Slate Hill Charcoal Co.

20/09/2025

| G R A D I N G | We often grade our biochar into two different fractions, 25mm to 8mm and 8mm to dust. This gives us a few different products with the larger size often being used in traditional blacksmithing (not biochar!) or water filters. The smaller fraction makes a really nice to use biochar for home composting and poultry bedding, and in this case is going to be used by as the substrate in their innovative mycorrhizal product “Mycochar”.

It’s a steady process and our bagging machine certainly wasn’t purpose built for this but it’s great to be an able to tailor biochar’s to different uses.

19/04/2025

Wishing everyone a very Happy Easter 🐣 from us and thank you for an incredible start to the year! ☀️🔥☺️

02/04/2025

Come and visit us!

Look at how and where we make our sustainable charcoal that is perfect for your BBQ🔥

Local wood that is turned into clean burning, fast lighting charcoal… perfect for this coming Easter 🎉

27/03/2025

One of our latest adventures at Slate Hill Charcoal has been setting up a biochar barrel kiln at the new Zerodig horticulture site. The Zerodig project is researching sustainable food production using no-dig methods. Biochar can be added to compost to help improve crop yield by absorbing otherwise wasted nutrients and aiding in water retention, whilst also sequestering carbon for potentially thousands of years. This kiln will eventually process local coppice waste into biochar for a fully circular system.

06/12/2024

Free shipping on all merchandise this weekend! Use code merchfreeshipping at checkout…

29/11/2024

Autumn colours when opening this autumn burn.

26/11/2024

14/07/2024

One of the most important things that makes a charcoal sustainable is the feedstock. This is where it all begins, where flavour and burn characteristics meet environmental credentials.

A lot of our charcoal is made from Ash, sourced locally from just 5 miles from our base. This is all felled under an approved management plan designed to benefit the future of the woodland, sustainably. The Ash dieback disease has had a profound impact on woodland management in the UK, and will drastically change the way our tree cover looks in the future. Charcoal is a perfect way to use this damaged timber, especially if it offsets an imported product.

As a charcoal company we frequently receive offers from overseas companies wanting to bring charcoal into the UK, and on more than one occasion have been offered mangrove charcoal. MANGROVE CHARCOAL 🤦‍♂️

There are plenty of great British charcoal producers out there, with a great British product made from great British woodlands.

27/05/2024

Big-chunky-flavour-packed Oak back in stock!… Limited stock