Forestry Commission
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The Forestry Commission is a non ministerial Government Department in the United Kingdom. With an office in Edinburgh, Scotland, it is now divided into three regions: Forestry Commission England, Forestry Commission Scotland and Forestry Commission Wales. It has commercial timber interests managed by regional Forest Enterprise agencies, and also owns Forest Holidays which hires out forest cabins to the general public. Image:Forest-standard.PNG Locations with forest cabins:
- Kielder Forest, Northumberland, England
- Strathyre, Perth and Kinross, Scotland
- Keldy Forest, Cropton, Pickering, North Yorkshire, England (in the North York Moors National Park)
- Deerpark, Liskeard, Cornwall
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Recreation
The Forestry Commission is working with many user groups to promote the use of its land for recreation such as walking, cycling and horseriding. Most notable and successful is its 7stanes project in Scotland where seven purpose built areas of manmade mountain bike trails have been laid and has proved very popular.
Woods
- Bourne Wood, Lincolnshire
- Twyford Wood, Lincolnshire or Twyford Wood, Lincolnshire (airfield connections)