The UK is Europe’s second-least wooded country: only Ireland has less trees (read more). This does not mean that the UK is without large forests. I’ve compiled a top ten of the UK’s largest forests:
| Name | Region | km2 | miles2 | |
| 1. | Galloway Forest Park | Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland | 770 | 297 |
| 2. | Kielder Forest Park | Northumberland, England | 610 | 235 |
| 3. | New Forest | Hampshire, England | 270 | 104 |
| 4. | Dornoch Forest | Sutherland, Scotland | 260 | 100 |
| 5. | Argyll Forest Park | Argyll, Scotland | 210 | 81 |
| 6. | Queen Elizabeth Forest Park | Stirling, Scotland | 200 | 77 |
| 7. | Thetford Forest Park | Norfolk / Suffolk, England | 190 | 73 |
| 8. | Affric Forest | Invernesshire, Scotland | 180 | 69 |
| 9. | Tay Forest Park | Perthshire, Scotland | 170 | 65 |
| 10. | Glengarry Forest | Invernesshire, Scotland | 165 | 63 |
Seven out of the 10 are forests in Scotland, including the largest Galloway Forest Park. Three of the top 10 are in England, including the second largest in the UK; Kielder Forest. Welsh forests do not feature in the top 10 although a close contender is Clocaenog Forest in West Denbighshire/Conwy Wales, which is 100 km² (40 miles²) in area.
I’ve created a Google map showing the top ten forest locations in the UK (click on the image to view).
Gabriel Hemery
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For a forest lover your blog is brilliant! Lot of interesting stuff being mentioned.
Thank you so much. Being relatively new to blogging I really appreciate positive encouragement. Gabriel
thank you nice info