# 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