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Heart of England Forest Impact Report 2025-26

The Heart of England Forest's Impact Report 2025-26 shares a record season of tree planting, habitat creation and community engagement as the charity works towards its goal of creating and conserving a 12,000-hectare broadleaf forest in Warwickshire for the benefit of people, wildlife and the environment.

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The Heart of England Forest is a charity creating and conserving a huge native broadleaf forest in Warwickshire, with an ultimate goal of a 12,000-hectare forest of 12 million trees, for the benefit of people, wildlife and the environment.

Key Metrics

Trees planted 116,500 trees planted this season, including the creation of approximately 50 hectares of new woodland.
Forest to date The Forest now covers 3,640 hectares, with nearly 2.3 million trees planted across 1,980 hectares since the charity began.
Corporate volunteers 1,359 corporate volunteering places supported record volunteer hours alongside new corporate partnerships.
Habitats restored 7 ponds with populations of protected Great Crested Newts restored, bringing the total to 51 ponds across the Forest, plus 700 metres of new watercourse.

Key Outcomes

  • Thousands of children experienced the Forest through outdoor learning, 233 people dedicated a tree, and a growing community of volunteers and supporters helped build a Forest that will benefit generations to come.

Geography

West Midlands

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