SWA Publications

The following are available from SWA. Prices include p&p. Cheques payable to SWA.


Small Woods Information Pack-
£9.00

Small Woods For All pack-
£9.00

Woodland Initiatives Handbook-
£10.00

‘Smallwoods’ magazine back issues-
£5.00 each

Planning for Sustainable Woodlands-
£3.00

Green Wood Centre Woodland & Craft Courses 
free

Rediscovering Woodlands - Helping local communities reconnect
£3.00

Woodland Initiative Register - available at http://initiatives.smallwoods.org.uk/

Your Local Woods guides - South East Wales,South West Wales, North West Wales, Denbighshire & Conwy, Powys - all available as downloads from the Coed Lleol website www.coedlleol.org.uk

Woodland Initiatives Meeting Targets
free

General Information

  • Woodlands of Britain – A Naturalist’s Guide ; Ron Freethy
  • A History of English Forestry; N.D.G.James
  • Natural Woodland; George Peterken
  • Welsh Woodlands; George Linnard
  • Woodland and Wildlife; Keith Kirby
  • Trees and Woodland in the British Landscape; Oliver Rackham
  • History of the Countryside; Oliver Rackham
  • Ancient Woodland; Oliver Rackham


Woodland Management

  • Woodlands – a practical handbook from BTCV
  • Practical Forestry for the Agent and Surveyor ; Cyril Hart
  • Caring for Small Woods ; Ken Broad
  • Small Woods and Hedgerows; Valerie Porter
  • Tall Trees and Small Woods – How to Grow and Tend Them; W. Mutch
  • Forest Practice Guides (1-8) for the Management of Semi-Natural Woodlands; Forestry Commission
  • The Future for Woodland Deer – Management or Sport?; Roger McKinley
  • Silviculture of Broadleaved Woodland; Julian Evans (FC Bulletin 62)
  • Woodland Conservation and Management; George Peterken
  • Fundamental Woodland Management; Rodney Helliwell


Woodland Ownership

  • A Wood of Our Own ; Julian Evans
  • A Wood of Your Own ; Margaret Hanton
  • Birth of a Nature Reserve; Elizabeth Barling (Ravenshill Woodland Reserve, Worcestershire)
  • The Woodland Way; Ben Law

Tree Identification

  • Field Guide to the Trees and Shrubs of Britain from Reader’s Digest
  • Trees; Allen J. Coombes, Eyewitness Handbooks
  • Trees in Britain, Europe and North America; Roger Phillips
  • British Trees in Colour; Hart and Raymond

Government Policy regarding Woodland

  • The UK Forestry Standard from the Forestry Commission (FC)
  • The England Forestry Standard from F.C.

Woodland Grants

  • Grants for planting trees and looking after woodlands Applicant’s Pack from FC
  • Grants for Tr££s booklet from the Royal Forestry Society.

Farm Woodlands

  • Introducing Farm Woodlands from FC
  • Farm Woodlands for the Future; Burgess et al.
  • Farm Woodlands for Birds – Advice on their design and management from MAFF
  • The Farm Tractor in the Forest; Milton Nilsson from Sweden
  • Farm Woodland Management; Blyth et al.


Health and Safety

  • Managing Health & Safety in Forestry from Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
  • Tree Work Accidents from HSE
  • Chainsaws at Work from HSE


Woodland Produce

  • British Woodland Produce; Aaron & Richard
  • Wood as Fuel – A Guide to Burning Wood Efficiently; Geoff Keighley from FC
  • Green Woodwork – Working with wood the natural way; Mike Abbott
  • The Encyclopedia of Green Woodworking; Ray Tabor
  • The Conversion and Seasoning of Wood; William H. Brown
  • Fuelwood and charcoal preparation An illustrated training manual on simple tools and techniques for small scale enterprises. From the International Labour Office

Woodland Education

  • Investigating Trees and Timber – A practical guide; Tilling et al. From FEI

Planning System

  • Planning for Sustainable Woodlands – A submission to the Forestry Forum regarding reform of the Town and Country Planning system… Nichol et al. from SWA

Recreation in Woodland

  • Woodland Management for Pheasants; P.A.Robertson from FC (Bulletin 106)
  • Design for Outdoor Recreation; Simon Bell FC from Spon
  • The Public in your Woods; J.A.Irving from Packard

Publication Catalogues

  • The Forestry Catalogue from HMSO
  • Price List of Publications – The Forestry Commission
  • FC Research Division Technical Development Branch Index of Reports, Technical Notes and Information Notes
  • Woodland Craft Supplies from Jon Warnes
  • Landsman’s Bookshop Ltd.
  • FASTCo Safety Guides Current List, Order Form
  • HSE Books Catalogue

Magazines and Journals

  • Smallwoods
  • Forestry and British Timber
  • Forest Machine Journal
  • Quarterly Journal of Forestry
  • Forest Life
  • EcoLots
  • Reforesting Scotland
  • Tree News
  • Living Woods