Gipton wood 2050
Groundwork Yorkshire have prepared plans for a once in a generation investment in Gipton Wood to renovate, upgrade and enhance this special ancient woodland, to ensure it will continue to thrive for nature and our community for the next twenty-five years.
A huge thank you to Wade’s Charity for funding this work.
In 2023 we asked you, our community, how you would like to see Gipton Wood improved for the future. You told us that safety, accessibility, nature conservation and heritage conservation were the most important issues.
We built many things into our Management Plan, but it was clear that we wouldn’t be able to do everything through our Volunteer Action Mornings and that LCC would not be able to fund everything. So we started to develop proposals to make your vision, our community’s vision, a reality.
The plan Groundwork Yorkshire have now created bring this to life.
This plan aims to make Gipton Wood safer, more accessible and more valuable for nature, all while conserving its heritage.
We have now commenced a community consultation on these plans to get feedback from the community before we apply for funding to carry out the work. You can read the full plan and accompanying documents.
