Forest of Avon

The Forest of Avon is one of England's Community Forests, encompassing the trees and woodlands across Bristol, Bath and the whole of the West of England.

The Forest of Avon has been here for over 30 years and the charity was established 12 years ago to enable us to increase our work. 

With partners and communities, we plant and care for trees, focussing on the wide ranging benefits they bring - for health and quality of life, air quality, flood prevention, biodiversity, recreation, soil quality and many others. We strive for everyone living and working in the region to have good access to trees and woodlands. 

We do a lot of work to benefit those living in areas of low tree cover and those who need support to access their local woodlands. 

We like to get things done! We have delivered successful projects and activities worth millions of pounds of net cost value but a whole lot more in terms of social and environmental value. 

Since January 2021 alone, we have transformed and secured over 460 hectares for woodland creation and a further 150 plus is in our pipeline for this coming planting season. 

The Forest of Avon Plan - launched in 2021

We launched the Forest of Avon Plan: A Tree and Woodland Strategy for the West of England which sets out a 5 year action plan and starts off an acceleration of activity so we can create a sustainable and thriving West of England as well as supporting national and global needs for more trees. We have already delivered a large proportion of the action plan as well as transformative projects such as Great Avon Wood which was a flagship project within the Plan. 

If you would like a printed copy of the Plan or wish to talk over what work we are doing to implement it, do get in touch. 

Trees for Climate

We are currently delivering a multi million pound Defra-funded tree planting programme across the region - Trees for Climate - to lock up extra carbon and help our nation to reach net zero carbon targets by 2050, balanced with all other benefits of trees and our aims as a community forest. This project is part of the Nature for Climate fund. The grant covers small and large projects and anyone can apply - landowners, community groups and local authorities. We have many other projects ongoing and in early phases which are helping us to greatly advance our impact and the expansion of the Forest of Avon for all our benefit! 

The network of England's Community Forests are delivering the largest environmental regeneration programme in England, with 2,000 hectares of woodland creation in the past year (Winter 23/24 planting season). 

Woodland Management

We can give initial advice on woodland management and create woodland management plans. 

Keep reading on to see what we do, where we work and meet the team.

Want to talk to us? Email us at info@forestofavontrust.org

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