Pulp mills and sawmills in United Kingdom
WoodComp tracks 2 operating pulp mills and 28 sawmills in United Kingdom, with capacity, status and location as open data. United Kingdom holds 3.3 M ha of forest, 14 % of its land area, led by Sitka spruce and Oak.
Wood supply
- Forest area
- 3.3 M ha 14 % of land area
- Standing volume
- 686 M m3 growing stock, over bark
- Industrial roundwood
- 7.5 M m3/y production
Forest types
share of forest area- Naturally regenerating 10.5 % · 344 000 ha
- Other planted 89.5 % · 2.9 M ha
Tree species
share of growing stock- Sitka spruce 32.9 %introduced
- Oak 11.2 %
- Scots pine 8.8 %
- Ash 6.3 %
- Larches 5.1 %introduced
- Other species 35.9 %
All 14 reported species
- Sitka spruceintroduced32.9 %221 M m3furnish of 10 local facilitiesPicea sitchensis
- Oak11.2 %75 M m3Quercus spp.
- Scots pine8.8 %59 M m3furnish of 4 local facilitiesPinus sylvestris
- Ash6.3 %42 M m3Fraxinus spp.
- Larchesintroduced5.1 %34 M m3furnish of 3 local facilitiesLarix spp.
- Beech4.6 %31 M m3Fagus spp.
- Birch4.2 %28 M m3Betula spp.
- Sycamoreintroduced4.0 %27 M m3Acer pseudoplatanus
- Norway spruceintroduced3.3 %22 M m3furnish of 10 local facilitiesPicea abies
- Douglas firintroduced2.8 %19 M m3furnish of 2 local facilitiesPseudotsuga menziesii
- Alder1.8 %12 M m3Alnus spp.
- Hazel1.3 %9 M m3Corylus avellana
- Willow1.0 %7 M m3Salix spp.
- Hawthorn0.6 %4 M m3Crataegus monogyna
Introduced species hold 48.1 % of the reported growing stock. FAO ranks the ten largest native and five largest introduced species, together 87.8 % of the total.
The facilities on this page report Spruce (10), Mixed Softwood (5), Sitka Spruce (4), Pine (4), Larch (3) and Douglas Fir (2) as furnish. The species matching that demand hold 52.8 % of the growing stock. Removals by species are not reported internationally, so this is a comparison of demand and standing forest, not a balance.
Forest, species and production figures: FAO FRA 2025 and FAOSTAT (2024-2025).
Key figures
- Pulp mills
- 2
- Sawmills
- 31
- Sites
- 44
- Operating
- 35
- Operating pulp capacity
- 0
- Sawn timber capacity
- 1 891 000 m3/y sawn timber
Capacity is the sum over 0 of 2 operating pulp mills with a reported capacity (t/y). Sawn timber capacity covers 11 of 28 operating sawmills with a reported figure. Data last updated 2026-11-03.
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