REVISED: Some trails re-open. For business.

Ben Nevis opened last week. The Red Bull route at Coed y Brenin opens next weekend and now the Forestry Commission has released info on the routes it is slowly opening up to recreational use again.

Some major railway Paths that are well separated from farmland, eg: Bristol & Bath, Spen Valley path in Yorkshire, remain open. And, as two-thirds of the National Cycle

Network is on quiet or traffic-calmed roads, it provides an ideal place for people to enjoy the countryside without getting too close to areas of risk.

Many of the following forests are now open.

NORTH YORKS MOORS FOREST DISTRICT 01751 472 771

North Yorkshire

Bishop Wood, near Selby

Wykeham Forest, near Scarborough

SHERWOOD & LINCS FOREST DISTRICT 01623 822 447

S.Yorks

Wharnecliffe, near Sheffield

Derbys

Matlock Moors

Whitwell, near Worksop

Notts

Sherwood Pines, near Mansfield

Thieves Wood, " " " " " "

Blidworth Wood, " " " " " "

Lincs

Willingham, near Market Rasen

Chambers Wood

Ostlers Wood, near Woodhall Spa

Stapleford Wood, Newark

WEST MIDLANDS FOREST DISTRICT 01889 586 593

Cheshire

Delamere Forest, between Chester and Northwich

Staffs, Her, Worcs, Shropshire, Derbys – None

FOREST OF DEAN FOREST DISTRICT 01594 833 057

Glos, Her, Worcs, Wilts, Somerset

None

NEW FOREST DISTRICT 02380 283 141

New Forest

Under Discussion

Dorset

Under Discussion

EAST ANGLIA FOREST DISTRICT 01842 810 271

Norfolk/Suffolk

Thetford Forest High Lodge, between Brandon and Thetford

NORTHANTS FOREST DISTRICT 01780 444 394

Lincs

Bourne Wood, Bourne

Clipsham Yew Avenue, near Grantham

Beds

None

Cambs

Southey Wood, Peterborough

SOUTH EAST ENGLAND FOREST DISTRICT 01420 236666

Buckinghamshire

Hodgemoor

Berkshire

Crowthorne

Hampshire

Alice Holt Woodland Park, Farnham

Queens Enclosure, near Portsmouth

West Sussex

Tilgate Forest, near Crawley

East Sussex

Abbots Wood, Eastbourne

Harrison Rocks, Tonbridge Wells

Kent

Bedgebury National Pinetum, Hawkhurst

Isle of Wight

Parkhurst Forest

Brightstone Forest

Firestone Copse

PENINSULA FOREST DISTRICT 01392 832 262

None

LAKES FOREST DISTRICT 01229 860 373

None

KIELDER FOREST DISTRICT 01434 220 242

None

WESTONBIRT ARBORETUM 01666 880 220

Closed

Forestry Commission’s public enquiries line on 0131 314 6322 (not weekend).

The Commission’s website will be progressively updated when forests are opened www.forestry.gov.uk/recreation.