A Wild Love Hello from your Camp Leads and a warm and heartfelt welcome to the Forest of Wild Love - your new home for (just over or under) a week at Burning Nest 2026! We’re absolutely thrilled you have chosen us and will be contributing to build an amazing camp, filled with inspiring offerings, this year.The Forest of Wild Love is dedicated to embodiment, conscious connection and sacred sens/xuality. The Forest aims to support you to embrace your most authentically and creatively expressed self, to connect deeply to yourself and others, and to co-create a magical, safe, and supportive environment - free of judgment and full of joy. The Forest is sober(ish) space where exploration, respect, and consent are at the heart of everything we do.Thank you for all of your hard work and contribution so far, we hope you have felt included and able to share you ideas and express your desires for the camp! The vibe each year will be entirely unique depending on each an everyone of you and how you choose to show up. We hope this site provides a helpful overview of everything you need to know so you can have the most fun at Nest and in our amazing Camp!
Finally, a gentle reminder that 'Thou shalt NEVER refer to The Forest as FOWL! NEVER...

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Knowing what to pack for a burn can be a mine field — you need to make sure you have everything you need to feel safe, warm, cool, dry, comfortable and expressive for a whole week! Nest has a survival guide which you might find useful...

🏕️ Comfort & Shelter

✓ Check the weather before you leave - layers are essential, temperatures swing wildly
✓ Tent with extra pegs - wind is real
✓ Ample bedding, throws & a hot water bottle
✓ Ski suit or onesie - you'll thank yourself at 3am
✓ Headtorch - essential for moving around at night
✓ Hats, shawls & suncream
✓ Towels
✓ Eye mask & earplugs - the sun rises early!

✨ Costumes & Clothes

✓ Something that makes you feel amazing
✓ Something sensual for temple
✓ Something kitchen-proof for your shift
✓ Swimsuit (naked swimming optional)
✓ Yoga pants
✓ Bum bag - keep essentials close
✓ Slip-ons for 3am bathroom trips
✓ Wellies for the mud

🔦 Power & Light

✓ Battery packs
✓ Fairy lights & battery-powered lamps for your tent

💧 Hydration & Nourishment

✓ Reusable water bottle
✓ Snacks you love - especially for late nights and early mornings
✓ Reusable mug for hot drinks around the fire
✓ Carabiner to clip your mug to your bag

🧴 Body & Wellbeing

✓ Biodegradable soap, shampoo & sunscreen - nature-friendly toiletries only please
✓ Personal medications
✓ Period products if needed
✓ Personal first aid kit if it helps you feel safer (camp will have one)

📓 For the Inner Journey

✓ Journal for reflections and integration
✓ Something meaningful for the altar, if you feel called

🌱 Leave a Better Trace

MOOP = Matter Out Of Place. The goal isn't just to leave no trace - it's to leave the land better than you found it.
✓ No glitter, feathers, cable ties or bottle caps
✓ Dedicated bag for your rubbish
✓ Thorough sweep of your space before you leave
✓ Pick up what you find along the way

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We're so glad you're here. Whether this is your first burn or your first time at Nest, you belong here and we want you to feel it. This section (hopefully!) covers everything you need to know before you arrive, (but probably doesn't) so you can spend less time confused and more time enjoying your beautiful self!

