New forest to be created in west of England, with 20m trees planted by 2050

A new Western Forest is to be created across a swathe of the west of England from the Cotswolds to the Mendips, the government has said. The project, one of the government’s promised national forests, will create 2,500 hectares (6,200 acres) of woodland by 2030 across five priority areas in Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Bristol, with plans to plant 20m trees by 2050. The government said the announcement was a first step in meeting its manifesto commitment, and would bring trees and woodlands closer to people in cities and towns such as Bristol, Gloucester and Swindon. The scheme is the

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