Here you can find, read and download various documents, such as our Woodland Management Plan, as well as our Open Woods Reports. If you’d like to give feedback or discuss any of these in more detail, why not come along to our next Open Woodland Meeting – details can be found on the Events page. You can also read previous Newsletters on our News page.
Our new 10 Year Woodland Management Plan 2027 – 2037 is now available for public consultation. The plan sets out our approach to caring for, managing and developing Gifford Community Woodland over the coming years, with a focus on biodiversity, sustainable woodland management, community use and protecting the woodland for future generations.
You can view and download our Woodland Management Plan here.
Additional reference documents referred to in the Woodland Management Plan can be found here:
We’d love to hear your views. Please feel free to provide any feedback by emailing Gifford.WoodsEH41@gmail.com.
Summer 2026 Newsletter
May 2026: Open Woodland Documents
January 2026: Open Woodland Documents
November 2025: Open Woodland Documents
August 2025: AGM Documents & National Vegetation Classification Report:
- Woods Report August 2025
- Gifford Woods National Vegetation Classification (NVC) Report 2025:
- Survey Report (PDF)
- Survey Map (PNG / Image)
- Survey Vegetation Polygon Data (XLS / Spreadsheet)
- What is the British National Vegetation Classification? See Wikipedia article here.
May 2025: Open Woodland Documents
February 2025: Open Woodland Documents
2023/2024 Trustees Annual Report
November 2024: Open Woodland Documents
August 2024: AGM Documents
- Woods Report August 2024
- Felling of Ash Dieback – Risk Assessment
- GCLC Bat Mitigation Policy
- Newsletter (Sept 2024) that followed the AGM
May 2024: Open Woodland Documents
February 2024: Open Woodland Documents
November 2023: Open Woodland Documents
August 2023: AGM Documents
- AGM Report for 2023 (PDF) – or see image below
- Woods Report August 2023
May 2023: Woodland Report & Open Woodland Meeting
OSCR Report:
As a registered charity, we need to submit an Annual Report to OSCR. Here is a link to the latest report for 2022/23: Annual OSCR Report
February 2023: Woodland Report & Open Woodland Meeting
Our 5 Year Summary Infographic can also be seen below (access PDF version by clicking here):
Here’s a summary of how the Scottish Outdoor Access Code applies to Gifford Community Woodland:
Gifford Community Woodland 