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Caches on Forestry Commission, Woodland Trust & National Trust land

Caches in Forestry Commission, Woodland Trust and National Trust land require permission in most cases. The GAGB landowner database has the full details. Below you'll find useful links to help you identify who a particular woodland or area belongs to.

Forestry Commission land is identified on the 1:50,000 Ordnance Survey maps with a purple tree symbol (fir and deciduous) and purple boundary.  Woodland Trust land is not specifically identified on the Ordnance Survey maps. To identify their woodland areas, use their interactive map. National Trust land and property is indicated by a purple outlined area and an oak leaf symbol.

When submitting a cache in such a location you should add the permission information as a 'Note to Reviewer' log on the cache page for the reviewer to see. The information should include the name of the person who gave their permission and their telephone number or email address. The text of any email correspondence or letter giving permission should be copied there too. Please note these logs are not visible when the cache is published. Permission does not apply to 'question to answer' stages of multi-caches (where there is no physical component or container) which may involve visiting these locations.

You should also add the permission information on your cache page description. It not only tells finders that the cache area is OK to go to but new cachers finding your cache can see that permission may be needed for certain locations and will consider that when they place their first caches. It is of course a courtesy to the organisation or landowner who gave permission to acknowledge it. Something like, "Cache placed with the kind permission of the wardens of the reserve" or "Cache placed with the kind permission of the manager of the local National Trust office". Don't put in peoples names, the full permission details should be added in the note to the reviewer when you submit the cache.

Geocaching Association of Great Britain - Landowner database for permission and contacts
Interactive link to Streetmap.co.uk allowing you to enter coordinates (in any format) or post code to view detailed maps of that location.*
Forestry Commission website for England, Scotland and Wales
Forestry Commission - list of regional offices with contact details
Woodland Trust website for the UK
Woodland Trust Interactive map of the UK - search for a woodland
National Trust website
National Trust regional offices
MAGIC interactive map. Very useful as it shows all types of land management and organisations including FC, WT and NT


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*Thanks to Gary and Jane for the Streetmap link.

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