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Forestry is a devolved matter in the UK, administered by separate agencies in each nation. They are: in England, the Forestry Commission; in Scotland, Scottish Forestry; in Wales, Natural Resources Wales; and in Northern Ireland, the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA). [36]
Forestry England is a division of the Forestry Commission, responsible for managing and promoting publicly owned forests in England. It was formed as Forest Enterprise in 1996, before devolving to Forest Enterprise England on 31 March 2003 and then being rebranded to Forestry England on 1 April 2019. [1] [2] Its mission is to connect everyone ...
This is a list of some of the forests in the United Kingdom. Care should be taken to distinguish extensive wooded areas from royal forests which may never have been particularly wooded within historical times.
The Forestry Commission claims that Whinlatter Forest is "the only true Mountain Forest" in England. The forest is 790 metres above sea level and is located within the Lake District National Park. It has been mostly used as a recreational forest since 1965. [72] [73] Wyre Forest: Worcestershire / Shropshire: 2600
26% of the UK woodland (0.86 million hectares) is managed by Forestry England, Forestry and Land Scotland, Natural Resources Wales or the Northern Ireland Forest service. [64] When the Forestry Commission was founded in 1919 it inherited responsibility for several forests, some of which were former royal forests and contained ancient woodland. [65]
The Royal Forest of Exmoor in Devon. Royal forests do not necessarily include woodland. A royal forest, occasionally known as a kingswood (Latin: silva regis), [1] [2] is an area of land with different definitions in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland.
Pages in category "Forests and woodlands of England" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
England's community forests are afforestation-based regeneration projects [1] which were established in the early 1990s. [2] Each of them is a partnership between the Forestry Commission and the Countryside Agency , which are agencies of the British government , and the relevant local councils .