Opening Times & Contact
Opening Times
Monday
Closed
Tuesday
10am – 9pm
Wednesday
10am – 4pm
Thursday
10am – 9pm
Friday
Closed
Saturday
10am – 4pm
Sunday
Closed
Get In Touch
Email: stonecarvingassociation@hotmail.co.uk
Tel: 07519 931784

Our aim is to keep the art of carving stone by hand alive and bring it to the general public. We teach a foundation course for beginners with no experience and always welcome new members.
Green Man & Yorkshire Rose classes
We’re now taking bookings for our next Green Man carving weekend, which will be held on the 1st/2nd November, 22nd/23rd November,10th/11th January, and 11th/12th April click here or click below to book (they always book up fast!)
The Green Man Weekend Course is £170 per person.
The Yorkshire Rose course is £ 70 per person
New Autumn Term Dates
Foundation Class: new start dates – some places still available.
Helen will be teaching new Foundation Class groups. The class dates and times are:
Tuesday 14th October10am-1pm or 6pm -9pm
Thursday 16th October 10am-1pm or 6pm-9pm
Total beginner? Refresher course needed?
European Stone Festival 2025
The Festival website is now LIVE
Click here to find out more. Bookmark it and visit regularly to keep up with all the updates over the next 6 months or so until the festival begins.
Courses and Membership
Short Courses

All1 are welcome to try the ancient craft of traditional stone carving -we run several short courses, including carving a daisy, Yorkshire Rose, and a Green Man.
See here for more details of our courses.
Foundation Course

Complete our 8-week introductory course. We will teach you basic competency in relief carving techniques, as well as safe workshop use.
£15 per session.
Students on this longer course are welcome to try the ancient craft of traditional stone carving – just hammer, chisel, stone and elbow-grease – at a FREE introductory session.
Membership

Membership is open to all adults with an interest in traditional stone carving and willing to support the aims of our Association. Membership fees are currently £25 a month for full use of the workshop, with access to further paid and free in-house courses, talks, visits and events.
All prospective members are required to take the Foundation course in preparation.
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Original Website Design & Author S. C. Clarke
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- Due to the nature of the tools and our working environment we can only allow over 16s in the main workshop, and do not run workshops or training course for anyone under this age. ↩︎