Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Royal Mail Woodland

On Wednesday 12th March 2025 the Lord-Lieutenant was invited by Royal Mail to officially declare open the Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Royal Mail Woodland, a significant part of the Queen’s Green Canopy initiative. The event in St. Helens was hosted by Mr. Nick Landon, Chief Commercial Officer of Royal Mail, and attended by distinguished guests including the Mayor of St. Helens, Cllr Jeanette Banks.

The Queen’s Green Canopy celebrates Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee when people all over the UK were invited to “Plant a tree for the Jubilee”.

The Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Royal Mail Woodland is a newly established 21-acre community woodland. Designed as a space for recreation, reflection, and reconnection with nature, the woodland is now open to the people of Merseyside. The Royal Mail Woodland connects two pre-existing woods at Bold Forest Park in The Mersey Forest: Clock Face Country Park and Griffin Wood.  The mixed native woodland of 14,500 trees was planted by our local Armed Forces Veterans working with The Mersey Forest Team. 

The creation of this remarkable woodland was made possible through funding from the St Helens Biodiversity Net Gain Fund and DEFRA’s Nature for Climate Fund, combined with the exceptional efforts of Mersey Forest.

The Lord-Lieutenant planted trees descendant of the ancient Ankerwycke Yew at Runnymede and the Signing Oak at Great Windsor Park. 

The Mersey Forest is monitoring the wildlife on this site and will be organising activities for the community to get involved in, including nature conservation sessions for local schools, a Bio Blitz event this summer and regular volunteering sessions.