APF 2024: The UK’s largest Forestry, Woodland, Arboriculture, Fencing, Trees and Timber show

300 exhibitors and 25,000 visitors attended APF 2025 from 19-21 September at Ragley Estate, Alcester, Warwickshire B49 5PT. The event showcased every aspect of managing forests, woodland, trees and timber. It featured over two and a half miles and £80 million of working equipment, much of it designed for use on estates, farms, small woodlands and individual trees.

The show is unique in that much of the machinery can be seen working under realistic conditions. You could get advice on woodland creation, management and the latest grant schemes. Nurseries can assist with species choice, sizes and site suitability. Almost every manufacturer and dealer of woodland and arboricultural machinery were exhibiting.

All aspects of timber utilisation was on display from chippers producing woodchips from waste timber to the biomass boilers to utilise the chips, firewood processing machines, charcoal kilns and portable sawmills to convert one log into utilisable posts and planks. A lot of the machinery is designed as attachments to be used with existing farm machinery such as tractors, excavators or telehandlers.

There was a huge traditional woodland crafts area with over 25 craftspeople demonstrating some rare and unusual craft skills including rake making, coracles, wheelwrighting, oak swill baskets, cleft oak, green oak construction, charcoal burning, hazel hurdles, Devon stave baskets, hazel whisket baskets, clog making, pole lathe turning and willow weaving among others. It was a great chance to talk to these craftsmen and learn about a new skill and see the uses that green wood and small dimension timber and coppice can be put to. If you want to know what a Sussex Pimp is, this is the place to be!

There were demonstrations of horse logging and the opportunity to have-a-go and try your hand at handling these powerful animals.

A key feature of APF 2024 was the Fencing Village. All of the UK’s top suppliers and manufacturers of materials and equipment were there, demonstrating the latest tools, equipment, machinery and materials including the latest metal clip fencing recently approved for grant schemes.

APF 2026 returns in two years’ time to Alcester’s Ragley Estate from 24-26 September 2026. This is our pick of the best exhibitors from this year’s show, listed here in alphabetical order: Arborisk, ATVTrac, Avant Tecno, Classics & Cruisers, Elsoms Trees, GB Lubricants, Hycon Ltd, Hydraulic Platform Services Ltd, IS Machinery Hire, Lantra & Laronkarn Ltd. Further details can be found on this page and the next six.

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