Now in its 27th year, the UK Forest Market Report (FMR) remains the most comprehensive and trusted analysis of commercial forestry transactions and investment opportunities in the UK. Produced annually by Tilhill Forestry and Goldcrest Land and Forestry Group, the report offers unique insight into market valuations, trends, and opportunities shaping the future of rural land investment.
The 2025 Forest Market Report examines one of the most significant shifts in rural land management: the growing interdependence between forestry and farming.
With increasing pressures from food production, biodiversity targets, carbon markets, and renewable energy, the relationship between traditional farming and commercial forestry is evolving rapidly.
For investors, this shift unlocks new opportunities:
For farmers and estate managers, integrating trees within productive farmland can:
The launch event for the Forest Market Report 2025 showcased how forestry and farming can thrive together, offering both investors and land managers actionable strategies to unlock financial, environmental, and social value.
'A Market Overview' (Speaker for Edinburgh & London)
Head of Forestry Investment, Tilhill Forestry
Xander leads the Forestry Investment team. He is based in the Yorkshire office and advises clients on land and forestry acquisitions across the UK.
Xander has spent much of his career working in investment, including public companies in developing countries and technology start-ups in Silicon Valley.
He has experience working in government and the non-profit sector and has completed all three levels of the CFA program.
Forestry and Woodland Investment Team
'Market Sentiment' (Speaker for Edinburgh & London)
Founding Partner, Goldcrest Land and Forestry Group
Jon Lambert is a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and a Registered Valuer. Formerly an Equity Partner and then Senior Director of John Clegg & Co.
Jon brings three decades of experience adding value to rural assets, be it for disposal or long term hold. His strengths lie in brokerage and asset management of woods, forestry, residential estates and renewable energy assets.
He has overseen the disposal of 150,000 hectares to the value of £700m in Scotland alone in the last 15 years.
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Download a copy of The UK Forest Market Report 2025.
While this is the most comprehensive of UK forestry deals and listings, there are a number of off-market deals not captured in the analysis, meaning the market is slightly bigger than the figures listed here.
*The period covered by the report is the 1st September 2023 to 31st August 2025.
ViewFarmers and foresters may not be in the same boat but they are in the same storm, said forestry experts at this year’s UK Forest Market Report.
Communication and collaboration on land use are key as forestry and farming faced “common uncertainties” including government policy, product prices and cost inflation, said The UK Forest Market Report 2025, produced by BSW Group’s Tilhill Forestry and Goldcrest Land & Forestry Group.
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