Sources of Useful Information

Useful Links
National Sites
Regional Sites
Local Sites
Recommended Reading

Useful Links

National Sites

Association of Pole Lathe Turners www.bodgers.org.uk 

Forestry Commission www.forestry.gov.uk

BioRegional www.bioregional.com 

Ecolots: for natural products that support the sustainable management of land go to www.ecolots.co.uk

Green Wood Trust www.greenwoodtrust.org.uk

Small Woods Association www.smallwoods.org.uk

The Forestry Contracting Association www.fcauk.com

The National Hedge Laying Society - www.hedgelaying.org.uk 

The Naturesave Trust - www.naturesave.co.uk 

Woodland Trust www.woodlandtrust.org.uk

Woodworks www.silvanus.org.uk/woodworks/index.php

Regional

3 Ridings Coppice Group www.three-ridings.org.uk

Coppice Association North West www.coppicenorthwest.org.uk

The Working Woodlands Trust www.workingwoodlands.info

Woodlots www.woodnet.org.uk

Local

Dorset:

Dorset Coppice Group dorsetcoppicegroup.netfirms.com

Hampshire:

Hampshire County Council - Ecology Group www.hants.gov.uk

Hampshire Coppice Craftsmen’s Group www.hampshirecoppice.org.uk

Surrey:

Sussex & Surrey Coppice Group www.coppicegroup.org.uk

Sussex:

Sussex & Surrey Coppice Group www.coppicegroup.org.uk

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Recommended Reading

'Coppice Cuts' Magazine:

 

For suppliers and users of coppice materials.

Winter 2009 Issue

Spring 2007 Issue

From the Forestry Commission:

Forest Practice Guides "The Management of Semi-Natural Woodlands":

  • Guide 1 - Lowland Acid Beech and Oak Woods (2003) ISBN 085 538 5804 £3.00
  • Guide 2 - Lowland Beech-Ash woodlands (2003) ISBN 085 538 5812 £3.00
  • Guide 3 - Lowland Mixed Broadleaved Woods (2003) ISBN 085 538 5820 £3.00
  • Guide 4 - Upland Mixed Ash Woods (2003) ISBN 085 538 5839 £3.00
  • Guide 5 - Upland Oakwoods (2003) ISBN 085 538 5847 £3.00
  • Guide 8 - Wet Woodlands (2003) ISBN 085 538 5871 £3.00

 

Restoration of Neglected Hazel Coppice - Forestry Commission Practice Note 56 (2004) ISBN 0-85538-622-3 

R.Harmer

The above publications are available in PDF format from the Forestry Commission.

The Silviculture and Management of Coppice Woodlands (2003) ISBN 085 538 5891 £12.00
R.Harmer & J.Howe

Other:

The Silviculture and Management of Coppice Woodlands (2003) ISBN 085 538 5891 £12.00
R.Harmer & J.Howe

Coppiced Woodlands: Their Management for Wildlife, 2nd Ed. (1993) ISBN 187 370 1322 £3.50
R.J. Fuller & M.S. Warren.

Dormouse Conservation Handbook (1996) ISBN 1 85716 219 6

P. Bright, P Morris & T. Mitchell –Jones

Ecology and Management of Coppice Woodlands (1992) ISBN 041 243 1106 £45.00 (hardback)
Edited by GP Buckley

Hazel Coppice past, present and future (1996) ISBN 185 975 0303
Hampshire County Council

BTCV Practical Conservation Handbooks are a useful online resource and includes

Woodlands, a practical handbook (1988) ISBN0 946752 338 £13.95
Elizabeth Agate

The Museum of English Rural Life website illustrates a number of woodland crafts with a series of historical   photographs

www.ruralhistory.org/interface/public/countryside/ruralind_p.html

The Woodland Way (2001)  ISBN 1-85623-009-0

Ben Law, Permanent Publications 

Sweet Chestnut, History, Landscape & People (2003) ISBN 1-901087-40-9

Chris Howkins

 

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