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Visiting woods
Woodland activities for children and families
Spot wildlife. Craft with nature. Go on scavenger hunts. We've got plenty of ideas to help families enjoy woods and the great outdoors all year round.
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Trees woods and wildlife
Elm, English
Once growing to lofty heights, the elegant English elm used to dominate the landscape. Now this ancient symbol of melancholy and death is a rare sight, having been decimated by Dutch elm disease.
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Trees woods and wildlife
Tree of the Year 2025
You voted in your thousands to help us crown this year's Tree of the Year and now we have our champion!
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Trees woods and wildlife
Lynx
These solitary, stealthy hunters are currently extinct in the UK, but some advocates of rewilding would like to see them return.
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Protecting trees and woods
We need a vision for new transport projects that protects woods and trees
13,500 of you helped us tell Government to address climate impacts and stop damaging transport schemes to protect all irreplaceable habitats.
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Trees woods and wildlife
Whitebeam, Arran
Rare, rugged, isolated. Arran whitebeam is one of the rarest and most endangered trees in the world. It is a hybrid of rowan and rock whitebeam which has stayed on the Isle of Arran since the last glaciers were formed.
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Trees woods and wildlife
Wild garlic
A delicious sign of the old, wild garlic is also known as ramsons. Look for them in shady woods where they coat the woodland floor in spring.
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Trees woods and wildlife
Lungwort lichens
Once common and widespread, they're now pushed to the westernmost extremities of the UK due to air pollution.
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About us
Our founder – Kenneth Watkins OBE
We are the UK's largest woodland conservation charity, but were established from humble beginnings in 1972. Find out all about the man behind it all.
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About us
Safeguarding our woods with FSC® certification
Most of our woods are certified by FSC against the UKWAS standard. Find out what this means for our estate, and how we manage our woods sustainably.