Archery Lessons

Our archery packages include everything you need to get started as a hot-shot archer. That's to say, a bow suitable for your size, arrows and any protection needed. Experiences also include coaching from an instructor at the archery range, with targets to shoot at too!

Yes. Many archery operators have lighter bows suitable for children. They may offer sessions specifically for kids of younger ages, whilst older children and teens (typically from 8 years) can join in with main family/adult archery sessions.

Most venues use modern recurve bows for their beginner experiences. Compared to longbows or crossbows, they are the easiest to handle. They're not too heavy, yet powerful enough to send your arrow straight and true!

In most cases, vouchers give you a certain number of arrows to shoot. In general, 25 arrows will take around 30-minutes, 50 will be an hour and so on.

Both. Lots of shooting ranges are outdoors, with the areas where you stand to shoot being covered, making them suitable for lessons to go ahead in most weathers. There are also indoor ranges specifically for archery shooting too.

Targets are mostly the round rings printed on paper (actually called the 'face'). They are attached to a 'boss', which is the straw or foam stuffed backing that supports the sheet. You might also shoot arrows at 2 or 3D animal-shape targets for more of a hunting-themed challenge.

Maybe not at first. Part of learning archery is watching your first couple of arrows whizzing past the target and flopping unceremoniously on the ground. But with the help of your instructor, you'll soon be on target.

Nothing beats the satisfaction of the 'thud' of your arrow landing firmly in the target. It's also a relatively easy sport to get into, without hours and hours of training needed to shoot your first arrow.

Depending on the location and facilities, group sizes can be from 2 - 20 archers, with some venues offering one to one lessons as well. The breakdown of group sizes and lesson durations is in the full details of each archery experience page.

You need to steady yourself on the stand, control the excitement and keep progressing to become a fully fledged toxophilite. These experiences give you a great introduction to the sport of archery - and who knows, you may take it up as a hobby?