Timber sales information

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When and where to buy sustainable Forestry England timber

Forestry England timber sales events happen every two months, view the sales events table below for upcoming events and a catalogue for what is on sale, annual hardwood auctions are also shown.

The marketing plan for all sales and the annual hardwood auction is shown below the sales events table.

When a sales event has passed a purchaser report will be added, view all past events.

 

David James Hardwood Auction
DatesCatalogueSuccessful bidders
3 December 2026  
27 November 2025Hardwood Auction 2025 catalogue updated 20/11/25 
28 November 2024Hardwood Auction 2024 catalogue 
30 November 2023Hardwood Auction 2023 catalogue 
24 November 2022Hardwood Auction 2022 catalogue  

If you are interested in older events view the passed timber sales events at the bottom of this page.

Forestry England timber sales events and hardwood auction - marketing plan

The below marketing plan shows how we intend to allocate our total yearly volume production between the six Forestry England national online sales events and the annual Hardwood Auction organised by David James Auctioneers.

The volumes we plan to market at each sale event are also split between the direct production of round timber products and standing sales.

Proposed volume (m3obs)
Sale dateDistrictStanding salesDirect production
1 May 2025Central
East
North
South
West
Yorkshire
10510
3528
24939
2425
14639
17953
3000
11332
5270
2350
500
2100
3 July 2025Central
East
North
South
West
Yorkshire
18965
12819
23768
13730
43670
14350
10180
10879
12090
2350
1500
2700
4 September 2025Central
East
North
South
West
Yorkshire
23436
5500
23768
8800
25270
14330
3217
9175
12090
2350
2500
3000
6 November 2025Central
East
North
South
West
Yorkshire
9397
6000
23768
4400
2500
7771
1883
9670
12090
2350
1000
1800
8 January 2026Central
East
North
South
West
Yorkshire
6252
12500
23768
6600
7500
1455
400
6840
12090
2350
1000
1200
5 March 2026Central
East
North
South
West
Yorkshire
0
0
23768
13684
16400
4925
0
1321
12090
2330
500
3000

Hardwood Auction

27 November 2025

Central
East
North
South
West
Yorkshire
0
300
0
0
160
0
900
0
0
860
1140
0

 

Passed timber sales events (2022 - 2025)

Discover more about buying timber from Forestry England and how high standards and a high-quality product are important to us.