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Trees woods and wildlife
Spiders and harvestmen
They might not be the UK's most loved animal, but spiders are pretty special with some species thriving in woodland habitats.
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About us
Working with us
Working with us
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Trees woods and wildlife
Spotting and monitoring tree health
Observatree is a tree health early warning system ensuring that tree pests and diseases are spotted and reported quickly so they can be eliminated or controlled.
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Blog
Seven edible weeds: foraging in your garden
If you're a fan of foraging but missing roaming the woods and hedgerows right now, go in search of some edible plants that are closer to home. Here are seven edible garden weeds to look out for.
Helen Keating • 23 Apr 2020
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Video
Meet the people behind our work: Friends of Belvoir Wood
Hard graft. Passionate people. Expertise and skill. There's more to our woods than just trees. See for yourself what makes Friends of Belvoir Wood so special, and what it takes to keep it that way.
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Blog
When to pick sloes and how to make sloe gin
It's traditional to make sloe gin in autumn, ready for the coming winter. Here's an easy and delicious recipe for you to try, with our top sloe picking tips. It takes a couple of months to mature, so if you make it soon it'll be ready by Christmas.
Helen Keating • 15 Sep 2020
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Trees woods and wildlife
Wood pasture and parkland
Home of history and ancient trees, there’s more than meets the eye to wood pasture and parkland. These sites are often mixtures of habitats, with scrub and denser woodland groves, to more open grassland or heathland with scattered trees.
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Video
Restoring Coed y Galchog: a 25 year plan
Ray Turner, owner of Coed y Galchog near Ruthin, explains how the Woodland Trust is helping with his 25 year plan to restore the wood for future generations to enjoy.
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Video
How gifts in wills have made a difference: Avoncliff Wood
A third of all the work we do is made possible by gifts in wills. Find out more about the difference they've made to Avoncliff Wood, a beautiful wood in the Cotswolds that's also helping to combat the use of plastic on our estate.
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Practical guidance
Practical guidance on restoring your ancient woodland
An introductory summary of training modules by the Woodland Trust for restoring ancient woodland.
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Blog
First signs of autumn
Discover when autumn starts and the signs of the season – look for leaves changing colour, autumn fruits and seeds, migrating birds, ivy flowering and incredible fungi.
Danielle Wesley • 31 Aug 2019
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Plant trees
Which species to plant
Different trees have different purposes and needs. Choose your species according to the land you have and what you want from your trees.
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Case study
Restoring ancient woodland in mid Wales
A case study demonstrating the restoration of ancient woodland in Mid Wales, including the extraction of timber using horse logging techniques.
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Journal
Wood Wise – conservation grazing in woodland management
The autumn 2012 issue of Wood Wise examines the value of grazing for woodland management, including the impacts difference grazers can have.
PDF (3.39 MB)
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Blog
7 blossom crafts and activities for kids
Discover fun blossom crafts and activities to enjoy with your children this spring.
Danielle Wesley • 11 Mar 2022
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Trees woods and wildlife
Plum, cherry
Street tree, early spring flowerer and ancestor of the domestic plum. Cherry plum is one of the first trees to blossom in the UK.
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Trees woods and wildlife
Box, common
A native evergreen that’s at home in your garden. Box is so special it’s got a hill named after it. Box Hill in Surrey takes its name from the ancient box woodland on its steep chalk slopes.
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Trees woods and wildlife
Deathcap
Silent assassin and killer of kings. The deathcap has been used as a murder weapon for millennia.
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Trees woods and wildlife
Foxglove
Beautiful but deadly. This familiar flower has the power to cure and kill.
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Trees woods and wildlife
Fly agaric
Famous, enchanting and highly toxic. Fly agaric is the home of fairies and magical creatures and a lover of birch woodland.
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Trees woods and wildlife
Dothistroma needle blight
This fungal disease can have a serious impact on our native Scots pines. It could spell trouble for our rare, ecologically invaluable Caledonian pine forests.
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Trees woods and wildlife
Lesser celandine
Charming and cheerful, the star-shaped flowers of the lesser celandine brighten up the woodland floor. Look out for their friendly yellow flowers on path edges in early spring.
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Trees woods and wildlife
Song thrush
Famous for smashing open snails and for the sweet song which gives this bird its name. The song thrush was once a common sight in UK woodland, but is sadly in decline.
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Trees woods and wildlife
Orange-tip
Subtle, delicate and well-disguised – that is until the male flashes a splash of bright orange. Orange-tips are a butterfly of grassland and woodland edges.
