Office access and opening times
Forestry Commission's Area Office, Administrative Hub, Plant Health Service and Tree Health Team contact details.
How to contact the Forestry Commission during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak
As our offices are closed, we are not currently able to answer phone calls or receive mail sent to us by post. To contact us, please use the email addresses provided on this page.
Who should I contact?
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For information about visiting one of the nation’s 1,500 woods and forests, to find out about the way they are cared for, or to do business with Forestry England, contact Forestry England
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To talk to us about the Forestry Commission’s scientific services in support of sustainable forestry, contact Forest Research
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To find out about our grants, tree felling licences, regulations and managing private woods and forests, contact an Area Office or Administrative Hub
Administrative Hubs
Our Hubs deal with the administration of legacy grant schemes, Felling Licences and Countryside Stewardship Woodland Capital Grant 2015 claim applications. We have 2 hubs that cover England.
Bucks Horn Oak - this Hub generally covers the East of the country
Bullers Hill - this Hub generally covers the West of the country, and Dedications across the whole country
Bucks Horn Oak Administrative Hub
Bucks Horn Oak
Farnham
Surrey
GU10 4LS
Telephone: 0300 067 4420
adminhub.buckshornoak@forestrycommission.gov.uk
The Bucks Horn Oak Administrative Hub manages the English Woodland Grant Scheme (EWGS), Countryside Stewardship Woodland Capital Grant 2015 claim applications and Regulations in the following areas:
- South East and London
- East and East Midlands
- Yorkshire and North East
It also manages the Farm Woodland Scheme (FWS) and Farm Woodland Premium Scheme (FWPS) in the following areas:
- South East and London
- East and East Midlands
- North East
Bullers Hill Administrative Hub
Bullers Hill
Kennford
Exeter
EX6 7XR
Telephone: 0300 067 4960
adminhub.bullershill@forestrycommission.gov.uk
The Bullers Hill Administrative Hub manages the English Woodland Grant Scheme (EWGS), Countryside Stewardship Woodland Capital Grant 2015 claim applications and Regulations in the following areas:
- South West
- North West and West Midlands
It also manages the Farm Woodland Scheme (FWS) and Farm Woodland Premium Scheme (FWPS) in the following areas:
- South West
- North West and West Midlands
- Yorkshire and Humberside
Area Offices
Your local Woodland Officer can assist you with expert advice about managing your woodland, the range of support available and the regulatory processes involved. If you know which area your woodland is in you can find your Woodland Officer in the list below - you can also find the area office that covers your woodland using our .
Yorkshire and North East Area
Forestry Commission
Foss House, Kings Pool
1-2 Peasholme Green
York
YO1 7PX
Telephone: 0300 067 4900
Woodland officers’ contact details
Sarah Radcliffe - East Northumberland (east of the A68/A696 road), email: sarah.radcliffe@forestrycommission.gov.uk
Luke Hemmings - West Northumberland (west of the A68/A696), email: luke.hemmings@forestrycommission.gov.uk
Ian Everard - West Northumberland (west of the A68/A696), email: ian.everard@forestrycommission.gov.uk
Mark Outhwaite - Newcastle, North Tyneside, Gateshead and South Tyneside, Sunderland, Durham, Hartlepool, Darlington, Stockton on Tees, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, email: mark.outhwaite@forestrycommission.gov.uk
