How you can get involved
Learn about the Forest
Join our guided walks, co-create community events with us, discover maps and trails, and find out more about the story of Epping Forest and its irreplaceable biodiversity, culture and heritage.
Epping Forest is for everyone to love!
Help conserve and grow the Forest
Take part in one of our hands-on conservation volunteering days to help improve the biodiversity of the Forest.
We welcome individuals, groups and organisations from all walks of life to join us!
Influence the future of the Forest
Be part of the community that help shape and sculpt our vision of the Forest to the key stakeholders.
You will help inform our policy positions in relation to key issues, from sustainable transport to local developments and planning.
Connecting people with the Forest
Epping Forest Heritage Trust is a community and membership charity which engages people in the heritage, ecology and culture of the Forest, and mobilises people to help conserve and protect it. We operate across the whole of the Forest, stretching from Manor Park in East London to Epping in Essex.
We bring people together for the Forest by:
- Enabling and delivering community-led and co-created guided walks and events to build meaningful connections between people and the Forest
- Mobilising and managing volunteers to deliver hands-on conservation volunteering activities to help conserve and grow the Forest
- Engaging our members, supporters and the general public to advocate on behalf of the Forest, and on issues that they care about.
Become a member
There is no better way to support us than by becoming a member. Let’s amplify the voice of Epping Forest!
Together, we can be a vital voice to conserve, protect and celebrate Epping Forest’s biodiversity, heritage and culture, so that it can be enjoyed responsibly now and for generations to come.
Whether you choose to join us as a single or joint member, your voice matters!
Read our blogs
Listening to Local Voices: Highlights from Our First People’s Forest Panel
On 8th July we held our first People’s Forest Panel. With the City of London’s Epping Forest Visitor Management Strategy currently being drafted, we thought the Panel would be a perfect opportunity to ensure we are ready to contribute our views.
Special Planning Measures imposed on Epping Forest District Council
Epping Forest District Council has been placed under planning special measures by the government. Learn what designation means, how it affects major planning decisions, and the potential risks to Green Belt land and the protection of Epping Forest.
Reflections: 2026 local elections, and what it meant for Epping Forest
The 2026 Local Elections in England, Scotland and Wales have come at a critical moment. Not only are the threats to the country’s nature becoming increasingly evident, but the role of biodiverse landscapes in providing social benefits like flood mitigation and health...
