Area of woodland: 2010 |
The area of woodland in the UK at 31 March 2010 is 2.8 million hectares. Of this total, 1.3 million hectares (47%) is in Scotland, 1.1 million hectares (40%) is in England, 0.3 million hectares (10%) is in Wales and 0.1 million hectares (3%) is in Northern Ireland.
|
Forest type and ownership |
England |
Wales |
Scotland |
Northern |
UK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousand hectares | |||||
|
Conifers |
|
|
|
|
|
|
FC/ FS woodland |
144 |
90 |
413 |
56 |
703 |
|
Non-FC/ FS woodland2 |
220 |
65 |
627 |
10 |
922 |
|
Total |
364 |
155 |
1 040 |
66 |
1 625 |
|
Broadleaves1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
FC/ FS woodland |
55 | 15 | 30 | 6 | 105 |
|
Non-FC/ FS woodland2 |
712 | 114 | 273 | 16 | 1 115 |
|
Total |
766 | 129 | 303 | 22 | 1 220 |
|
Total |
|
|
|
|
|
|
FC/ FS woodland |
199 | 105 | 443 | 61 | 809 |
|
Non-FC/ FS woodland2 |
931 | 179 | 900 | 27 | 2 037 |
|
Total |
1 130 | 284 | 1 343 | 88 | 2 846 |
Source: Forestry Commission, Forest Service, 1995-99 National Inventory of Woodland and Trees.
Notes:
1. Broadleaves include coppice and coppice with standards.
2. Non-FC woodland figures for England, Wales and Scotland are based on the 1995-99 National Inventory of Woodland and Trees (NIWT) and adjusted for new planting and sales of FC woodland, but at present no adjustment is made for woodland converted to another land-use, nor for changes in woodland composition at restocking. They include non-FC publicly owned woodland. The NIWT did not include Northern Ireland.