We also have a set of nine recipe cards, providing a range of options for transforming your vension into an exciting dish.
Firewood
There’s nothing like the warmth of a roaring log fire on a chilly winter evening.
Our logs and kindling come from hardwood trees, harvested from the forest as a by-product of our coppicing operations. The logs are then left for two years before being cut, so are properly dried. This gives a product which is much more environmentally sound to use in wood burners and open fires than "wet" wood, as it produces far less emissions of the very harmful "PM2.5" pollutant particles. It is fully consistent with the recent announcement from the Dept for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to cut pollution from household burning, by banning the burning of wet wood from February 2021.
You can order seasoned firewood, cut to size, and for local delivery only, from September onwards. Please ring the Estate Office (01279 870678).
The cost is £95 for a load of logs and £5 for a bag of kindling. Delivery is free within a 5 m radius and £10 within a 10 m radius of the estate office (Takeley, Essex CM22 6NE).
In 2020, Ian Pease, our Ranger, is celebrating 25 years of delivering logs from the forest. Read more about how the operation has evolved over the years.
Sawn Timber
There,'s nothing like working with quality hardwoods, for that special project or turning on the lathe. Watch the grain develop and enjoy the smell of oak sawdust.
We have a range of sawn timber arising from felling hardwood trees in the forest, including oak, ash and hornbeam, as planks and posts, in a range of sizes.
This is available from the Estate Office (01279 870678) throughout the year.
