Twenty-seven forests, one map.

A current snapshot of every site Spring Forest UK is actively supporting — restoration plantings, ancient woodland surveys, and long-term protection covenants. Members can access the full project briefs and volunteer rotas through the member area.

Oak woodland
Ancient woodland · England

Hatfield Oaks Survey

A two-year ecological survey of one of Hertfordshire's last continuous tracts of medieval oak woodland, preceding a long-term conservation covenant with the landowner.

Year 2 of 2 72% complete
Bluebell woodland
Spring monitoring · England

Sussex Bluebell Census

An annual transect-walk programme across nineteen Sussex woodlands recording native bluebell density, soil compaction, and the spread of the invasive Spanish hybrid.

2026 season Ongoing
Tree planting
Restoration · Wales

Cwm Clydach Replanting

Restoring 18 hectares of cleared Welsh hillside with native sessile oak, hazel and rowan in close partnership with the Brecon Beacons Trust.

Year 3 of 7 45% complete
Red deer in woodland
Wildlife · Scotland

Caledonian Pinewood Watch

Trail-camera and footprint monitoring of red deer impact on natural Scots pine regeneration in two remnant fragments of the old Caledonian Forest.

Year 2 of 4 60% complete
Forest legal
Advocacy · England

A41 Hedgerow Defence

Coordinating local objectors, ecologists and parish councils against a road-widening scheme that would cut through 2.4 km of historic hedgerow in Buckinghamshire.

Public inquiry stage 30% complete
Forest school
Education · England & Wales

Forest Schools Network

A grant programme supporting 23 primary schools to deliver year-round outdoor learning sessions in their nearest accessible woodland — including teacher training and risk-assessment templates.

Cohort 2025/26 80% complete
Volunteers
Restoration · England

Sherwood Edge PAWS

Slow conversion of a former conifer plantation back to native broadleaf canopy on the eastern fringe of historic Sherwood — a 12-year programme now in its sixth season.

Year 6 of 12 50% complete
Wildlife corridor
Connectivity · Scotland

Borders Wildlife Corridor

Working with eight Scottish Borders landowners to plant linking hedgerows and small copses, joining four currently isolated woodland fragments into a continuous 14 km wildlife corridor.

Year 1 of 5 22% complete
Conservation covenant
Protection · England

Cotswold Beech Covenant

A formal conservation covenant placed on 67 hectares of beech woodland on a private Cotswold estate, securing it against future development for at least 250 years.

Completed Q1 2026 Active monitoring
National scope

Six historic forest regions.

From the Caledonian remnants in the Scottish Highlands to the New Forest in Hampshire, our work spans six of Britain's most ecologically distinct woodland regions. Each requires a different approach — different species, different timescales, different communities.

The map shows our headline project sites. Members can access the full interactive map, including ongoing surveys, in the member area.

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UK map of project locations

Help fund a new project.

Each new site we take on costs around £8,000 in its first year — for surveys, legal work, planting and the small teams who tend it. Member donations make every one of them possible.

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