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Trees woods and wildlife
Orange ladybird
A bright, cheery leaf-lover. The orange ladybird spends its winters nestled in the leaf litter and its summers feasting on mildew in the canopy.
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Blog
Bird song identification: UK garden birds
Whether you're looking to learn a new skill or simply find out who's taking centre stage, our simple guide will introduce you to the top garden regulars.
Amy Lewis • 01 May 2020
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Trees woods and wildlife
Gatekeeper
Named for its rigorous patrol of hedges and woodland rides, the gatekeeper butterfly is a prime pollinator. Look for them sipping nectar on sunny days in the summer.
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Visiting woods
Bluebell woods in England
Take some time away from the hustle and bustle and enjoy a tranquil springtime walk through one of England's most beautiful bluebell woods.
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Trees woods and wildlife
Alder buckthorn
A reputation for causing a bang. Alder buckthorn is used to make gunpowder, pigments and dyes. It’s a beloved plant of the brimstone butterfly.
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Protecting trees and woods
Saved: ancient woods in South Wales
Irreplaceable ancient woods near Cardiff are safe from a new link road between the A48 and the M4 motorway.
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Blog
Why are native woods important for biodiversity?
Native woods and trees support an incredible diversity of life. Find out why protecting and creating native woodland is the best way to recover nature and secure the future of our woodland species.
Karen Hornigold • 21 Jul 2020
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Blog
The best elderberry recipes
Make the most of dark, fragrant elderberries while they’re in season. Try our favourite elderberry recipes.
Helen Keating • 28 Sep 2022
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Plant trees
How to care for your trees
Once your trees are in the ground it’s important to care for them to help them thrive, particularly in the first few years.
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Woodland Trust Wood
Aldouran Glen
Leswalt nr Stranraer
13.11 ha (32.39 acres)
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Woodland Trust Wood
Abertreweren
Defynnog Sennybridge
7.54 ha (18.63 acres)
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Woodland Trust Wood
America Wood
Shanklin
10.98 ha (27.13 acres)
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Woodland Trust Wood
Avoncliff Wood
Avoncliff Upper Westwood
30.13 ha (74.45 acres)
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Woodland Trust Wood
Belhus Chase
Aveley
55.44 ha (136.99 acres)
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Woodland Trust Wood
Beningfield Wood
West Milton Bridport
8.31 ha (20.53 acres)
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Woodland Trust Wood
Bewl Water Woods
Wadhurst
11.57 ha (28.59 acres)
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Woodland Trust Wood
Brookland Wood
Fontmell Magna
2.87 ha (7.09 acres)
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Woodland Trust Wood
Baileys Wood
Biddulph
2.69 ha (6.65 acres)
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Woodland Trust Wood
Bron y Buckley
Welshpool
4.91 ha (12.13 acres)
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Woodland Trust Wood
Brakey Wood
Hoxne
6.28 ha (15.52 acres)
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Woodland Trust Wood
Broadlands
Sale
0.45 ha (1.11 acres)
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Woodland Trust Wood
Church Covert
Slaugham
5.60 ha (13.84 acres)
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Woodland Trust Wood
Coed Cymerau Isaf
Rhyd y Sarn Blaenau Ffestiniog
31.69 ha (78.31 acres)
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Woodland Trust Wood
Charleycombe Wood
Cornworthy
5.01 ha (12.38 acres)
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Woodland Trust Wood
Coed y Graig
Newtown
6.30 ha (15.57 acres)
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Woodland Trust Wood
Coed y Mwldan
Cardigan
0.72 ha (1.78 acres)
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Woodland Trust Wood
Burroughs Wood
Ratby
36.52 ha (90.24 acres)
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Woodland Trust Wood
Clough Wood
Runcorn
2.72 ha (6.72 acres)
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Woodland Trust Wood
Coffee Pot Wood
Great Alne
1.35 ha (3.34 acres)
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Woodland Trust Wood
Coed Avens
Mynydd Eilian Amlwch
1.12 ha (2.77 acres)
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Woodland Trust Wood
Coed Cadnant
Maesincla Caernarfon
3.82 ha (9.44 acres)
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Woodland Trust Wood
Credenhill Park Wood
Credenhill
90.68 ha (224.07 acres)
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Woodland Trust Wood
Dawkins Covert
Northwold Downham Market
1.64 ha (4.05 acres)
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Woodland Trust Wood
Eileen Fraser Beeches
Sandford Orcas
0.04 ha (0.10 acres)
