The national forest revisited
by Chris, 6 March, 2017, 0 comments
The National Forest scheme has celebrated its 25th anniversary. It was and is a bold project, focusing on some 500 square kilometers of central England (parts of Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Staffordshire). Whilst the area included farmland and some pockets of ancient woodland, e.g. Charnwood Forest to the east and Needwood Forest to the west, it also included many abandoned industrial workings such as opencast mines, quarries, clay pits and spoil heaps.
Some 8.5 million trees have been planted to date and now the area generates income through tourism Read more...