Jeremy Dick - North Yorkshire (Hambleton, Craven, Richmonshire), email: jeremy.dick@forestrycommission.gov.uk
Miles Drury - North Lincolnshire, North East Lincolnshire, South Yorkshire, York, email: miles.drury@forestrycommission.gov.uk
James Shallcross - East Riding of Yorkshire, Hull, Scarborough, Ryedale, email: james.shallcross@forestrycommission.gov.uk
Joost van Schijndel - West Yorkshire, Selby and Harrogate, email: joost.vanschijndel@forestrycommission.gov.uk
North West and West Midlands Area
Ghyll Mount
Gillan Way
Penrith 40 Business Park
Penrith
Cumbria
CA11 9BP
Telephone: 0300 067 4190
nwwm@forestrycommission.gov.uk
Woodland Officer Contact details
Paul Clavey - North and East Cumbria, email: paul.clavey@forestrycommission.gov.uk
Peter Fox - West Cumbria, email: peter.fox@forestrycommission.gov.uk
Andy Bennett - South Lake District and North Lancashire, email: andy.bennett@forestrycommission.gov.uk
Chris McGloin - Greater Manchester, South East Lancashire and Cheshire East, email: chris.mcgloin@forestrycommission.gov.uk
Robert Burns - Cheshire West, Merseyside and West Lancashire, email: robert.burns@forestrycommission.gov.uk
Paul Webster - Warwickshire, Birmingham and Staffordshire (East of the M6), email: paul.webster@forestrycommission.gov.uk
Clive Jackson - Birmingham East of M5, Coventry, Warwick, email: clive.jackson@forestrycommission.gov.uk
Nick Smith - Herefordshire and the Clun Forest area of Shropshire, email: nick.smith@forestrycommission.gov.uk
Wayne Barnes - Worcestershire, email: wayne.barnes@forestrycommission.gov.uk
Adrian Beaumont - Shropshire (except the Clun Forest), Staffordshire (west of the M6), email: adrian.beaumont@forestrycommission.gov.uk
Stephanie Wickison - Staffordshire West of M6 and North of A5, email: stephanie.wickison@forestrycommission.gov.uk
East and East Midlands Area
Forestry Commission
Santon Downham
Brandon
Suffolk
IP27 0TJ
Telephone: 0300 067 4574
eandem@forestrycommission.gov.uk
Woodland Officer Contact details
Trevor Wright - Essex (Colchester, Tendring), Suffolk (Ipswich, Suffolk Coastal, Waveney), email: trevor.wright@forestrycommission.gov.uk
Sid Cooper- Norfolk (Broadland, Great Yarmouth, North Norfolk, Norwich, South Norfolk) Norfolk and Suffolk Broads, Mid Suffolk, email: sid.cooper@forestrycommission.gov.uk
Alastair Stirling - Norfolk (Breckland, King’s Lynn and West Norfolk) Suffolk (Forest Heath, East Edmundsbury) Cambridgeshire (East Cambridge, Fenland, Peterborough), email: alastair.stirling@forestrycommission.gov.uk
Emma Brearley- Cambridgeshire (Cambridge, South Cambridge), Essex (Epping Forest, Harlow, Uttlesford), Hertfordshire (North Hertfordshire, Stevenage), email: emma.brearley@forestrycommission.gov.uk
Justin Hardy - Hertfordshire (Broxbourne, Dacorum, East Hertfordshire, Hertsmere, St Albans, Three Rivers, Watford, Welwyn Hatfield), email: justin.hardy@forestrycommission.gov.uk
Lindsey Allen - Essex (Basildon, Braintree, Castle Point, Chelmsford, Maldon, Southend-on-Sea, Thurrock), email: lindsey.allen@forestrycommission.gov.uk
Charles Cuthbert - Leicestershire (Blaby, Charnwood, Harborough, Hinkley and Bosworth, Leicester, Melton, North West Leicestershire, Oadby and Wigston, Rutland), South Derbyshire, email: charles.cuthbert@forestrycommission.gov.uk
James Fearn - Nottinghamshire (Bassetlaw, Newark and Sherwood), Lincolnshire (Boston, East Lindsey, Lincoln, North Kesteven, South Holland, South Kesteven, West Lindsey), email: james.fearn@forestrycommission.gov.uk
