The prolonged hot, dry weather increases the risk of Sudden Branch Drop, where even healthy-looking trees shed heavy branches due to heat stress.
To help keep everyone safe, please:
Thank you.
PLEASE NOTE that our log sales are CLOSED this Saturday 8 August, as many of our volunteers are away having a well-earned break.
We’ll be back on Saturday 15th August, 2pm-3pm.
Hope to see you then!
Our log sales resume every Saturday from Saturday 18 July 2026, between 2pm and 3pm ONLY.
Whether you’re stocking up for winter or planning long evenings in the garden, we have what you need.
**NEW sizes available this year!** In addition to our standard logs by the barrow-load, we also have bags of smaller logs suitable for small fire pits/chimineas, and logs suitable for larger first pits/chimineas/small log burners. PLUS our large bags of kindling (all pictured).
PRICE LIST:
Our wood is certified Ready to Burn, for more information please click here.
All the logs we sell are a natural by-product of the conservation woodland management carried out at Birchanger Wood, such as coppicing. We never cut down trees to make logs.
You can find us at our Compound – drive up past the Scout Hut off Heath Row and we will help you load up your car. More info and a map can be found here.
All the money raised goes towards maintaining the woodland and carrying out further conservation projects, in line with our charitable aims and objectives. Card payment or cash.
Come and join us at the Birchanger Wood Open Day on Saturday 23 May! Entry is free and it’s a beautiful time to visit the wood as Spring is in full flow.
We have lots of fun activities planned including:
– and more!
Plus the East Herts Woodturners will be joining us for demonstrations and there will be lots of beautiful hand-crafted items for sale.
All activities are free, but donations are very gratefully received and will help to support our conservation work at the wood. A card reader will be available.
Find us at our compound just off Heath Row in Bishop’s Stortford, next to the water tower. The postcode CM23 5DG takes you to the nearest entrance, please park carefully on street.
As spring gets under way, our beautiful bluebells make the wood an even more special place, but did you know that they are very sensitive to being trodden on? And once their leaves are damaged, they die back, meaning that they don’t store any energy for next year’s flowers or seeds, and over time they can die.
The wood anemone, with its delicate white star-shaped flowers, is another vulnerable species. It spreads underground and can be damaged when the soil is compacted by being trodden on.
Once the damage is done, it’s hard for these plants to recover, because they take a long time to grow and regenerate. It is really tempting to get up close and walk among them, but please keep to our paths and admire them from there. This will help to make sure that they are here for future generations to enjoy, too.
Has anyone spotted our new owl nesting boxes?
Four have been made and installed by volunteer and friend of the Birchanger Wood Trust, George Markwell, and they are specially designed to appeal to tawny owls.
We know that there are tawny owls in the area – if you live near to the wood you may even have heard their calls at dusk and at night. They make the classic ‘twit twoo’ call.
This box aims to mimic the kind of tree cavity that tawny owls like to nest in.
Tawny owls typically nest quite early in the year, but we may be lucky this season – and if not they will scout for territories and new nesting spaces in autumn, so fingers crossed!
Our thanks to George for these fantastic additions to the wood.
We have SOLD OUT of seasoned logs for this winter – we will not be selling again until Autumn 2026.
Thank you to everyone that has bought firewood from us this winter, all the money we raise goes straight back into the care and protection of this beautiful woodland.
Saturday 10th January will be our final log sale of this season. We’ll be open between 2pm and 3pm, while stocks last! We will reopen in Autumn 2026 when our new logs have had time to season.
You can find us at our Compound – drive up past the Scout Hut off Heath Row and we will help you load up your car. Click here to see a map. Seasoned firewood is £15 per barrow. We also have handmade kindling at £15 for a large bag.
All the money raised goes towards maintaining the woodland and carrying out further conservation projects, in line with our charitable aims and objectives.
Our wood is certified Ready to Burn, for more information please see click here.
Our log sales will resume every Saturday from Saturday 13th September, between 2pm and 3pm. We sell seasoned firewood by the barrow-load, at £15 per barrow. We also have handmade kindling at £15 for a large bag.
You can find us at our Compound – drive up past the Scout Hut off Heath Row and we will help you load up your car. Click here to see a map.
All the money raised goes towards maintaining the woodland and carrying out further conservation projects, in line with our charitable aims and objectives.
Our wood is certified Ready to Burn, for more information please see click here.
Come and see what goes on behind the scenes in our compound at Birchanger Wood and then enjoy a stroll around our beautiful wood as the season begins to turn.
We will have fun activities for the whole community, like crafting for children, and wood turning demonstrations. It’s completely free to attend, although donations are gratefully received. A card reader will be available and cash is also welcomed.
Our team will be on hand to explain the work that goes into protecting the wood, and we’ll have items for sale to help raise funds. And we’re always keen to hear from people who would like to volunteer with us. More details will follow soon, but for now: save the date!
Find us at our compound just off Heath Row, next to the water tower.
Birchanger Wood 