Great Northumberland Forest

More about the Great Northumberland Forest team

What we do
The Great Northumberland Forest is a plan to plant millions of trees, creating more wooded landscapes across the County by 2030 to help tackle the big challenges facing society such as climate change, biodiversity decline, while promoting health and wellbeing, and supporting a thriving local economy.
 
A variety of different woodland types and sizes will be created across our diverse County - together they will be known as the Great Northumberland Forest.
 
The Northumberland Woodland Creation Partnership supports the delivery of the Great Northumberland Forest with its aim of facilitating a step change in the pace and extent of appropriate tree planting schemes across the County. The partnership consists of Northumberland County Council, DEFRA, Forestry Commission, Forestry England, Northumberland National Park Authority, Ministry of Defence, Environment Agency, Natural England, CONFOR, Northumberland Wildlife Trust, Community Action Northumberland, Woodland Trust, NFU and CLA.
 
The Great Northumberland Forest has a small team of dedicated staff who engage and support landowners, land managers, stakeholders and communities to explore opportunities for tree planting projects and supports the development and delivery of these proposals through planning, signposting to suitable funding options and/or funding directly.
 
Contact us
If you have any enquiries, please contact enquiries.forest@northumberland.gov.uk or you can phone 01670 623416 and request a call back.