Learn an endangered heritage craft
A friend has invited you to do this with them.
The charity Heritage Crafts publishes the Red List of Endangered Crafts, which ranks traditional crafts by how likely they are to survive to the next generation. Many of these skills are in the hands of individuals with no one to pass them on to, and the charity's directory includes craftspeople who teach.
Moderate£100 to £500 / $130 to $650A few weeksIndoors or outAlone or with othersUK
How to start
- Read the Red List on the Heritage Crafts site and pick a craft that interests you.
- Search the Heritage Crafts craft directory by craft to find a maker who teaches.
- Contact that maker and book a first lesson or workshop visit.
Where to go
We opened these links on 8 October 2026 and found them to be what we say. Dates, places and prices are on the official page, where they stay up to date.
Plan this
Pick a day, or a month, and we will set out how to get ready, step by step, with a date and a reason for each. Courses and classes have start dates and can fill up, so the plan begins with finding and booking one. Kit comes after the first session, once you know what you need.
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