Businesses thrive in the nation's forests
Forestry England have a diverse range of recreation businesses operating in the nation's forests. From cafes to ice cream and burger mobile catering, gift shops to bike hire and Segways. Team building activities, external training courses and paintballing to seasonal business such as Christmas tree sales. The variety and quality of the businesses we work with help to make the nation's forests special places to visit.
Explore current opportunities below or get in touch to propose something new.
Current Opportunities:
Deer Control Licence Opportunity in West District
Tenders are invited for a 5 year deer control licence for three different licences in West District Forest as follows:
- Rowberrow Warren, East Harptree, Stockhill (Mendip licence)
- West Woods, Webb’s Wood, Somerford Common, Red Lodge, Collingbourne Woods (Savernake licence)
- Shobdon, Sned Wood, Mere Hill Wood (Shobdon licence)
You can apply for all or some of the different licence areas, but we do require an application for each individual licence.
You are encouraged to ask any questions you have about the licence and the tender process. All questions must be emailed to Ian Harvey ian.harvey@forestryengland.uk
To request a tender information pack please email operationsadmin@forestryengland.uk specifying which licence you are interested in.
Closing date for applications 15 May 2026 12 noon.
| What is happening | When |
| Closing date for your questions | 30 April 2026 |
| Closing date and time for tender returns | 12 noon 15 May 2026 |
| Results issued | 5 June 2026 |
| Expected Licence start date | 1 November 2026 |
High Lodge Onsite Attractions
Forestry England have a future concession requirement for up to 4 attraction providers at our High Lodge site in the East England Forest District. The attraction providers must deliver family leisure activities which add to our visitor experience onsite whilst encouraging physical activity and increasing customer stay duration. The attractions must occur at peak visitor times (i.e., weekends and school holidays) and appeal to families.
Forestry England are currently scoping our requirements to ensure that the specification of requirements and future tender documentation accurately reflects the offerings of the outdoor attractions market.
We invite interested companies from the market to register their interest in this future requirement and provide feedback on potential clarifications on the feasibility of our emerging plans. We also invite suppliers to provide suggestions on potential attractions that they believe would be a suitable fit with the High Lodge site: https://www.forestryengland.uk/high-lodge
Suppliers should register their interest by no later than midday 31 May 2026.
For more information regarding this opportunity please contact: Emily Coffin at Commercial.services@forestryengland.uk
Expressions of interest are invited for commercial marketing partnerships
We are continually looking for commercial marketing partnerships and sponsorship that meet our marketing objectives.
We have a range of events that can be sponsored and we are happy to talk to companies and organisations about innovative ways to explain who we are and what we do and promote our sites to their customers.
Our objectives are:
- Inform people about our work
- Raise awareness of our sites, events, activities and membership
- Raise awareness of the importance of trees, woods and forests
We have recently worked with companies to promote our forest and activities via their websites and apps. We would be interested in hearing about other similar opportunities.
Expressions of interest in this work can be made at any time by contacting marketing@forestryengland.uk