Tristan Galletly - Derbyshire (Bolsover, Derby, Derbyshire Dales, Erewash, High Peak, North East Derbyshire), Nottinghamshire (Broxtowe, Gedling, Mansfield, Nottingham, Rushcliffe), Cheshire (East - only within the Peak district), Staffordshire (East - only within the National Forest, Litchfield - only within the National Forest, Staffordshire Morelands - only within the Peak District), Yorkshire (Kirklees - only within the Peak District, Sheffield - only within the Peak District), Lancashire (Oldham - only within the Peak District), The Peak District, email: tristan.galletly@forestrycommission.gov.uk
Andrew Dall’Oglio - Bedford, Central Bedfordshire, Corby, Daventry, East Northamptonshire, Huntingdonshire, Kettering, Luton, Northampton, South Northamptonshire, Wellingborough, email: andrew.Dalloglio@forestrycommission.gov.uk
South East and London
Bucks Horn Oak
Farnham
Surrey
GU10 4LS
Telephone: 0300 067 4420
southeast.fce@forestrycommission.gov.uk
Woodland Officer contact details
Sam Riley - Oxfordshire, email: sam.riley@forestrycommission.gov.uk
Rod Morrison - Buckinghamshire, Berkshire part (Slough, Windsor and Maidenhead, Reading, Wokingham, Bracknell Forest), email: rod.morrison@forestrycommission.gov.uk
Hugh Williams - West Berkshire, Hampshire part (Basingstoke and Dean, Test Valley north, Hart, Rushmoor), email: hugh.williams@forestrycommission.gov.uk
Cora Pfarre - East Hampshire, Greater London, Surrey (except Mole Valley, Reigate and Banstead, Tandridge), email: cora.pfarre@forestrycommission.gov.uk
Julian Williams - West Sussex (Crawley, Mid Sussex), East Sussex (Brighton and Hove, Lewes), email: julian.williams@forestrycommission.gov.uk
John Stafford - East Sussex (Wealden, Eastbourne, Rother, Hastings), email: john.stafford@forestrycommission.gov.uk
Libby Carlton - Kent (Dartford, Gravesham, Medway, Sevenoaks, Maidstone), Surrey part (Mole Valley, Reigate and Banstead, Tandridge), email: libby.carlton@forestrycommission.gov.uk
Angus Clarke - Hampshire (South Test Valley, Winchester, Eastleigh, Southampton, Fareham, Gosport, Portsmouth, Havant, New Forest, East Hants), Isle of Wight, email: angus.clarke@forestrycommission.gov.uk
Simon Ginnaw - Kent (Swale, Maidstone, Ashford, Canterbury, Shepway, Dover and Thanet), email: simon.ginnaw@forestrycommission.gov.uk
Support Woodland Officer contact details
Caroline Gooch - email: caroline.gooch@forestrycommission.gov.uk
South West
Bullers Hill
Kennford
Exeter
EX6 7XR
Telephone: 0300 067 4960
southwest.fce@forestrycommission.gov.uk
Woodland Officer contact details
Garin Linnington - Cornwall, Plymouth, email: garin.linnington@forestrycommission.gov.uk
Sam Negus - Somerset (excluding Exmoor National Park), email: sam.negus@forestrycommission.gov.uk
Karl Forte - Exmoor National Park, East Devon, Eastern Mid Devon, email: karl.forte@forestrycommission.gov.uk
Sue Hallett - Devon (Torridge, Western Mid Devon, Northern West Devon, North Devon), email: sue.hallett@forestrycommission.gov.uk
James Mason - Devon (Torbay, Exeter City, Teignbridge, Southern West Devon, Dartmoor National Park, South Hams), email: james.mason@forestrycommission.gov.uk
Chris Gibbard - Dorset (West Dorset, Purbeck, Weymouth and Portland), email: chris.gibbard@forestrycommission.gov.uk
Mark Malins - Part Wiltshire, Swindon, Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, email: mark.malins@forestrycommission.gov.uk
David Rowe - Gloucestershire, email: david.rowe@forestrycommission.gov.uk
Ian Briscoe - Dorset (East Dorset, North Dorset, Bournemouth, Poole, Christchurch), part Wiltshire, email: ian.briscoe@forestrycommission.gov.uk
Cross-Border Plant Health Service
The Cross-Border Plant Health Service inspects and regulates imports and exports into and out of Great Britain of timber, wood and wood products, including dunnage, packaging and firewood. It also regulates some inland movements of these materials.
