The National Trust manages hundreds of woods extending to 25,000 hectares (61,776 acres) in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, including both some of the oldest woodland in the UK and, in some places, commercial conifer plantations which were established only during the twentieth century.
In all National Trust woodlands the aim is to maximise their value to people and to wildlife, now and for the future. The first wood, Brandelhowin Cumbria, was bought by the Trust in 1902.
More information about the National Trust and trees can be found at:
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-chl/w-countryside_environment/w-woodland.htm
