Timber stack in the woods with a forwarder placing logs in the distance

Buy sustainable Forestry England timber

We sustainably harvest about 1.2 million tonnes of wood every year from England’s public forests. The timber provides low-carbon materials for construction, packaging, paper production and energy.

The UK relies on imported wood for 80% of our needs and our timber production helps our resilience to changing international circumstances. It also supports rural employment with well paid jobs.

We encourage the development of healthy and competitive timber harvesting and wood processing industries in England. Our policy is to market our timber to give every customer an equal opportunity and to optimise our financial return as the income helps offset the costs of managing forests sustainably.

Timber sales events

Sales events 2023/24 - Links to specific catalogues will be inserted as they become available.

DatesCatalogue Successful bidders
4 MayMay 2023 catalogueMay 2023 purchaser report
6 July  
7 September  
2 November  
11 January  
7 March  

Sales events 2022/23

DatesCatalogue Successful bidders
5 MayMay 2022 catalogueMay 2022 purchaser report
7 JulyJuly 2022 catalogueJuly 2022 purchaser report
1 SeptemberSeptember 2022 catalogue

September 2022 purchaser report

3 NovemberNovember 2022 catalogueNovember 2022 purchaser report
12 JanJanuary 2023 catalogueJanuary 2023 purchaser report
2 MarchMarch 2023 catalogueMarch 2023 purchaser report

Sales events 2021/22

DatesCatalogue Successful bidders
6 MayMay 2021 catalogueMay 2021 purchaser report
1 JulyJuly 2021 catalogueJuly 2021 purchaser report
2 SeptemberSeptember 2021 catalogueSeptember 2021 purchaser report
4 NovemberNovember 2021 catalogueNovember 2021 purchaser report
13 JanuaryJanuary 2022 catalogueJanuary 2022 purchaser report
3 MarchMarch 2022 catalogueMarch 2022 purchaser report

Sales events 2020/21

DatesCatalogue Successful bidders
7 MayMay 2020 catalogueMay 2020 purchaser report
2 JulyJuly 2020 catalogueJuly 2020 purchaser report
3 SeptemberSeptember 2020 catalogueSeptember 2020 purchaser report
5 NovemberNovember 2020 catalogueNovember 2020 purchaser report
14 JanuaryJanuary 2021 catalogueJanuary 2021 purchaser report
4 MarchMarch 2021 catalogueMarch 2021 purchaser report

Sales events 2019/20

DatesCatalogue Successful bidders
2 MayMay 2019 catalogueMay 2019 purchaser report
4 JulyJuly 2019 catalogueJuly 2019 purchaser report
5 SeptemberSeptember 2019 catalogueSeptember 2019 purchaser report
7 NovemberNovember 2019 catalogueNovember 2019 purchaser report
9 JanuaryJanuary 2020 catalogueJanuary 2020 purchaser report
5 MarchMarch 2020 catalogueMarch 2020 purchaser report

Sales events 2018/19

DatesCatalogue Successful bidders
3 MayMay 2018 catalogueMay 2018 purchaser report
5 JulyJuly 2018 catalogueJuly 2018 purchaser report
6 SeptemberSeptember 2018 catalogueSeptember 2018 purchaser report
1 NovemberNovember 2018 catalogueNovember 2018 purchaser report
10 JanuaryJanuary 2019 catalogueJanuary 2019 purchaser report
7 MarchMarch 2019 catalogueMarch 2019 purchaser report

 

 

David James Hardwood Auction

DatesCatalogueSuccessful bidders
30 November 2023  
24 November 2022Hardwood Auction 2022 catalogue  

 


 

Marketing plan

The 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 Newland Rennie 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
4 May 2023

Central
East
North
South
West
Yorkshire

7644
948
26115
2809
25612
20701

3650
8265
13621
2500
670
3600

6 July 2023

Central
East
North
South
West
Yorkshire

32850
14294
46321
5996
24430
13455

6000
2850
12121
3240
800
3600

7 September 2023

Central
East
North
South
West
Yorkshire

23974
4207
25115
13483
14100
12600
13000
8037
12121
4140
1200
3300
2 November 2023

Central
East
North
South
West
Yorkshire

7620
0
25115
3337
23000
3000
1700
6390
12121
500
1800
1800
11 January 2024

Central
East
North
South
West
Yorkshire

0
13127
25115
1935
17500
3850
2000
2850
12121
3690
1800
2100
7 March 2024

Central
East
North
South
West
Yorkshire

5500
0
25115
4640
14000
5125
0
5130
12121
1500
1500
2400

Hardwood Auction

30 November 2023

Central
East
North
South
West
Yorkshire

0
1215
0
0
1500
0
200
220
0
1300
500
0