Archery experience at Forest Holidays
Take aim... fire!
Archery is a sport for everyone!
You don’t need to have picked up a bow and arrow before to get stuck in with this ancient sport. Stay in one of our beautiful holiday cabins and enjoy some archery target practice under the trees with a qualified instructor. You can pre-book your archery experience before your stay via my account. Then gather the gang and take aim for some target shooting… There’s nothing like hitting the bull’s eye!
Target shooting experiences
Available at 11 forest locations
Archery
The ancient and original target shooting challenge! Compete to hit the bull’s eye on an archery experience in the forest. Give archery a go at all locations except Beddgelert.
Axe-throwing
Learn how to hurl Tomahawk axes and test your strength.. and aim! Get stuck into axe throwing at Sherwood Forest and Strathyre.
Rifle-shooting
Try Air Rifle Shooting at Blackwood Forest, Cropton, Keldy and Sherwood Forest. Plus, you can pre-book an Archery and Air Rifle shooting bundle at Keldy and Delamere Forest.
What to expect on your UK archery experience?
Our archery adventures are on-location, in a spectacular forest setting just a short walk from your holiday lodge. Archery activities are suitable for adults and children over 10 years old and under 12s must be accompanied by a participating adult.
Sessions last for 60 minutes and include 45 minutes of shooting. First, your expert instructor will take you through the basics, showing you how to hold the bow and shoot the arrows. Then take aim and fire! The rest is down to you…
Archery holidays in Scotland
Stay at Ardgartan Argyll or Strathyre for an archery experience in Scotland. Enjoy our outdoor archery range whether you’re new to the sport or honing your skills. History is on your shoulder as you practice archery in Scotland. While England’s Robin Hood is the most talked about archer, Scotland’s William Wallace was a skilled archer too – his official seal contained the image of a bow and arrow.
Archery holidays in England
From the wooded valley at Deerpark in Cornwall to the forests of Cropton and Keldy in North Yorkshire, pull back your bow and feel connected to your ancestors. This is a pastime that goes back across the centuries. The other forest locations you can try some target practice include Thorpe Forest in Norfolk, Blackwood Forest in Hampshire, Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire and Delamere Forest in Cheshire.
All these locations are places in Olde England where bows and arrows were once a common sight. Nowhere is more immersed in the practice of archery than Sherwood Forest. Stay in a cabin beneath the towering pine trees and follow in the footsteps of the legendary Robin Hood. Pick up your bow and arrows and find out who’s got the gift for target shooting.
Archery holidays in Wales
Learn new skills together in the Brecon Beacons, then put them to the test in an archery experience. It’s family friendly fun – all with a competitive spin.
Archery is not available at our Beddgelert location in Snowdonia, but don't worry, you can test your aim at Garwnant, Brecon Beacons.
