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The National Forest for Wales
The National Forest for Wales is a national asset made up of different types of woodlands and forests each providing crucial and diverse benefits to Wales.
The National Forest for Wales:
- stretches the length and breadth of Wales
- highlights, recognises, and represents excellence across different types of forestry
- includes all types of woodland from small community woodlands to large productive forests
- is made up of different woodland sites of different sizes with different focuses
- has sites owned and managed by different organisations and individuals
- creates new areas of woodland as well as restoring and maintaining Wales's unique and irreplaceable existing woodlands
- facilitates a network, enabling woodland owners to share, learn, and collaborate
- helps to promote and communicate the multiple benefits of trees and woodlands
Find out how your site could become part of the National Forest for Wales.
Find out more about the Research Forest for Wales.
A trail connecting you to some of our National Forest sites in South Wales.
Meet some of our sites
The National Forest for Wales is a patchwork of excellent woodlands that represent the importance and breadth of the forestry sector across Wales:
- Some of our sites focus on engagement and offer wellbeing and health benefits to local communities;
- Others will be remote and focus on conservation and research;
- While others will provide valuable timber production supporting vital rural jobs
- And some do it all!
The National Forest recognises and promotes excellence across the board.
A small site big impact
Large scale restoration success
A southern jewel in the National Forest for Wales
A collection of award-winning commercial woodlands
One of the National Forest for Wales' most diverse sites
Lying in the heart of Wales, a site full of history and culture
A newly planted woodland created through exceptional collaboration