🚗 Getting here - important
The full address will be sent before the event. The site sits off a dual carriageway. Make sure you arrive on the correct side - crossing on foot is dangerous.Bus from Newton Abbot: you'll be dropped on the correct side.
Bus from Exeter: you'll be dropped on the wrong side - travel one stop further and get a bus back in the opposite direction.📋 Arrival
Build crew arrives Saturday 16 May. Make sure you have your WAP (Work Access Pass) - you won't get in without it. Food is communal during build while the kitchen goes up. It's hard work and genuinely good fun.
Everyone else arrives from Monday. The Welcomm team will be there to meet you!
Strike begins Sunday 24th after the last event and wraps up by Monday afternoon (some committed souls stay until Tuesday). Many hands make light work.🏕️ Camping
The Forest is down the glade before the lake. Camping by the Forest is convenient but sloped. If you want flatter ground and a quieter night, camp at the Free Camping area at the top of the site - it's about a 10-minute walk from The Forest. Campervans are also up top. We'll have a dedicated space for Forest members at Free Camping - watch this space and the WhatsApp community for the exact location.
If you are camping by The Forest, bring a trolley, or borrow one on arrival as you car will be parked at the top by Free Camping!🍽️ Meals
The kitchen runs three meals a day (breakfast, lunch, dinner) with snacks in between. Bring anything extra you fancy - but note that fridge space is very limited. Food is mainly vegan. If you eat animal protein, join the Omnivores WhatsApp thread in the community as they are self-organising on all things meat!🚿 Washing & hygiene
Showers aren't possible this year due to grey water restrictions - we're working on alternatives and welcome creative suggestions. Compost loos and urinals are dotted around the whole site.For general Nest FAQs, head to burningnest.co.uk/faqs

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Sooooo we are positively GIDDY that we have been (more like 'will be' at this point!) able to collectively build a really beautiful schedule of awesome things to do together this year!!! Our mission is to ensure every member feels like they can belong, that they can express their authentic self and their authentic voice to be seen and empowered to contribute and even to lead where you feel comfortable, where we bond with each other as a WILD LOVE family and hopefully build memories that last a life time!!!

We are building a wild schedule of exciting things just for forest members.. The full schedule will be added here once it's curated.. You're in for a treat 🌳❤️‍🔥

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All kinds of creatures make a forest. The burrowers and the climbers. The night owls and the early birds. The ones who dance and the ones who hold the space. The young and the elder, the seasoned and the first-timer. Those who arrive solo and those who come in packs. The loud and the quiet, the fierce and the gentle, the ones still finding their way. We are an open and inclusive community shaped by everyone who passes through - whatever your background, body, story, or way of being in the world. If our values resonate, you're one of us.

If your beautiful self is not featured here, please play the 'Who's Who' game in the Wild lovers thread on WhatsApp or send your picture and bio to Kika... Mwah x

The Forest is an ecstatic, soberish space, both gentle and wild. We explore embodiment, connection, pleasure, play and love in all their forms. Our workshops and experiences include a spectrum of re-wilding activities such as ecstatic dance, contact improv, yoga, breathwork, authentic relating, nature immersion, fooling, comedy, ritual, magick, sacred intimacy, lgbtq+ explorations, sex+ and body positivity…and also taking the mick out of it all :) Embodied awareness and authenticity are at the root of all we do.

Our core values:🌳 All kinds of creatures make a forest. We welcome all with whom the values resonate, nurturing an open and inclusive community.⚡ Embodiment is a super power. We support people to explore aliveness, connection, joy and pleasure.🧘 Wisdom lives in everyone. We all bring experience, insight and truth, and no person is the ultimate authority on any practice.🌱 We are constantly evolving. We stay curious and welcome feedback.❤️‍🔥 Wild love. We make space to be playful, silly, and return to our wild untamed roots.The Forest is an 18+ camp
All members must be aged 18+. Children are not allowed within the camp structures. Children are allowed in the external areas of the camp, for example, sitting with us outside at meal times.🌟 How we came to be...
In 2024, a group of us – many at their first Burn – came together around a shared spark of interest to bring an embodiment space to Nest… We poured our hearts into it and ran a massive programme across two large spaces with everything from ecstatic dance to daily evening Temples. It felt audacious, alive, and a not just a little bit magical.This is our third year now. We still are a young camp in many ways, but something has taken seed now.Our culture is starting to settle, with real friendships, trust and connection. We've also ran 2 fundraisers, including a sold-out Naked Techno Ceilidh. We have a lot of fun and profundity planned for the future...

