Goldcrest Land & Forestry Group | Chartered Land & Forestry Agents
22 November 2025
• Emily Moore
• 2 mins
Roughly 9,200ha of forestry land was listed on the market over the past 12 months, with average values per stocked hectare lifting by 3% to £19,200/ha. The UK Forest Market Report 2025, published by Goldcrest Land & Forestry Group and Tilhill Forestry, found that the forestry market had started to recover after a slump in sales during the previous year.
12 September 2025
• Jon Lambert
• 3 mins
For the last 18 months or so, my colleagues have become rather used to - perhaps even bored of - listening to me talk about the market and state that purchasers are ‘somewhat selective and cautious’. However, in recent months and specifically the last 3-4 weeks (I am writing at the end of July) there has been a definite upturn in active from interested parties.
31 October 2022
• Fenning Welstead
• < 1 min
The annual UK Forest Market Report (FMR) produced in partnership with Tilhill, provides an in-depth study of the UK commercial forestry and woodland investment market, from the perspective of both buyers and sellers. It has been produced since 1998 and is considered to be the most comprehensive publicly available record of forestry transactions in the UK. Please join us for the event held on the 22nd and 23rd of November 2022.
4 August 2022
• Fenning Welstead
• < 1 min
A 145-hectare forest in Wales has come to the market for offers over £5.5 million. Part of a commercial complex well known for its high productivity, Bryn Forest is a high-yielding, second-rotation Sitka spruce plantation near Tregaron in Ceredigion.
12 May 2022
• Jock Galbraith
• < 1 min
Glengoulandie is an extensive forest estate with young #conifer crops and mixed #broadleaves, is for sale through GOLDCREST Land & Forestry Group.
With impressive views towards majestic Schiehallion, the #estate also includes a large area of stunningly wild open hill, #afforestation opportunities and a high quality #forest road network. Additionally, it benefits from proximity to approved timber routes.
25 March 2022
• Emily Moore
• < 1 min
Our new office address is 18 Great Stuart Street, Edinburgh, EH3 7TN, We are thrilled with the arrival of our new meeting room table created by our good friend Rob Goodburn. ‘Retired’ architect Rob who has a fabulous eye for design, detail and all things sustainable, now crafts stunning bespoke furniture to order. Here, the commercial Sitka spruce supports the top created from salvaged elm from an Edinburgh garden.
21 February 2022
• Fenning Welstead
• 2 mins
We are delighted to announce that GOLDCREST Land & Forestry Group is Tilhill 's partner of choice for the 2022 publication and launch of The UK Forest Market Report. The report is considered to be the most comprehensive publicly available record of forestry transactions in the UK.
8 February 2022
• Emily Moore
• 2 mins
GOLDCREST Land & Forestry Group has expanded its national team with the appointments of Hayden Morrison, who joins as Senior Investment Forester at the firm’s Scottish office and Oliver Thompson as a Chartered Forestry Agent, based in Cheshire and covering all of England and Wales.
9 September 2021
• Jon Lambert
• < 1 min
More than 2,500 hectares of forestry – and land suitable for planting – worth more than £34 million is coming to the market in GOLDCREST Land & Forestry’s Autumn Launch, adding to a bumper year for the forestry industry with UK-wide figures expected to top £300m.
10 August 2021
• Fenning Welstead
• < 1 min
A small island in the Summer Isles archipelago, Càrn Deas, is connected by a shingle spit to Càrn Iar and Càrn Beag, also uninhabited. The island benefits from a breath-taking landscape and has staggering views of the neighbouring islands and the Outer Hebrides to the west.
The professional team at GOLDCREST Land & Forestry Group are all members of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and recognised as Registered Valuers with one member a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Foresters.