List of forests in the United Kingdom

This is a list of some of the forests in the United Kingdom. Care should be taken to distinguish extensive wooded areas from royal forests which may never have been particularly wooded within historical times.

England

North

Cheshire

Delamere Forest
Mersey Forest
Macclesfield Forest

Cumbria

Grizedale Forest
Whinfell Forest
Whinlatter Forest
Ennerdale Forest
Blengdale Forest
Dodd Wood
Parkgate and Irton Forest

County Durham

Hamsterley Forest

Lancashire

Gisburn Forest

Northumberland

Kielder Forest

Yorkshire

Dalby Forest
Wykeham Forest

Midlands

Forest of Mercia
National Forest

West Midlands County

Black Country Urban Forest

Shropshire

Morfe Forest
Mortimer Forest

Staffordshire

Cannock Chase
Kinver Forest

Warwickshire

Forest of Arden
Heart of England Forest

Worcestershire

Wyre Forest (part in Shropshire)

Derbyshire

Darwin Forest

Nottinghamshire

Greenwood Forest
Sherwood Forest

Leicestershire

Charnwood Forest

Lincolnshire

List of Forests and Woodland in Lincolnshire

Rutland

Leighfield Forest

Northamptonshire

Rockingham Forest
Salcey Forest

East

Essex

Epping Forest
Hainault Forest

Bedfordshire

Forest of Marston Vale

Hertfordshire

Heartwood Forest

Norfolk

Thetford Forest
Horsford Woods (Horsford Forest)

Suffolk

Rendlesham Forest

South east

Buckinghamshire

Burnham Beeches
Whiteleaf Hill

Hampshire

Alice Holt Forest
New Forest

Isle of Wight

Brighstone Forest
Parkhurst Forest

Kent

Bedgebury Forest

Oxfordshire

Wychwood

Surrey

Chiddingfold Forest
Swinley Forest
Winterfold Forest

Sussex

Ashdown Forest
Dallington Forest
Friston Forest
St Leonard's Forest
Worth Forest

South west

Somerset

the former Royal Forest of North Petherton
Selwood Forest
Forest of Avon

Gloucestershire

Royal Forest of Dean
Forest of Avon

Wiltshire

Savernake Forest

Devon

Ashclyst Forest
Bellever Forest
Decoy Forest
Fernworthy Forest
Haldon Forest

Dorset

Wareham Forest
Moors Valley Country Park and Forest

Scotland

Angus

Backmuir Wood

Argyll and Bute

Argyll Forest Park

Dumfries and Galloway

Forest of Ae
Carsphairn Forest
Corriedoo Forest
Dalbeattie Forest
Dundeugh Forest
Fleet Forest
Laurieston Forest
Mabie Forest
Penninghame Forest
Eskrigg Nature Reserve

Strathspey & Badenoch

Abernethy Forest
Glenmore Forest
Rothiemurchus Forest

Fife

Tentsmuir Forest

Scottish Borders

Craik Forest
Ettrick Forest
Wauchope Forest

South Ayrshire

Arecleoch Forest
Carrick Forest
Changue Forest
Tairlaw Forest

Stirling

Queen Elizabeth Forest Park
Rowardennan Forest
Strathyre Forest

Wales

Anglesey (Ynys Môn)

Newborough Forest

Carmarthenshire (Sir Gaerfyrddin)

Brechfa Forest

Ceredigion

Penglais Nature Park

Conwy

Gwydir Forest

Conwy/Denbighshire

Clocaenog Forest

Denbighshire

Llandegla Forest

Gwynedd

Coed-y-Brenin

Monmouthshire

Wentwood

Neath Port Talbot

Afan Forest Park

Powys

Clun Forest
Hafren Forest

Northern Ireland

Ballypatrick Forest
Belvoir Forest
Castlewellan Forest Park
Drum Manor Forest Park
Ely Lodge Forest
Florence Court Forest Park
Glenariff Forest Park
Gortin Glen Forest Park
Gosford Forest Park
Lough Navar Forest Drive
Rostrevor Forest
Tollymore Forest Park

Classification

Ancient woodland
List of ancient woods in England
Community forests in England
Royal forest
List of forests managed by the Forestry Commission