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A personal message - not an official Nest announcement - from a DPW lead and seasoned burner, summed up and reposted from the Nest Signal chat with love.

Being well-established in a community doesn't make someone safe. Being new doesn't make your instincts wrong. This is a gentle reminder - for newcomers especially, but honestly for all of us - that red flags don't disappear just because someone has been to more burns than you, leads a camp, or is well-loved by everyone else in the glade.Our community is genuinely
beautiful. It attracts creative, open-hearted people who want to expand their minds and connect deeply. It also - like all alternative subcultures - has a higher than average share of untreated mental health struggles and addiction. Add a week-long overstimulating party environment to that, and even the best of us can have bad days, or be bad news for someone else. That's not a reason to be afraid. It's just a reason to stay awake.You don't need to ignore your own discomfort to belong here. You don't need to push through something that feels off just because everyone else seems fine with it, or because the person involved is beloved, experienced, or in a position of trust.There is room for you here - the right people, the right corner of the glade - and you don't have to compromise yourself to find it.If something isn't right, move away from it. Talk to someone. The Rangers, Welfare, and Consent teams are real people who genuinely want to help - not just officially, but because that's the kind of community this is supposed to be.Finally, here is a list of fun validations in case you need them too:✨you don't have to take those drugs you're scared to take.
✨you don't have to drink that last beer you don't need.
✨eating is more important than being in the glade.
✨you don't have to go to the weird orgy you're not into.
✨sleep is more important than being in the glade.
✨you can leave the workshop once you realise the organiser doesn't know what they're talking about
✨you don't have to have sex with the human(s) just cause they want you to.
✨you don't need to get naked even if everyone else is.
✨chill in your tent, needed alone time is more important than being in the glade.
✨just because someone has been to more burns/orgies/workshops than you does not mean they know better.And my favourite...✨Just because you can doesn't mean you should.✨Stay safe out there friends, drink water, wear sunscreen. 💜

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Every community develops its own language, and the Burn world is no exception. If you've ever found yourself nodding along to a conversation while quietly wondering what a Sparkle Pony is, or whether MOOP is something you should be worried about, you're in the right place.

✨ Sparkle Pony - Someone who shows up to enjoy the party but doesn't contribute - doesn't volunteer, doesn't gift, doesn't pull their weight. Usually used affectionately as a gentle tease rather than a serious insult. We were all one once.👑 Burnier Than Thou / Burnier Than You - The (frowned upon) attitude that someone is a more authentic or experienced Burner than you, and wants you to know it. Often invoked ironically to call out gatekeeping. Nobody likes a Burnier Than Thou.🔥 Fuck Your Burn - A phrase that sounds aggressive but is actually a reminder of radical self-reliance and non-judgement. Your Burn is yours. If something isn't working for you, that's valid - but equally, don't impose your idea of what the experience should be on anyone else. Sometimes used to gently push back on complaints.⛑️ Safety Third - A tongue-in-cheek inversion of "Safety First" that pokes fun at overly cautious festival culture, while also being a genuine reminder not to take yourself too seriously. Usually said with a wink. Please still drink water.|🌀 Bimble / Bimbling - To wander without a particular destination or agenda. One of the highest arts at a Burn. Often where the best things happen.🧚 Welfairy - A welfare volunteer focused on emotional and physical wellbeing. The name is very on-brand.🌟 Fluffer - a Fluffer is someone whose role is to energise and support volunteers and crew, keeping morale up during Build/Strike.🥄 Spoons - Borrowed from chronic illness communities - a unit of energy or emotional capacity. "I'm out of/low on spoons" = I have nothing/little left to give right now.🌍 Default World - Life outside the Burn. Normal society, with its jobs and rent and phone signal. Returned to reluctantly on Monday.🔥 Effigy Burn - The ceremonial burning of a large sculptural structure - one of the central rituals of any Burn. At Nest this is a lively, celebratory, high-energy event. Dancing, noise, fire. The party of the week.🕯️ Temple Burn - The burning of the Temple - a quieter, more solemn ritual. People write the names of loved ones, losses, and things they want to release on the Temple walls before it burns. Bring tissues.🤠 Ranger - Trained community safety volunteers who patrol the event, help de-escalate situations, and support attendees in difficulty. Not security, not police - they're peers, not authority figures.🔨 Build - The days before the event officially opens when volunteers arrive to construct the site. A community in itself.🧹 Strike - The breakdown and clearance of the site after the event ends. The less glamorous but equally important flipside of Build.🌿 The Shambles - The informal off-road track running through the theme camps at the lower end of the site. A good bimble route.📍 The Point - a designated public, communal area at Nest available for workshops, performances, and gatherings. You need the Point for the Cabaret on Friday night.🏗️ DPW - Department of Public Works. The crew who build and strike the infrastructure of the event. Often arrive before everyone else and leave after.🌱 LNT / LBT - Leave No Trace / Leave Better Trace. The principle that you take everything you brought with you and leave the land as you found it - or cleaner. Central to Burn ethics.🗑️ MOOP - Matter Out Of Place. Any rubbish, debris, or material that doesn't belong on the land. MOOP sweeping = picking it up. A big deal - camps are often assessed on their MOOP footprint.🔥 FIRES - A consent framework describing what genuine consent looks like:Freely given
Informed
Reversible
Enthusiastic
Specific

