Tiroran Community Forest and Sawmill

Tiroran Community Forest is SWMID's flagship project and has been in community ownership since November 2015. The purchase of the forest has been an incredible opportunity for us to start addressing some of the issues that are important to local people. We have created new jobs, generated income through selling timber for new projects like Bendoran and Aird Fada Seaweed Farm, replanted tens of thousands of broadleaf and diverse conifer trees, and started to open up the forest for local people and visitors to enjoy. Thanks to funding from the Prince's Countryside Fund and Scottish Forestry, we have recently purchased a sawmill to process our timber. We anticipate that we will be able to start trading early in 2023.

Find out more below!

Discover the Forest

Our community forester is Philip Yielder and he can be contacted about anything related to the forest on pyielder@swmid.co.uk.

Visiting the Forest

Photo by Anna Mockford

Visiting the Forest

Sea eagles, adventure playground, willow sculptures, a nature trail and stunning vistas – a perfect day out!

Tiroran Timber Sawmill and Biochar

Tiroran Timber Sawmill and Biochar

An exciting new project adding value to our community owned timber - Tiroran Timber is now open for business!

Tiroran Timber Sawmill and Biochar

Forest Management

Forest Management

Sustainable management of the forest to benefit everyone in our community now and in the future.

Woodland Crofts

Woodland Crofts

Putting people at the heart of the forest and offering opportunities for creating homes and livelihoods.

Funding

Funding

Find out about our key funders

Tiroran Aires

Tiroran Aires

We now have Aires suitable for self-contained motorhomes and campervans.

Volunteer with us

If you’d like to get involved with the Tiroran Community Forest or any of the other SWMID projects then find out more about volunteering below.

THIS PROJECT WAS MADE POSSIBLE WITH THANKS TO...

Scottish Government

EU Agricultural Fund

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