About England’s Community Forests
For nearly thirty years, England’s Community Forests have been working with communities, landowners and businesses to transform the landscapes and communities in and around our largest towns and cities.
England’s Community Forests provide free advice and support to landowners and land managers in each forest area to plan, fund, and plant new woodland. Local experts are available to support woodland creation projects of all sizes in both rural and urban settings.
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.
Through innovation and a long-term commitment to the areas in which they work, the Community Forests have empowered communities to transform their local landscapes. They have enabled communities to adapt to the effects of climate change and even contributed to the mitigation of these effects. They are working to ensure that trees and woodlands are at the very heart of our urban landscapes.
England’s Community Forests provide free advice and support to landowners and land managers in each forest area to plan, fund, and plant new woodland. Local experts are available to support woodland creation projects of all sizes in both rural and urban settings.
Through innovation and a long-term commitment to the areas in which they work, the Community Forests have empowered communities to transform their local landscapes.
Our aims
Support regeneration and growth – Making towns and cities more attractive places in which to live, work and do business; attracting new investment and creating jobs
Support local communities – Harnessing the enthusiasm, commitment, and knowledge of local people; helping them improve their local area and enhancing health and wellbeing
Creating Better Places – Enriching and enhancing biodiversity the environment, creating new facilities for recreation and leisure and making our towns and cities more sustainable
Latest News

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

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

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

Hedgelaying at Eastbrookend Country Park with Thames Chase Conservation Volunteers

Hedgerow improvements at Wilstead Community Woodland supported by the Newt Conservation Partnership

Discover ‘Your Forest’ – New Music, Poetry and Spoken Word Inspired by England’s Community Forests

Celebrate England’s Urban Forests with #YourForest

Community Forests welcome funding boost to tree planting around England’s towns and cities
