The first British Hewing Championships took place at the Earth Trust near Little Wittenham in Oxfordshire. The event celebrated hewing, a traditional timber-working practice in which craftspeople shape raw logs into beams and planks for use in timber-frame construction.

The championship marks a revival of interest in heritage woodworking skills and traditional building methods in Britain. Held at the conservation area, the event brings together practitioners of this centuries-old craft to compete and showcase the techniques used in period construction.