Residents in Todmorden, Hebden Bridge and Dewsbury to benefit from trees planted this season
Residents in Todmorden, Hebden Bridge and Dewsbury will benefit from trees planted this season as part of 92 woodland creation projects which were carried out in 2025/26.
The projects were supported by the White Rose Forest — the Community Forest partnership for North and West Yorkshire — which has celebrated a “highly successful” 2025/26 planting season.
The projects included tree planting in the town centres of Dewsbury and Hebden Bridge, which will provide shade, improve air quality, and enhance the wellbeing of visitors to these public spaces.
And at Top O’ Th’ Hill near Todmorden, the White Rose Forest and local volunteers planted the partnership’s first directly managed site, which will improve connectivity with existing woodland.
Across Yorkshire, the partnership planted 450,800 trees — equivalent to 610 international football pitches — 17,816 metres of hedgerows, engaged 9,689 people in planting and related activities, created 2.7 kilometres of new footpaths, and invested £8million of grant funding in Yorkshire.
The White Rose Forest delivered the benefits through its Trees for Climate programme, which is a multi-million-pound woodland creation programme led by England’s Community Forests and funded by the government.
Iwan Downey, White Rose Forest Programme Director, said: “This year represents a major milestone for the White Rose Forest and our partners, not only in terms of scale but in the diversity of outcomes we are delivering - from large-scale landscape recovery at Snaizeholme to tree planting in the heart of our communities.
“These achievements demonstrate the direction we’ve set in our new 25-year Strategic Plan: creating a resilient, connected landscape that benefits climate, nature and people.
“Through continued partnership working and funded programmes like Trees for Climate, we are building momentum to deliver even greater impact across North and West Yorkshire in the years ahead.”