Contact

Get in touch

We are a private estate and the distillery is currently open only by appointment or by booking on one of our specific tours or special events. Please do get in touch if you would be interested in visiting.

Email

General Inquiries
hello@hepplewilds.com

Walks & Events

richard@hepplewilds.com

NEW PHOTOGRAPHY COURSE! Working with Chris Woodcock at @whiteoakphotos , we are delighted to offer a seasonal photography course here at Hepple! Set over four days across the year, Chris will help you gain a wealth of new skills with your camera. Op
It's World Rewildling Day and the theme is #rewildingtogether - so what better way to celebrate than with a post about the recent work of our wonderful volunteers! We've had a couple of fantastic days recently pretending to be beavers; cresting a ser
It's THAT time of year 💚 Our ponds are currently teaming with toads! Last week we had frogs hopping around and laying frogspawn, this week it's the turn of the toads to come in and mate, leaving long trails of toadpsawn. Frogspawn (Pic 4) is laid
Sundown over the pines 🌅 We are so lucky to have some stunning vistas on the estate and how better to enjoy them than watching the sunset, listening for nocturnal birds, with a Hepple Gin in hand! Sounds like a dream right? Why not join us for our
Sorry for the sh*t content... Are you perplexed by prints? Twisted over tracks? Flustered over feathers? Chewing over foraging signs? Well, we have the event for you! We are hosting an 'Introduction to Tracking' event on June 23rd and June 24th. Th
It's #WorldWildlifeDay and we are thrilled to be starting to see more wildlife across the site. Today we have seen a flock of eight lapwing flying over the estate, hopefully looking out potential nesting sites. We've also seen moth caterpillars on th
You don't want to mess with these ⚔️ Our stunning herd (or fold!) of Highland Cattle are perfectly equipped for breaking through scrub and clearing bits of ground for new habitat growth 🌱
Great Scot - Time Travel at Hepple?! Last year we were lucky enough to have two@oxford_uni students carry out some pollen research on site, taking peat cores from some of our historic bogs. Pollen grains are dispersed from one plant to another thro
Sphagnum mosses, ready for their close up 📸 Stunningly beautiful and extremely important, we're happy to play host to a suite of Sphagnum species at Hepple. Sphagnum's are key components to our wet heathlands and peat bogs. They can generally retai
Looking to volunteer? We have had help from a number of amazing people helping us do exciting work on the estate - from the Young Wilders to individuals like Chris Brown and Michael Boxall who have dedicated many hours of time to the management and

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