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Woodland Trust Wood
Cropton Bank
Cropton
9.44 ha (23.33 acres)
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Woodland Trust Wood
Earl's Lane Wood
Cleeve Prior
1.77 ha (4.37 acres)
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Woodland Trust Wood
Duddas Wood
Derrington
9.46 ha (23.38 acres)
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Woodland Trust Wood
Dransfield Wood
Mirfield
1.62 ha (4.00 acres)
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Woodland Trust Wood
Firth Wood
Oughtibridge
6.84 ha (16.90 acres)
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Woodland Trust Wood
Daeda's Wood
Deddington
3.70 ha (9.14 acres)
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Woodland Trust Wood
Garth Wood
Keswick
0.43 ha (1.06 acres)
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Woodland Trust Wood
Haddon Wood
Alhampton Shepton Mallet
11.38 ha (28.12 acres)
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Woodland Trust Wood
Hagg Wood
Moorsholm
4.83 ha (11.93 acres)
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Woodland Trust Wood
Hoddesdon Park Wood
Lord Street Hoddesdon
61.95 ha (153.08 acres)
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Woodland Trust Wood
Hainault Forest
Romford
113.37 ha (280.14 acres)
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Woodland Trust Wood
Haddocks Wood
Runcorn
9.46 ha (23.38 acres)
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Woodland Trust Wood
Gurnett's Fields
Aveley
5.99 ha (14.80 acres)
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Woodland Trust Wood
Graig Wood
Figyn nr Welshpool
3.60 ha (8.90 acres)
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Woodland Trust Wood
Grappenhall Heys
Warrington
7.33 ha (18.11 acres)
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Woodland Trust Wood
Friends of Belvoir Wood
Belvoir Belfast
5.72 ha (14.13 acres)
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Woodland Trust Wood
Highbury Fields
Redbrook
23.34 ha (57.67 acres)
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Woodland Trust Wood
Heath Hills
Brook
6.28 ha (15.52 acres)
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Woodland Trust Wood
Nidd Gorge
Bilton Banks Harrogate
45.98 ha (113.62 acres)
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Woodland Trust Wood
Old Wood, Skellingthorpe
Skellingthorpe
93.09 ha (230.03 acres)
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Woodland Trust Wood
Miltonrigg Woods
Brampton
63.58 ha (157.11 acres)
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Woodland Trust Wood
Owlet
Blyton
50.41 ha (124.56 acres)
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Woodland Trust Wood
Ladies Walk Wood
Warrington
6.20 ha (15.32 acres)
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Woodland Trust Wood
Laurel Farm Wood
Bagworth
8.52 ha (21.05 acres)
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Woodland Trust Wood
Kingstree Wood
Kineton
3.42 ha (8.45 acres)
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Woodland Trust Wood
Pant yr Eos
Moelfre
8.44 ha (20.86 acres)
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Woodland Trust Wood
Tattershall Carrs
Tattershall
29.00 ha (71.66 acres)
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Woodland Trust Wood
Silver Wood
Kentisbeare
4.31 ha (10.65 acres)
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Woodland Trust Wood
Northcote & Upcott Woods
Kingford nr High Bickington
37.40 ha (92.42 acres)
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Woodland Trust Wood
Pond Wood & Compass Hill
Old Court Strangford
1.16 ha (2.87 acres)
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Woodland Trust Wood
Pullingshill Wood & Marlow Common
Marlow
27.30 ha (67.46 acres)
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Woodland Trust Wood
Priory Wood
Burwell
8.73 ha (21.57 acres)
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Woodland Trust Wood
Shell Brook Wood
Overton on Dee
2.40 ha (5.93 acres)
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Woodland Trust Wood
Railway Wood
Livingston
6.49 ha (16.04 acres)
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Woodland Trust Wood
Markethill Wood
Markethill
0.44 ha (1.09 acres)
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Woodland Trust Wood
The Plantation & Bluebell Field
Uphill
5.11 ha (12.63 acres)
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Woodland Trust Wood
Whitleigh Wood
Whitleigh nr Tamerton Foliot Plymouth
20.26 ha (50.06 acres)
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Woodland Trust Wood
Tofts Wood
Weeley Heath Nr Colchester Essex
5.99 ha (14.80 acres)
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Woodland Trust Wood
The Avenue
Llangollen
4.39 ha (10.85 acres)
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Woodland Trust Wood
Whittle Spinney
Chorley
2.42 ha (5.98 acres)
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Woodland Trust Wood
Yeo Copse
Witheridge
3.48 ha (8.60 acres)
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Woodland Trust Wood
Upper Barn & Crowdhill Copses
Fisher's Pond
28.43 ha (70.25 acres)
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Woodland Trust Wood
Welcombe Millennium Wood
Welcombe nr Hartland
