Butchershole provides access to the eastern edge of Friston Forest.
Friston Forest is owned by South East Water and managed by the Forestry Commission on a 200 year lease. The forest covers more than 800 hectares of land within the South Downs National Park. Most of the forest was planted with Beech in the 1950s, in places with conifers to help young broadleaf trees to develop. Gradually many of the conifers have been removed to leave large areas of beech. Because many of the trees were planted over a very short timeframe, the Forestry Commission is concentrating on diversifying the forest through thinning, small fellings, natural regeneration and planting.
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