Achnaha Community Wood is an eight hectare coastal woodland of mixed broadleaves and some planted conifers. The woodland includes an open area on the Sound of Mull used by locals for camping, BBQs and access to the shore.
A woodland shelter and picnic table are open for visitors to use to relax in the woodland. The footpath loop takes 15-20 minutes to complete.

With assistance from the Morvern Woodlands Project (with funding from Highland Council, Forestry Commission Scotland and the European Union), the woodland was stock-fenced, dense areas of exotic conifers and Rhododendron were removed, and a footpath network was created between 2003-2006. Morvern Community Woodlands volunteers now maintain the wood and in 2008, they started thinning the woodland and extracting small quantities of timber to open up gaps where trees can regenerate and the ground flora can develop.
For more details on the woodland, please download the management plan.

Morvern Community Woodlands volunteers can provide training and demonstrations at Achnaha Community Wood or other locations in: Rhododendron ponticum removal (manual, non-chemical methods), dyking, woodland bird survey, woodturning, big log milling, and furniture making.
Contact us to find out more.

Download the Achnaha Community Wood management plan

For further information on setting up and managing community woodland projects in Scotland, visit the Community Woodlands Association at www.communitywoods.org .