Although the Lancashire Rural Futures programme has ceased

specialist rural business support can still be accessed through

Rural Futures on 01995 600724 www.ruralfutures.co.uk

Inside Out Buildings

The business designs and installs high specification, environmentally sensitive, timber buildings for use as garden offices, extra living space or occasional accommodation.

Telephone: 01524 737999 www.iobuild.co.uk

Yew Two

This is a woodturning and woodworking business which has invested heavily in the latest high technology woodturning lathes.

Telephone: 01524 272100

Bill Hogarth Memorial Trust

The Bill Hogarth Memorial Trust was formed in 2000 to teach coppicing skills, to promote the management of broadleaved woodland, to support the coppice industry and provide economic use of native woodland and to raise public awareness of the coppice industry.

Telephone: 01524 781375 www.coppiceapprentice.org.uk

H J Berry and Sons

With their own sawmill as well as timber drying, cutting, machining, assembly and finishing plant this business is one of the last furniture makers in the country who take the product from felled timber right through to the end product.

Telephone: 01995 61226 www.berrychairs.co.uk

Penny Productions

Wooden artefacts are produced in the workshop on site at the farm. Items that are produced include: furniture, board games, memory boxes, toys.

Telephone: 07759 134173 www.pennyproductions.biz

Paul Case Furniture

Paul Case furniture is a recently formed business which has taken over a redundant building on the Downham Estate to make bespoke furniture using wood taken from the local estate.

Telephone: 07956 198977

Downham Charcoal

This business takes the thinning from woodland on the Downham Estate. From these it makes firewood (kindling & logs) and charcoal. Additionally it takes waste wood pallets from a local industrial estate, and is processing these into kindling.

Telephone: 01200 445095

Logs Direct

A business which is taking timber from managed estates and selling it on as logs and kindling for wood fuel.

Telephone: 07876 205361

Treecraft

Treecraft is owned by Richard Atton. Richard is a conservation contractor, who specializes in hedgerow management, tree planting and woodland & footpath access work.

Telephone: 07814 651693

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