Cross-Border Plant Health Service
Silvan House
231 Corstorphine Road
Edinburgh
EH12 7AT
Telephone: 0300 067 5155
Fax: 0131 316 4344
plant.health@forestrycommission.gov.uk
Operations Manager - Ian Brownlee, telephone: 0300 067 5034, mobile: 07831 159014, email: ian.brownlee@forestrycommission.gov.uk
Regional Manager (North) - Russ Collins, East Yorkshire, mobile: 07764 838836, email: russell.collins@forestryengland.uk
Regional Manager (South) - Nick Hazlitt, Hampshire, mobile: 07799 657417, email: nick.hazlitt@forestrycommission.gov.uk
Plant Health inspectors’ contact details
Forestry Commission and Northern Ireland Forest Service inspectors are listed below by points of entry. The points of entry listed are only the main ones used for landing plant health-controlled items. See the full list of points of entry for details of the others.
Inverness, Peterhead, Aberdeen or Montrose - Stephen O’Kane, telephone: 01343 543165, mobile: 07748 094968, email: stephen.o’kane@forestresearch.gov.uk
Grangemouth, Greenock, Inverkeithing, Leith, Methil, Perth, Dundee, Rosyth, and Edinburgh and Glasgow Airports - Speedy Pest Control, mobile: 07773 014517, email: saf@speedygroupservices.co.uk
Liverpool, Birkenhead, Garston, Bromborough, Tyne, Sunderland, Seaham, Hartlepool, Tees, Teesport, and Manchester Airport - John Reid, mobile: 07961 437264, fax: 0845 051 8607, email: fcphne@gmail.com
Hull, Goole, Immingham, Grimsby, New Holland, Barrowhaven, Flixborough, Gunness Wharf and Keadby - Paul Gibson, mobile: 07878 794279, email: t@vern.karoo.co.uk
North Thames (Tilbury, Mistely, Harwich, Creaksea (Baltic Wharf), Brightlingsea and Stansted Airport) - Adam O’Hanlon, fax: 0208 445 9438, mobile: 07938 502193, email: thamesforestry@gmail.com
South Thames (Thamesport, Sheerness, Rochester, Chatham, Ridham, Dover, London Gateway, and Gatwick Airport) - Adam O’Hanlon, fax: 0208 445 9438, mobile: 07938 502193, email: forestrynt@gmail.com
Cardiff, Barry, Port Talbot, Swansea, Neath, Newport, Bristol (Avonmouth), Sharpness, Pembroke and Portbury - Sid Martin, telephone/fax: 01792 863344, mobile: 07816 215066, email: sidjmartin@hotmail.com
Teignmouth, Plymouth, Par and Newquay - Chris Marrow, telephone: 01626 833981, mobile: 07816 123450, email: cj@chrismarrow.co.uk
Southampton, Poole, Shoreham, and London Heathrow Airport - Paul Radigan, Alistair Wilson, fax: 02380 775195, mobile: 07702 363541, email: forestry@cfs-uk.co.uk
Boston, Sutton Bridge, King’s Lynn and Wisbeach - Steve Hoyle, Keith Whitlock, fax: 01394 303344, mobile: 07813 216097, email: felixstoweteam@forestrycommission.gov.uk
Felixstowe and Ipswich - Steve Hoyle, Keith Whitlock, fax: 01394 303344, mobile: 07813 216097, email: felixstoweteam@forestrycommission.gov.uk
East Midlands Airport - Plant Health Service, telephone: 0300 067 5155, email: plant.health@forestrycommission.gov.uk
Northern Ireland (Belfast, Warrenpoint and Lisahally) – Plant Health Inspection Branch, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, Environment & Rural Affairs (DAERA), Room 1019, Dundonald House, Upper Newtownards Road, Ballymiscaw, Belfast BT4 3SB; telephone: 02890 524 91870, email: planthealth@daera-ni.gov.uk
England Tree Health Team
The England Tree Health Team provides regulation, advisory, surveying, monitoring, promotion and reporting services in support of tree and woodland health in England.
England Tree Health Team
620 Bristol Business Park
Coldharbour Lane
Bristol
BS16 1EJ
Telephone: 0300 067 4321