The Welsh government has earmarked £5m to create a national forest stretching the length and breadth of Wales

The path of the forest will now be consulted on widely. No decisions have yet been made. But Coed Cadw (the Woodland Trust) has highlighted these four areas of current woodland that could be linked up. This is a suggested route

Liverpool

Bangor

1

Snowdonia

national park

2

Aberystwyth

Brecon

Beacons

national

park

4

3

Swansea

50 km

50 miles

Cardiff

1. Wrexham

Plans to increase the urban tree canopy to a minimum of 20% by 2026

2. Celtic rainforest

One of the most important and historic habitats in Wales

3. Coed Brynau

150,000 trees will be planted here by 2025 as part of a restoration of ancient woodland

4. Wentwood Forest

1,000 hectares of woodland in Monmouthshire

The path of the forest will now be consulted on widely. No decisions have yet been made. But Coed Cadw (the Woodland Trust) has highlighted these four areas of current woodland that could be linked up. This is a suggested route

Liverpool

Bangor

Wrexham

Plans to increase the urban tree canopy to a minimum of 20% by 2026

Snowdonia

national park

Celtic rainforest

One of the most important and historic habitats in Wales

Birmingham

Aberystwyth

Brecon

Beacons

national

park

Wentwood Forest

1,000 hectares of woodland in Monmouthshire

Coed Brynau

150,000 trees will be planted here by 2025 as part of a restoration of ancient woodland

Swansea

50 km

50 miles

Cardiff