UK Progress Atlas

Nature & Rewilding

Rushcliffe Woods Afforestation

Rushcliffe Borough Council is turning former farmland at Upper Broughton into woodland, meadows and wetlands.[1]

Current position

The council announced the land acquisition and initial planting, with a longer-term aim to offset its operational emissions.

Benefits

  • 54 acres, with more than 15,000 trees and shrubs planned and new public access to green space.
Sources
  1. rushcliffe.gov.uk ↗
  2. rushcliffe.gov.uk ↗
  3. rushcliffe.gov.uk ↗