Provisional Woodland Statistics

This release contains provisional statistics on:

UK woodland area;
certified woodland area;
areas of new planting and publicly funded restocking; and
projects registered under the Woodland Carbon Code.

The final results are published every September in Forestry Statistics, and summarised in Forestry Facts and Figures.

Details

Coverage: United Kingdom

Geographical breakdown: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland

Published: 26 June 2025

Next update: See the release calendar

Published by: Forest Research Official Statistics Team

Email: statistics@forestresearch.gov.uk

Tel: 0300 067 5238

Provisional Woodland Statistics 2025 – Statistical Notice [PDF, 638 KB]

Provisional Woodland Statistics 2025 – Data set [ODS, 110 KB]

Time Series

Quality reports

A quality report for this publication can be found in our Quality of Official Statistics page. A Quality Assurance of Administrative Data report for the sources used in this publication can be found on our Administrative sources page.

Methodology

More detailed information on the methodology for estimating woodland area is provided in ‘Chapter 10: Sources and Methodology’ of Forestry Statistics. The estimates make use of the National Forest Inventory data. Further information (including reports) can be found on the National Forest Inventory page.

Pre-release access

Information on pre-release access to our official statistics can be found on the pre-release access pages, including lists of the individuals who are given pre-release access to specific publications.

Previous releases

Prior to the 2019 edition of Provisional Woodland Statistics, the reported figures were published in two separate releases:

Woodland Area, Planting and Publicly Funded Restocking; and
Woodland Carbon Code Statistics (previously released on a quarterly basis).

Previous releases of Woodland Area, Planting and Publicly Funded Restocking:

Previous releases of Woodland Carbon Code:

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