Where is ‘The Forest of Mercia’ – the map

I had to search long and hard for this. An actual map of the area covered by the ‘Forest of Mercia’. The area starts below the ‘Chase’ bit of Cannock Chase, and runs down to just north of the urban rim of Wolverhampton, and then also runs south a bit around the city.

They’re currently one of the partners in DEFRA’s new £12.1m national tree-planting boost, and as part of that are locally delivering planting into early 2022… “a mixture of small-scale planting, some on school grounds and others on larger scale public open space. Native trees and shrubs will be planted … Some sites have also been identified for the planting of orchards”.

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