England’s Community Forests
England’s Community Forests work closely with communities, landowners, and businesses across England to plant trees and improve our natural environment.
These fifteen organisations (supported by partners from the public, private and voluntary sectors, and of course, local communities themselves) bring trees and people together to create healthy, inspiring resilient places for humans and nature to live, side by side.
![Small+Farm+Tree+planting ECF Landowners](https://englandscommunityforests.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/SmallFarmTreeplanting.jpeg)
Here for landowners
England’s Community Forests offer free, impartial advice and funding to farmers and landowners, supporting you to plan and plant new woodlands.
Supporting our communities
We work in and around our towns and cities where most people live, work and travel and where the need is greatest. We connect urban populations with the wider landscape, to improve wellbeing, help tackle climate change and create places for nature.
Where are the forests?
![Map_August2024 ECF Map](https://englandscommunityforests.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Map_August2024.png)
England’s Community Forests are located in and around our largest towns and cities.
Latest News
![National Trust to plant woodlands and woody habitats equivalent in size to over 800 football pitches with support from England’s Community Forests this winter](https://englandscommunityforests.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/NT-pics-early-planting-Lunt-©National-Trust-Images-Paul-Harris-12-1-1080x675.jpg)
National Trust to plant woodlands and woody habitats equivalent in size to over 800 football pitches with support from England’s Community Forests this winter
![Minister for Nature visits community forest projects](https://englandscommunityforests.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Minister-Creaghs-visit-to-The-Mersey-Forest-1080x675.jpg)
Minister for Nature visits community forest projects
![England’s Community Forests celebrate planting 2.4 million trees in record year](https://englandscommunityforests.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/volunteer-helping-get-trees-in-ground-1-1080x675.jpg)
England’s Community Forests celebrate planting 2.4 million trees in record year
This year England’s Community Forests planted over 2.4 million trees and hedgerows, cementing their role as the leading woodland creation force in England.
![Largest environmental regeneration initiative in England grows with the Government announcement of two new Community Forests.](https://englandscommunityforests.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Screenshot2022-08-04at11.49.23-1080x675.jpg)
Largest environmental regeneration initiative in England grows with the Government announcement of two new Community Forests.
![Working with the Community Forests to plan your woodland creation project](https://englandscommunityforests.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/White-Rose-Forest-Shoot-88-1080x675.jpg)
Working with the Community Forests to plan your woodland creation project
![Support and funding available for agroforestry schemes](https://englandscommunityforests.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/pro-j759zew6-crop-1-edited-1080x675.jpeg)
Support and funding available for agroforestry schemes
![Opportunity to create Two New Community Forests in England](https://englandscommunityforests.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/2NewCFTinEng.jpg)
Opportunity to create Two New Community Forests in England
![New Community Forest for Cumbria will see thousands of trees planted along Cumbria’s west coast](https://englandscommunityforests.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CreditStuartWalkerphotography_F2573.jpeg)
New Community Forest for Cumbria will see thousands of trees planted along Cumbria’s west coast
![New Community Forest created in the North East to support a greener future](https://englandscommunityforests.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Park_creditSunderlandCityCouncil-1.jpeg)
New Community Forest created in the North East to support a greener future
![A new Community Forest to bring transformational change to Plymouth and South Devon](https://englandscommunityforests.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/UrbanTreePlanting-4223pleasecreditChrisParkesPhotography-1.jpeg)
A new Community Forest to bring transformational change to Plymouth and South Devon
![Hedgelaying at Eastbrookend Country Park with Thames Chase Conservation Volunteers](https://englandscommunityforests.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Hedgerow_UK_1-1.jpeg)
Hedgelaying at Eastbrookend Country Park with Thames Chase Conservation Volunteers
![Hedgerow improvements at Wilstead Community Woodland supported by the Newt Conservation Partnership](https://englandscommunityforests.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CopyofNHW-Shareables-Guide-3.jpeg)