England Sawmills by Region from 1994 to 2019

England sawmills data from 1994 to 2019, broken down by English region. Provisional figures are released in May and final figures in September to support UK forestry statistics. The dataset is produced by the Forestry Commission.

Use Cases

• Analyze regional trends in wood processing capacity based on the number of mills.
• Model softwood consumption patterns across English regions.
• Forecast production of sawn softwood using historical regional data.
• Assess the economic impact of the forestry sector at a sub-national level.

Strengths

• Covers a 25-year time range from 1994 to 2019.
• Provides provisional and final annual releases for timeliness.
• Includes data on three key metrics: number of mills, softwood consumption, and sawn softwood production.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to uk_data.

Provenance

Source

Forestry Commission

Time Range

1994 to 2019

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-29 22:07:45.699874; freshness should be verified.

Geography

England, broken down by region