Community Woodlands Projects

One of our main aims at Woodlands.co.uk is to get more people into woodlands, including those people and groups who can't afford to buy their own wood. For the last 2 years we have been running a community woodlands project and in that space of time we have had more than 500 requests from people who wish to use woodlands for activities involving the local community. We now have people who use our woods for children's groups, scouts, forest schools, social forestry, bushcraft courses, woodlands management demonstrations, off-road horse riding organisations, orienteering and coppicing.

As we have received such a large number of enquiries, we have decided to set up a forum to put community groups in touch with other woodland owners who would be interested in allowing their woodland to be used in this way.

Are you a woodland owner?

Below are some of the projects requiring woodland. You may also wish to read our advice on hosting a project in your woodland.

Derry/Londonderry within 10 miles

Im the project manager for the Playtrail and looking for woods to carryout forest school programmes and natural play programmes for children and young people as well as running programmes for families. Would like to also carry out some more tree planting. You can also visit www.playtrail.com More details

North Wales

Woodland / House / Farm with Adjoining Land and/or Woodland for: Paintball Games; Team Building; & Environmental Outdoor Leisure Activities. Pls. Contact Tony on: 079 3089 1848. *We respect the Environment* More details

few acres to rent to practise bushcraft in kent

i would to rent a bit of woodland in kent to practise bushcraft skills More details

Stratford upon Avon/ Banbury Area

We are Avon Outdoor Club a Naturist based club ( yes we enjoy being naked). Our existing home for over 75 years has had to close due to the landlady sadly passing away and leaving no provision for our club. We are a club of approx 15 family units. We would like the opportunity to lease a small woodland / field of approx 3 to 4 acres. We are a friendly bunch who enjoy nothing more than sunbathing or sitting around a nice camp fire.If you have anything that would help us set up our new club home please please contact us on the above email (woodland or field any condition considered). Regards Mark (Avon Outdoor Club) More details

dorset

My wife and I run a self funded reptile rescue from home and have been for the last two years our website is www.safehavenreptilecentre.co.uk We openned a small shop on Ashley Road Parkstone selling reptile equipment. We openned the shop because many people asked us if we sell the equipment as well as re homing some of the reptiles. We are using the shop not only for selling the equipment but for a base for the rescue and for an educational centre. Our shop is called Safe Haven Exotics CIC. We help the public not only with pet animals but with native reptiles as well. Any profit we get goes to help fund the rescue. Over the last two or three months we have had more and more unwanted pets given to us and are slowly running out of room. Our dream is to open a larger conservation educational centre, if you like a bit like Monkey World but for reptiles, where the public can look and learn about reptiles and amphibians, spending a day out in the countryside, getting the public and schools involved in local conservation projects and hopefully get jobs either part or full time working with reptiles and amphibians either with us or other groups. We would like to do school trips talking to kids about not only reptiles but nature and what they could to do help looking after it. We contacted the BHS and the the ARC and they think it will be a great idea. We have contacted Sparsholt, Kingston Maurward and Bournemouth collages and they said they would use the centre for their students. We have spoken to the public in our area and they all have said that we need something like that in the South, not only for somewhere for the kids to go but for jobs as well. We had an artical in our local paper a few months ago since then we have had 6 or 7 VC's sent to us wanting to work in the centre. at the moment we take our reptiles to children groups as our centre is small, if we had a larger place the children groups can come to us and be able to spend more time with them. We have applied for lotto funding to help fund the project and now we are in the process of looking for the best place for the centre. We would like to know if you can help in anyway. We are looking for somewhere in the south that we can open this centre. We feel it will not only benefit the puplic but the countryside as well. Hope to here from you soon. Marc and Leanne More details

Gloucestershire.

I am involved with groups of home-educated children and parents who would benifit from playing/ working / learning in a small woodland. Please consider as we are a responsible lot. More details

Oxfordshire, Berkshire,Buckinghamshire

Hi My name is David. I am an outdoor enthusiast looking for some woodland to escape from the daily grind, camp out and practice some bushcraft. I will comply with any rules and regulations set by the owner and will always leave the site as found. Kind regards, David Bodenstein More details

surrey 8 miles from hindhead

looking for woods to rent chestnut Hazel copice More details

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Are you looking for a woodland to use for a project?

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