Skipton Castle Woods is a sylvan paradise set within a stone's throw of the High Street of this bustling North Yorkshire market town, known widely as "The Gateway to the Dales". These ancient woods surround the lively watercourse of Eller Beck and are delineated from...
We’ve had a busy few weeks in Spud Wood, Oughtrington and we wanted share what we’d been up to. If you’d been to the wood recently you might have noticed that some work has been going on in addition to the coppicing and wood allotments. In...
Hello all Smithills tree planting fortnight is done! We have had a huge number of groups visit us… The Olive School, Brownlow Fold School, Devonshire Road School, Myerscough College, Selfridges, Enterprise Car Hire, Co-op Insurance, Kenny Waste, Seddons, Bolton at Home, AFG Law, City of Trees (who...
Hello, my name is Emily Moore and I have recently joined the Woodland Trust as Youth Development Manager for our new project at Mead. Working with young people is my entire working background, and creating opportunities for young people is a real passion of mine...
We want to thank Neil and Claire for getting us some hedge laying training in Spud Wood. Its been hard work and a bit wet and muddy. but we are so pleased with ourselves for getting it all done. We had the training on the 9/10...
Wood Allotments is a scheme developed by the Mersey Forest to enable woodland owners to engage local communities and manage their woods by allowing people to cut down selected trees for firewood in a woodland that is in need of thinning. It’s a great way...
Approximately £26,000 of funded access work has just been competed at Sandybrook, Preston. Sandybrook is one of a cluster of 8 Woodland Trust sites in the city of Preston which has a population of approx. one hundred and thirty thousand people. The work is part of...
Hello everyone! Just a quick message to say thank you to all of you for making the tree planting day such a success… Rob B, Phil C, Hanifah, Sue, Doug, George, Margaret, Jack, Tony and Richard for working with Mark, Andy & Richard to make tree...
For 2019, Smithills is continuing to expand the team and range of engagement offers to local communities. 2019 is promising to be another huge year for the project, so let's start off with the new member of the team. New Ranger Andy Thorn is our newest member of...
Hello all It’s been a very busy week here! Tree planting This week 260 people have helped us to plant 3,000 trees – we were joined by four local schools, the Forestry Commission, Seddons, Selfridges, Enterprise Car Hire, Co-op Insurance, Bolton at Home, AFG Law, City of...