What areas of England do the Forestry Commission manage ?

 

[Source:  Hansard 16 November 2010 ~ a written statement by Mr James Paice MP,  Minister of State (Agriculture and Food), Environment, Food and Rural Affairs] 

"The public forest estate is owned or leased by the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and placed at the disposal of the Forestry Commissioners under section 39(1) of the Forestry Act 1967. It comprises 18% of total forest area in England; 13% is owned by other public bodies and 69% is in private hands.

The Forestry Commission's estimate of the area of land which is owned or leased in each constituency in England as at 31 March 2010 is set out in the following table:

Constituency

Area (hectares)

Hexham Co Const

49,299

New Forest East Co Const

17,974

South West Norfolk Co Const

11,715

Penrith and the Border Co Const

11,624

Forest of Dean Co Const

10,427

Thirsk and Malton Co Const

10,047

New Forest West Co Const

9,639

Berwick-upon-Tweed Co Const

8,673

West Suffolk Co Const

7,386

Scarborough and Whitby Co Const

6,824

Copeland Co Const

5,473

Westmorland and Lonsdale Co Const

4,870

Torridge and West Devon Co Const

4,563

Gainsborough Co Const

3,176

Ludlow Co Const

3,158

North Herefordshire Co Const

3,123

Suffolk Coastal Co Const

3,109

Sherwood Co Const

3,034

Bishop Auckland Co Const

2,801

Devizes Co Const

2,441

Chichester Co Const

2,349

Central Devon Co Const

2,285

Workington Co Const

2,264

North Cornwall Co Const

2,087

Bridgwater and West Somerset Co Const

2,083

Corby Co Const

2,064

Winchester Co Const

2,018

High Peak Co Const

1,906

North East Hampshire Co Const

1,893

North Dorset Co Const

1,606

Cannock Chase Co Const

1,558

Mid Dorset and North Poole Co Const

1,542

Bexhill and Battle Co Const

1,533

Grantham and Stamford Co Const

1,527

Ribble Valley Co Const

1,443

South Dorset Co Const

1,439

Bassetlaw Co Const

1,416

Richmond (Yorks) Co Const

1,398

Christchurch Co Const

1,394

Hereford Co Const

1,346

York Outer Co Const

1,345

Stone Co Const

1,305

Ashford Co Const

1,238

East Hampshire Co Const

1,152

Isle of Wight Co Const

1,151

Taunton Co Const

1,137

Stafford Co Const

969

Northampton South Boro Const

919

Ashfield Co Const

893

Eddisbury Co Const

879

South West Surrey Co Const

878

South East Cornwall Co Const

857

Mid Norfolk Co Const

799

Daventry Co Const

790

Blaydon Boro Const

732

North Norfolk Co Const

711

Salisbury Co Const

707

Mole Valley Co Const

685

North Devon Co Const

683

Arundel and South Downs Co Const

676

West Dorset Co Const

668

Lichfield Co Const

657

Canterbury Co Const

640

Lewes Co Const

633

Horsham Co Const

624

Newark Co Const

612

East Devon Co Const

586

Buckingham Co Const

578

Eastbourne Boro Const

570

Romsey and Southampton North Co Const

553

Derbyshire Dales Co Const

548

Selby and Ainsty Co Const

537

South West Devon Co Const

531

Rutland and Melton Co Const

498

Shrewsbury and Atcham Co Const

488

Wells Co Const

484

Folkestone and Hythe Co Const

480

Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland Co Const

478

Henley Co Const

473

Chesham and Amersham Co Const

469

North West Cambridgeshire Co Const

407

Wealden Co Const

403

Tiverton and Honiton Co Const

390

North Wiltshire Co Const

381

Louth and Horncastle Co Const

377

Tunbridge Wells Co Const

376

Aylesbury Co Const

373

Mid Bedfordshire Co Const

359

Penistone and Stocksbridge Co Const

359

North East Bedfordshire Co Const

343

Sleaford and North Hykeham Co Const

333

Maidstone and the Weald Co Const

312

Bolsover Co Const

303

South Derbyshire Co Const

297

Saffron Walden Co Const

296

Barnsley East and Mexborough Co Const

294

North Somerset Co Const

265

Wellingborough Co Const

263

Mid Sussex Co Const

257

Bracknell Co Const

240

Upminster Boro Const

234

North West Hampshire Co Const

219

Skipton and Ripon Co Const

215

Wyre Forest Co Const

215

North West Leicestershire Co Const

210

Weaver Vale Co Const

209

Stockton South Boro Const

199

Stratford-on-Avon Co Const

192

Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough Co Const

188

Braintree Co Const

187

Worsley and Eccles South Co Const

180

Wantage Co Const

168

South Suffolk Co Const

160

Warwick and Leamington Co Const

154

St. Helens South and Whiston Boro Const

151

East Yorkshire Co Const

148

Gravesham Co Const

147

Wycombe Co Const

145

Mansfield Co Const

131

South East Cambridgeshire Co Const

130

Knowsley North and Sefton East Co Const

123

Truro and St. Austell Co Const

114

North West Norfolk Co Const

108

Lancaster and Fleetwood Co Const

105

Don Valley Co Const

104

North Shropshire Co Const

104

Harwich and North Essex Co Const

102

North East Derbyshire Co Const

100

Reading West Co Const

98

West Worcestershire Co Const

96

Makerfield Co Const

96

Maidenhead Co Const

95

Doncaster North Co Const

95

Tonbridge and Mailing Co Const

94

Rother Valley Co Const

93

Eastleigh Boro Const

90

Kingswood Boro Const

89

Milton Keynes North Co Const

83

Sedgefield Co Const

81

Salford and Eccles Boro Const

80

Basingstoke Co Const

79

Morecambe and Lunesdale Co Const

77

Warrington South Boro Const

73

Hemel Hempstead Co Const

70

Kenilworth and Southam Co Const

68

Broxtowe Co Const

62

Kettering Co Const

61

Thurrock Boro Const

60

South West Hertfordshire Co Const

60

Beaconsfield Co Const

59

Staffordshire Moorlands Co Const

59

Leigh Co Const

57

Hornchurch and Upminster Boro Const

55

Guildford Co Const

54

South Swindon Co Const

54

South West Bedfordshire Co Const

51

Bury South Boro Const

50

Barnsley Central Boro Const

50

North West Durham Co Const

44

Exeter Boro Const

44

Birkenhead Boro Const

42

North Warwickshire Co Const

42

Havant Boro Const

42

Tatton Co Const

41

Bolton North East Boro Const

36

Crawley Boro Const

34

Rochdale Co Const

27

South port Boro Const

25

Wallasey Boro Const

19

Blackley and Broughton Boro Const

18

South Staffordshire Co Const

18

The Sandlings Forest is the 17th largest FC managed public estate forest in England.

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