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Burns are wonderful, exciting, liberating and thrilling experiences but they they can be overwhelming, overstimulating and exhausting and it is important to remember to take care of yourself. In addition to the wildness of the glade, as a sacred sensuality camp with many exciting offerings, Nest may, at one point or another, be a lot and you may meet your edges and your shadows and need support...

Welfare

🦉🏠 The Owlery 🏠🦉
The Owlery is our well-being space. Open 24/7 to Forest Creatures only for self care, down-regulation, cuddling. Available as a quiet/safe space. Come alone, or with others for a chat, a cuddle, to hold and be held!🦉The Forest Owls🦉Our Owls are a familiar, friendly presence in workshops that need a bit of extra support, in the temple spaces, and in the Afterhours space.
They're there for emotional support if something comes up for you, and as a point of contact for anything consent-related. You don't need a reason to approach them - if something feels off, or you just need a moment with someone grounded, find an Owl.If you need deeper welfare support, Nest has its own welfare station on site that our Owls can connect you with!

Consent

Consent can be transformative as a mindful practice that allows us to have and create opportunities for authentic engagement in our actions and with others. Every person is an individual, they have their own mind and body, and have the right to decide what they do and have done with both.We encourage using the FIRES model of consent:Freely given – consent is not assumed or coerced,
Informed – consent requires knowing what is involved,
Reversible – consent can be withdrawn at any time,
Enthusiastic – consent should be a yes not a maybe,
Specific – consent to one thing does not mean consent to another.

Reporting Consent Concerns to the Forest

If something’s happened that doesn’t sit right - whether you were involved or witnessed it - we would love to hear from you, and are here to support you.You can report incidents online using this link, or speak to a Forest Owl on duty. Our consent team will respond with care, respect, and no pressure to take any particular action.You can also email the Consent Team directly:

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Consent at Burning Nest

Nest has a lot of resources including the Consent Cafe in Free Camping. You can find all the info you need, including how to report consent concerns to Burning Nest, here

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Here's the thing about Burns - the magic doesn't just happen. It's co-created by the people in it. And honestly? These are where some of the best moments happen. It's where you meet people, have a laugh, and feel genuinely part of something.

