An outdoor forest school like no other in an explosive and wondrous session. They teach the youngsters, with full participation, a range of skills and tasks with minimal sitting still, whilst you get to explore the festival. Bushcraft, survival, obstacle crossing and combat with a focus on fun and controlled risks will leave participants exhilarated, muddy and with real new skills on board.

Sessions are designed and ran for all abilities, mini ninjas to nervous newbies, those that happily climb and build, scramble and crawl alongside the ones that are more used to virtual outdoors, low pupil to instructor ratio means we can encourage and tailor the session to achieve personal triumphs giving extra support to those that need it and push the limits of those that are super comfortable.

Run by the much-lauded ‘Under the Canopy’ outdoor adventure centre, they offered a range of newly designed exciting sessions for The Great Estate 2025, which you can read about below. –

Snipers Alley: escape and evasion, man hunt, poachers patch, all yesterdays news, this year its all about Snipers alley camouflage and concealment, escape and evade, hands on tips from our Commando instructor squad. Can you get past the Close protection team, get eye’s on the target and make the shot? Top of the range Laser sniper weapons brand new for this year. Ages 6+

Commando Combat Club: out and out weapons, a bit of fieldcraft and skills tips but mostly paint, axes, arrows, rifles and the new ‘ambush alley’ can you survive the surprise shootout? This always popular sellout session is ran by our commando team, experts in all things combat, teaching and supervising all the disciplines, piles of fun guaranteed..Age 6+

Ultimate Challenge: the annual, infamous, grunty, mental and physically demanding dash around the canopy woods.. mental and physical strength is the key to taking home the winners trophy and enshrining yourself in eternal Great Estate lore.. A totally new concept this year to keep things fresh, still running, climbing, scrambling, thinking, shooting, arrowing, fiore making madness all under pressure: ninja warrior meets the hunger games..New divisions for age groups mean more opportunity for the epic take home trophies, medals and accolade. Have you got the determination, skill and calmness under fire to be the ultimate champion? Age 6+

The Family survival challenge: As a family , as a tribe, alone and abandoned in the Cornish jungle, can you survive and make your way back to civilisation… Battle the elements, hunger, thirst and possibly hostile natives.. set up a survival camp, source and find edibles, protect yourself against the ‘others’ .. can you get the rescue fire built in time to escape?? Protection : Rescue : Water : Food + hostiles !! These may be the basic priorities of survival, but you’ll need to work as a team to complete all these tasks, to get the food prepared, to avoid the rain, to perhaps protect yourselves before being rescued. Adults and kids: full family adventure…

The Night Time Sessions: The legendary dark hours sessions are back! The ultimate night time adventure awaits for over 8’s, in our private woods onsite. Lit up and rigged tree night climbs, harnessed and roped in to the dark canopy with sick views across the festival. Self built roaring fires, individual and team efforts to get a great central point for cooking and warmth and light in the shadows. New for ’25 season is the laser guided weapons system, giving eerie glows as you stalk and fight around our woodland. Drop and Go extravaganza of Storytelling, exploring, survival adventure in the dark, All set up in line with the headliners on stage so you can grab a beer, dance and laugh, having some down time whilst we have fun in the woods with our epic team of instructors.