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Date updated: 26/02/2025

The Epping Forest Consultative Group considers and debates management proposals or areas of concern at Epping Forest.

The Epping Forest Consultative Group will convene an Annual General Meeting in the autumn, supplemented by additional workshops and site visits as necessary to facilitate stakeholder groups and interested parties in reviewing and providing feedback on Epping Forest projects.  

The Epping Forest Consultative Group will also function as a platform to provide comments on papers that may be presented at future Epping Forest and Commons Committee meetings.

You can watch recordings of Consultative Group meetings on the City of London Corporation YouTube account

Applications are currently open for representatives of local societies to join the Consultative Group. You can find out all the details in the Terms of Reference below, and apply before 10 March 2025 using the online form

Epping Forest Consultative Committee Terms of Reference PDF (169KB)
Date submitted: 16/10/20

"All nature has a feeling: woods, fields, brooks are life eternal: and in silence they speak happiness beyond the reach of books; there's nothing mortal in them; their decay is the green life of change; to pass away and come again in blooms revivified."

John Clare

Epping Forest management documents

Below you can find documents relevant to the past, current and future management of Epping Forest. 

Epping Forest Management Strategy PDF (3MB)
Date submitted: 1/02/21
Epping Forest Annual Review 2024 PDF (26MB)
Date submitted: 11/12/24
Epping Forest Act 1878 PDF (272KB)
A copy of the Epping Forest Act 1878, in which the City of London Corporation became Conservators of the Forest
Date submitted: 20/02/25