Good morning, Happy New Year (that was such a long time ago) and I hope you are all well. Here’s an update from me for this month. Welcome Barn – The project is progressing with all contractors appointed. Proctors (main contractor) have conducted site visits and the...
Fancy a go at a different volunteer role or know someone who would like to start volunteering for the Woodland Trust? In the table below are all the latest available opportunities. If you are interested in any listed you can click on the 'Apply here'...
On 3 and 4 December, 70 Fever-Tree staff worked hard to plant 1,500 trees in the South Downs. The landowner, also the co-founder of Fever-Tree, recently purchased a large farming estate in the heart of the South Downs National Park, which is in our Treescape area. The South...
Hello everyone With Christmas so very nearly upon us, I wanted to take the opportunity to say an enormous thank you to all of you from the Woodland Trust for everything you have done to support us and our work during 2019. I am continually inspired and...
Halloween may now be a distant memory for most, but for over 600 people who braved Hainault Forest's annual Spooky Walk, it will be forever etched in their minds! George Lewis, Visitor Experience Officer, was there to oversee the scary shenanigans: "On all hallows’ eve, as the...
Each month there are stories and new developments to report at Langley Vale Wood, the largest of our four First World War Centenary Woods in Surrey, and September was no exception. Planning consent was obtained for the visitor car park, walking trails and memorial sculpture...
This summer the planning application for the car park, paths and memorial was approved by local councils. The team is busy working through the fifty conditions that are required to be met before work can commence. With so much going on at the site, it is...
Hello all It’s been yet another busy week here! Team Smithills out and about Last Saturday we had a stall at FoodFest, the fringe event for Bolton Food & Drink Festival. FoodFest was organised by Bolton Station Community Development Partnership, and had a focus on community projects in...
Our First World War Centenary Wood has pockets of ancient woodland, diverse and fascinating wildlife and flora, and stunning views over the rolling hills of the North Downs. In the coming years, our ambitious woodland creation scheme will transform the existing arable land into both...
Last week saw the second of this years volunteer led guided walks taking place at our Nidd Gorge site, near Knaresborough. The sun shone, the birds sang and all in all for those coming along it made for a pretty idyllic, as well as very...