The Northern Forest, a partnership between the Woodland Trust, The Mersey Forest, Manchester City of Trees, the White Rose Forest, Humber Forest and the Community Forest Trust, has now established enough new trees to cover an area the size of 2,800 football pitches through tree planting and creating conditions for trees to reproduce on their own.

The new trees and woodlands have been established in towns, cities and rural locations across an area that stretches from the Mersey to the Humber, including in and around Liverpool, Chester, Preston, Manchester, Bradford, Leeds, Sheffield, York, Hull and Beverley.

During the 2024/25 planting season, over 2.2 million new trees were planted across the Northern Forest, the highest annual tree planting recorded since its launch. This includes over 4,100 standard trees in towns and cities, and new hedgerows on farms to benefit wildlife and the resilience of farming businesses.