Woods For All: Woodland Access Data for England Based on 2022 Forest Inventory

Forestry Commission copyright and/or database right 2025. The dataset Woods for All is derived from a large range of datasets, primarily the National Forest Inventory England 2022. Its purpose is to inform internal staff about woodland access provision for planning and designing woodland creation schemes.

Use Cases

• Plan new woodland creation schemes based on existing access provision data.
• Design improvements to link woodland access for people based on inventory data.
• Inform internal staff decisions on recreational access based on aggregated forestry datasets.

Strengths

• Derived from a large range of authoritative datasets, including the National Forest Inventory England 2022.
• Has a specific, actionable purpose for informing woodland access planning.
• Copyright and database rights are explicitly stated for 2025.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The primary attached description file is in PDF format, which may hinder direct data analysis.

Provenance

Source

Forestry Commission, aggregated via Government Digital Service on eu_open_data.

Collection Method

Derived from a large range of datasets and data owners, primarily the National Forest Inventory England 2022.

Time Range

Primary source data is from 2022.

Freshness

Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Geography

England, United Kingdom.