3.02 ha (7.46 acres)
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National Trust Wood
Hudnall Common
Hertfordshire
15.57 ha (38.47 acres)
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Woodland Trust Wood
Shank Wood
Hethersgill Longtown
7.62 ha (18.83 acres)
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Woodland Welcome Wood
Cambridge University:Oct Centenary Wood
Cambridgeshire
10.16 ha (25.11 acres)
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Scottish Natural Heritage Wood
Glencripesdale Nature Reserve
Highland
320.93 ha (793.02 acres)
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Natural Resources Wales Wood
Craig yr Aber
Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr - Bridgend
11.24 ha (27.77 acres)
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Cornwall Council Wood
Tehidy Country Park
Cornwall
100.68 ha (248.78 acres)
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Forestry Commission Scotland Wood
Balintombuie
Highland
17.43 ha (43.07 acres)
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New Forest District Council Wood
Shore Road
Hampshire
0.54 ha (1.33 acres)
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Wyre Borough Council Wood
Tower Wood
Lancashire
2.85 ha (7.04 acres)
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Natural Resources Wales Wood
Allt-Lwyd
Ceredigion
8.15 ha (20.14 acres)
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Woodland Welcome Wood
Hollyhurst Farm
Warwickshire
1.02 ha (2.52 acres)
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Wakefield Metropolitan District Council Wood
Well Wood
West Yorkshire
6.24 ha (15.42 acres)
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Forestry Commission England Wood
Greetham Wood Far
Rutland
33.59 ha (83.00 acres)
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Sussex Wildlife Trust Wood
Ebernoe Common and Butcherland Nature Reserve
West Sussex
85.05 ha (210.16 acres)
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Salford Metropolitan Borough Council Wood
Worsley Woods
Greater Manchester
34.80 ha (85.99 acres)
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Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council Wood
Captains Clough
Greater Manchester
6.56 ha (16.21 acres)
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Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council Wood
Land at the Brookdale, Ainsdale
Merseyside
2.35 ha (5.81 acres)
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London Borough of Waltham Forest Wood
Folly Lane Community Woodland
Greater London
4.31 ha (10.65 acres)
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Leeds City Council Wood
Calverley wood
West Yorkshire
76.26 ha (188.44 acres)
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National Trust Wood
Coed Bryn-bras
Conwy
2.27 ha (5.61 acres)
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National Trust Wood
Newtown River
Isle of Wight
5.13 ha (12.68 acres)
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Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust Wood
Muckton wood
Lincolnshire
16.71 ha (41.29 acres)
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National Trust Wood
Belton House
Lincolnshire
39.33 ha (97.18 acres)
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Waverley Borough Council Wood
Marchants Hill
Surrey
0.93 ha (2.30 acres)
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National Trust Wood
Beckland Cliff
Devon
8.52 ha (21.05 acres)
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Bury Metropolitan Borough Council Wood
Outwood Trail and Park
Greater Manchester
65.50 ha (161.85 acres)
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Stevenage Borough Council Wood
Siansean Spring
Hertfordshire
0.31 ha (0.77 acres)
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Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council Wood
Tongue Hill
Lancashire
3.92 ha (9.69 acres)
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Leeds City Council Wood
Beckett Park
West Yorkshire
1.89 ha (4.67 acres)
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Durham County Council Wood
Malton Woods
County Durham
7.93 ha (19.60 acres)
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Clinton Devon Estates Wood
Bovey Down
Devon
44.64 ha (110.31 acres)
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Eastleigh Borough Council Wood
Lapstone Farm
Hampshire
1.71 ha (4.23 acres)
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Woodland Welcome Wood
Bent House Farm
Greater Manchester
6.17 ha (15.25 acres)
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National Trust Wood
Wembury Bay & Cliffs - Warren Point
Devon
0.56 ha (1.38 acres)
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Pendle Borough Council Wood
Greenfield
Lancashire
0.93 ha (2.30 acres)
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Natural Resources Wales Wood
Cwm Merchon
Sir Gaerfyrddin - Carmarthenshire
25.61 ha (63.28 acres)
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Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council Wood
Lawns Wood
Greater Manchester
4.99 ha (12.33 acres)
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National Trust Wood
Derwent Water - Keswick
Cumbria
38.18 ha (94.34 acres)