Useful and Interesting Links

The Woodland Trust has basic tree information at this site

Natural England is now the major gateway of all sorts of Government information related to conservation matters; this is the site of Forestry Commission, and the over- arching department is Defra

For a very wide-ranging site for all sorts of countryside and natural matters have a dip into Nature Net

For coverage of a wide range of aspects of the six species Deer in Britain go to this site

Friends of the Lake District deals with a wide range of countryside and planning matters affecting the Lake District and Cumbria in general; they also organise meetings, and conferences. . CPRE Cheshire has its own site, and CPRE North West covers the whole area.

For information on woodlands in Cumbria look at Cumbria Woodlands
For information on the woodland situation in Lancashire try this

The The National School of Forestry is based in the North West at the University of Cumbria, Newton Rigg Campus, Campus, Penrith

For coppice-related matters on the eastern side of the Pennines (mostly) try Northwoods and Yorwoods

Bill Hogarth MBE Memorial Apprenticeship Trust deals with their apprenticeship scheme and their annual Woodland Pioneers week

Wood Education Programme Trust covers Cumbria and north Lancashire and has a sub-section for Publications Sales and a subsidiary site for Woodland Heritage. Allotment Forestry has info about growing trees on allotments and similar sites and encourages use of the products

If you are looking for information on WOOD as a material try this

If you want to save moths, butterflies and the environment then look at The Butterfly Conservation Trust