Email: info@treewise.org.uk - www.treewise.org.uk

Raw materials no longer available in DIY stores, leather, rivets, nails, ropes, tools, antler, waxes etc
Contact Daniel Clark on Tel: 01206 393780 - Email: danjdclark@googlemail.com - www.traditionalmaterials.co.uk

Outdoor Gear - Out in the wilds there's only one important thing, staying alive. It's easy to get lost in technology that's great up until the moment it fails, and that's when you discover you chose the wrong gear. This can be an expensive mistake.Most gear that John supplies is designed, manufactured, tried and tested in the rugged outdoors that is Africa and brought exclusively to you. By keeping it simple and low-tech, the weakest links will not be the things you need most. Good enough for renowned survival experts around the world, why not for you too?
Contact John Muirden on Tel: 01623 797107

Arbours, bean sticks, besom brooms, bird tables, charcoal, continuous woven fencing, faggots, firewood, gazebos and yurts, hedge laying material, hurdle material, hurdle panels, hurdles, kindling, pea sticks, plant supports, rose arch, rustic furniture, spar gads.
Tel: 01243 778106 Email: wildwoodcoppice@btinternet.com Website: www.coppice-products.co.uk

Sale of Survival tools, knives, survival courses, urban survival courses, edged weapon awareness training and personal safety awareness and self protection courses.
Tel: 0161 2123039 Email: matt.lodge@wildernessessentials.co.uk - www.wildernessessentials.co.uk

Demonstrations and Bushcraft Equipment. Our courses cover a wide variety of subjects aimed at a variety of levels, but each and every one of them are designed to give you a fun experience within beautiful & relaxed surroundings.
Contact Jason Ingamells on Tel: 0784 3064114 or Email: info@woodland-ways.co.uk - www.woodland-ways.co.uk

Display of nature exhibits, tracking/Bushcraft and fire lighting demos. Kids nature Detective walks.Home of the extreme baking competition.
Tel: 07787 563140 or Email: pablo@woodlife.co.uk or Website: www.woodlife.co.uk

Wilderness Survival Skills are based in Wiltshire and teach a wide range of skills including Bushcraft and Survival Techniques, Basketry, Green Woodcarving, Primitive Tools, Hideworking and wilderness navigation. We will also be selling copies of ‘The Wilderness Survival Guide’ signed by the author along with various traditional handmade items.
Contact Joe O'Leary on Tel: 0771 8078619 - www.wilderness-survival.co.uk

Marcus Harrison of the Wild Food School will be operating throughout the site doing plant food walks.
Tel: 01208 873788 Email: wildfoodie@yahoo.co.uk or Website - www.wildfoodschool.co.uk

Woodcraft School will be advertising courses and professional qualifications in Bushcraft. We will also be selling a selection of equipment made by staff and students where possible. John Rhyder is also offering a trouble shooting service for bows so bring them along if you want him to have a look at any faults and find ways to rectify them. The brew fire will be going all day, so bring a mug and come and have a chat.
Tel: 01730 816299  Email: info@woodcraftschool.co.uk - www.woodcraftschool.co.uk

Dave Watsons' stall selling lots of Bushcraft stuff including Wooden whistles and Friction firelighting kits. Fire Lighting Demonstrations.
Contact Dave Watson on Tel: 01283 730851 - www.woodlandsurvivalcrafts.com