Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Welcome to Snaizeholme, the Woodland Trust’s flagship habitat restoration project in the Yorkshire Dales & White Rose Forest.
Since spring 2023, 290 hectares of mixed native woodland have been planted across this 561 hectare valley, creating one of England’s largest native woods. Trees like birch, rowan, willow, alder, oak and Scots pine are stitched into the slopes, with montane shrubs higher up.
Planting follows a mosaic design, expanding tree cover while protecting peat bogs, limestone pavement and upland meadows. Along 21 streams, riverside planting adds dappled shade, cools water and helps slow floods downstream. Dry stone walls and planting create corridors and shelter for wildlife, including red squirrels and black grouse. Open valley bottoms and limestone pastures are grazed by native cattle, boosting biodiversity; sheep have been removed to support nature positive management.
woodlandtrust.org.uk/visiting-woods/snaizeholme-estate
Welcome to Snaizeholme, the Woodland Trust’s flagship habitat restoration project in the Yorkshire Dales & White Rose Forest.
Since spring 2023, 290 hectares of mixed native woodland have been planted across this 561 hectare valley, creating one of England’s largest native woods. Trees like birch, rowan, willow, alder, oak and Scots pine are stitched into the slopes, with montane shrubs higher up.
Planting follows a mosaic design, expanding tree cover while protecting peat bogs, limestone pavement and upland meadows. Along 21 streams, riverside planting adds dappled shade, cools water and helps slow floods downstream. Dry stone walls and planting create corridors and shelter for wildlife, including red squirrels and black grouse. Open valley bottoms and limestone pastures are grazed by native cattle, boosting biodiversity; sheep have been removed to support nature positive management.
woodlandtrust.org.uk/visiting-woods/snaizeholme-estate
