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For nearly thirty years, England’s Community Forests have been transforming the landscapes and communities in and around our largest towns and cities.

These ten 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.

England’s Community Forests focus their work in and around our towns and cities where most people live, work and travel and where the need is greatest. They connect urban populations with the wider landscape, to improve wellbeing, help tackle climate change and create places for nature.

Community Forests are not a single woodland, but a growing number of distinct trees, woods and forests across each area, linking to existing woodlands, weaving through our urban areas and wrapping around our communities.

The table below lists the ten forests. As some of them straddle county boundaries they are more conveniently listed by region and town or city.

Forest Region City Area Website
Forest of Avon Bristol and Avon Bristol 221 square miles (570 km2) [1]
Great Western Community Forest Swindon and surrounding area Swindon 168 square miles (440 km2) [2]
Greenwood Community Forest West Nottinghamshire Nottingham 161 square miles (420 km2) [3]
Forest of Marston Vale Bedford to Milton Keynes Bedford 61 square miles (160 km2) [4]
Forest of Mercia Staffordshire and West Midlands Birmingham 92 square miles (240 km2) [5]
Mersey Forest Merseyside and North Cheshire Liverpool 420 square miles (1,100 km2) [6]
City of Trees Greater Manchester Manchester 492 square miles (1,270 km2) [7]
HEYwoods Kingston upon Hull and East Riding of Yorkshire Hull 957 square miles (2,480 km2) [8]
Thames Chase Bruntwood, Barking and Dagenham, Havering, Thurrock and Essex London 40 square miles (100 km2) [9]
White Rose Forest Leeds City, North and West Yorkshire Leeds 4,124 square miles (10,680 km2) [10]

England’s Community Forests is supported by Community Forest Trust, the national champion for Community Forests in England. Read about CFT here - https://www.communityforest-trust.org/ Twitter: @CommForestTrust

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