Northern Wilderness

General information

Northern Wilderness Bushcraft School is set in the heart of the beautiful County Durham countryside, The school is based at the the Finchale Abbey holiday touring park and eco village within 2 miles of river and woodland.

The park lies within a meander of the River Wear and overlooks the ruins of a Benedictine Priory.

Only 4 miles out of Durham and not too far from Newcastle and Sunderland. Finchale Abbey Bushcraft School in Durham is a small but close school ran by David Allen and Steve Taylor.

The school was set up in 2012 but the trainers have over 25 years of survival and bushcraft experience. Our courses take place in the heart of a mixed woodland that we keep a close secrete and our base camp backs on to the River Wear. The site is a private 2 mile of woodland open wild flower land with headgerows and medows.

The Northern Wilderness Bushcraft School has everything you need for a bushcrafter with wild animals such as badger, dear, foxes and owls a variety of fish from prime Salmon, Sea trout, Brown trout. The site overlooks sand stone cliffs carved out by the River Wear and lush mixed woodland its our little piece of northern wilderness.