You and Your Community
Local information about Bedfordshire | Environment

Community Forests and Woodland
There are surprisingly more woodland areas in Bedfordshire than you might expect including the Marston Vale Community Forest covering over 61 square miles in the heart of the county.  You may also wish to look at the Trees page of this web site.

• Bedfordshire Ancient Woodlands Project
• Forestry Commission website. The site includes a searchable database of woodlands in Bedfordshire.  Woodlands include Ampthill Forest. 
• Forestry Commission for East of England.  Site includes a report on 'Firewood, Fencing and Furniture in the East of England'
• Greensand Trust. Works to conserve and manage important greensand habitats and species. The Trust manages the following woodlands: Heath Wood (Heath and Reach), Kings Wood (Heath and Reach), Oak Wood (Heath and Reach), Linslade Wood, Flitwick Wood, Aspley Wood and Chicksands Wood.  Their web site provides details of each woodland and includes images.
• Woodland Trust.  Manages a number of woodland areas in Bedfordshire including Kempston Wood, Plummers Wood (Haynes), Church Farm and Gullivers Spinney (Souldrop), Water End (Cople) Reynolds Wood (Brogborough) and Swineshead Wood.
• Woodland for Life - Regional Woodland Strategy for the East of England. Report produced by the Forestry Commission.

Individual Woodlands

• Chicksands Wood
• Marston Vale Community Forest
• Potton Wood