Some Useful Websites
(Courtesy of Cheshire Landscape Trust)

Trees & Woodlands

Brogdale - Home of the National Fruit Collection	www.brogdale.org.uk
Common Ground	www.commonground.org.uk
England in Particular	www.england-in-particular.info
Forestry Commission	www.forestry.gov.uk
Future Forests	www.futureforests.com
Mersey Forest	www.merseyforest.org.uk
National Orchard Forum	www.nat-orchard-forum.org.uk
National Urban Forestry Unit	www.nufu.org.uk
Plants Postcode Database	www.nhm.ac.uk/science/projects/fff/
Tree Council	www.treecouncil.org.uk
Woodland Trust	www.woodland-trust.org.uk

Biodiversity & Sustainable Development

Cheshire Region Biodiversity Partnership	www.cheshire-biodiversity.org.uk
Joint Nature Conservancy Council	www.jncc.gov.uk/ukbg
National Biodiversity Network	www.nbn.org.uk
The UK government on Sustainable Development	www.sustainable-development.gov.uk
UK Biodiversity Action Plans	www.ukbap.org.uk

Government Agencies

Cheshire County Council	www.cheshire.gov.uk
Countryside Agency	www.countryside.gov.uk
DEFRA	www.defra.gov.uk
English Nature	www.english-nature.org.uk
Environment Agency	www.environmentagency.gov.uk
ODPM (Office of Deputy Prime Minister) for planning policy etc	www.odpm.gov.uk

Some other useful organisations - local & national

BBC	www.bbc.co.uk
British Waterways	www.britishwaterways.co.uk
BTCV (British Trust for Conservation Volunteers)	www.btcv.org.uk
Cheshire's Local Record Centre	www.rECOrd-lrc.co.uk
CPRE (Campaign for the Protection of Rural England)	www.cpre.org.uk
Fairtrade Foundation	www.fairtrade.org.uk
FWAG (Farming & Wildlife Advisory Group)	www.fwag.org.uk
Groundwork	www.groundwork.org.uk
Landlife National Wildflower Centre	www.wildflower.org.uk
Mersey Basin Campaign	www.merseybasin.org.uk
Nature magazine	www.nature.com
New Scientist magazine	www.newscientist.com
NFU (National Farmers' Union)	www.nfu.org.uk
Norton Priory Museum & Gardens	www.nortonpriory.org
Wildlife Trusts	www.wildlifetrusts.org
Wirral Environmental Network (WEN)	www.wirren.org.uk

Books:
Champion Trees of Britain & Ireland ed Owen Johnson £25