Woodland for sale - what do people do with it?

[Ari]

Every now and then I pas a sign nailed to a tree by a road advertising woodland for sale. Presumably you can't develop it otherwise whoever owns it would be clearing it and selling it as building land, which leaves the intriguing question - what do you do with 1/4 acre (or however much it is) of woodland?

You can go and stand in it I suppose, but there are plenty of public woods you can go and stand in for free.

Really struggling to understand why anyone would want to buy a bit of woodland.

Anyone got any? What do you do with it? And what does it cost?

[Ari]

S100HP said:

A wise man once told me "They don't make land anymore"

Sooo...

[Ari]

captainzep said:

People wanting to buy woodland through the main UK agents these days might find that covenants around use have to be signed as conditions of sale. This normally writes off any motor racing or firearms.

I doubt they're policed though - bit like covenants on houses saying no vans or caravans, no one takes much notice.

[Ari]

I'm actually quite fancying the idea now.!