Short video walking you through how the camp Rota works - click hereTo add your name to the Rota you can go here

The Rota will be open on the 7th of May just before our meeting, you can just add your name to the shifts that work for you (the video instructions above will give you more clarity on this!) Get in early for the best picks!There will be a space in the Rota sheet for you to calculate a score based on how much work you've done pre-nest, whether you're doing build and strike etc. and that will decide how many shifts you will do during Nest.. We want you to find the sweet spot between burning out and making the camp happen!!What kinds of shifts are there?
We're still pulling this together, but here's a flavour of what's needed:🍳 Cooking / washing up - everyone does at least one of these. Yes, everyone.
🦉 Owl shifts - if you're part of the Owl team, these count as shifts
🌞 Day leads - helping hold the shape of the day and support the whole camp (you won't need to do any other shifts if you do this!)
🧖 Sauna support - details coming soon!There'll be something for every kind of person - early birds, night owls (literal and figurative), people who love a task, people who love a chat.
Watch this space - the sign-up will be ready soon and we'll shout about it when it is!!

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The forest is its own magic - but step outside it and there's a whole world out there.
Nest is a week-long community-built adventure.. No headliners, no selling, no watching from the sidelines - just hundreds of people making things happen together. There are theme camps, art installations, workshops, late-night happenings, and all kinds of weird and wonderful things going on across the glade all week. Be spontaneous.. Explore.. Get lost..

🔥The Burns🔥

On Saturday night, the Effigy is the big one - loud, wild, euphoric, dancing naked around the fire. The effigy is built by the community over the days leading up to the burn, and when it goes up it takes everything with it - the accumulated energy of the week, the laughter, the late nights, the connections made. It's a release and a celebration all at once.The Temple is its opposite in almost every way. Quieter, more sacred. Throughout the week people visit the temple to leave something - a name, a photo, a letter, a grief they've been carrying. It becomes layered with the losses and longings of hundreds of people. When it burns on the final night, it does so in near silence. It's one of the most unexpectedly moving experiences many people have ever had!We're going to both as a community..
Watch the Community Programme for details on where and when we're meeting up. It's a really beautiful experience...

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Everything you need to know about how the camp runs lives in our Mastersheet - schedules, team info, the programme, all of it. Find it here, and if you can't get access just shout Adrian, jump three times and he will magically appear and solve your problem!!!

The Call Out Sheet 📋

We only have about half of what we need in storage, so we're relying on the community to help make the camp look and feel amazing!
If you have space, we'd love every camp member to bring one item from each category on the Call Out Sheet. Add your name so we know what's coming - and please label your stuff and keep a note or photo of what you brought so it finds its way home with you!

We only have about half of what we need in storage, so we're relying on the community to help make the camp look and feel amazing!
If you have space, we'd love every camp member to bring one item from each category on the Call Out Sheet. Add your name so we know what's coming - and please label your stuff and keep a note or photo of what you brought so it finds its way home with you!

We only have about half of what we need in storage, so we're relying on the community to help make the camp look and feel amazing!
If you have space, we'd love every camp member to bring one item from each category on the Call Out Sheet. Add your name so we know what's coming - and please label your stuff and keep a note or photo of what you brought so it finds its way home with you!

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Leaving a better trace is part of what we do. Here are the key things to hold before you pack:

Before you arrive - plan ahead, borrow before you buy, share resources with campmates, and choose quality over cheap. A well-made tent that lasts is always better than a disposable one in landfill.Getting here - fill those car seats. Peri has set up a Forest rideshare - check the master info sheet. The Burner Bus runs from London Victoria on Mon 18 May (tickets £28 each way, sells out fast).At camp - bring reusable cups, cutlery, and containers. Nest has drinking water on site. No glitter (microplastics), no glow sticks, no non-biodegradable soaps or body products.Waste - recyclables go in clear bags, general waste in black bags. Keep recycling clean and food-free or it gets sent to landfill. Glass should go home with you. Food waste goes in the camp food waste bin, not the Troll Bar compost pit.MOOP - Matter Out Of Place. Pick it up even if it's not yours. How your area looks at strike affects Forest's placement next year.Everyone does the Sunday sweep - no exceptions, it makes Monday's
final strike so much easier.👉 Read the full Greening Your Nest guide hereReach out to Daelyn or Alice if you have questions.

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