Training opportunities are available through colleges and a few individual blacksmiths.

Among the colleges known to the Company are:

The National School of Blacksmithing at the Centre for Rural Crafts at Holme Lacy in Hereford.  It is part of the Herefordshire College of Technology and a detailed prospectus is available.
The telephone number is: 014 3236 5391.

The Moreton Morrell Campus of Warwickshire College.  The College telephone number is: 019 2631 8000.

There is an extensive library of books on blacksmithing on loan from The Worshipful Company of Blacksmiths at the campus.

Myerscough College Preston, Lancashire, offers courses.  The telephone number is 01995 642222.

The Guild of Wrought Iron Craftsmen of Wessex offer a range of short courses, including ‘taster’ courses at its permanent forge on the Devon County Show Ground in Exeter.  Information can be obtained via andysforge@btinternet.co

Some individual blacksmiths may offer courses.  There is a list on the British Artists Blacksmith Association (BABA) web-site which also mentions other courses, including some outside the UK.

Some blacksmiths will take apprentices but as blacksmiths tend to work on their own opportunities are limited.  To locate a blacksmith in your area please go to our Directory page and use the locality and skills search facility.