The Mersey Forest is a network of woodlands and green spaces being created across Merseyside and North Cheshire by a wide-ranging partnership of different organisations including local authorities, community groups and businesses.

It stretches from Sefton to the north of Liverpool and south to Northwich in Cheshire.

The forest is seen as having a major role in attracting new business and tourism to the area.

[1] In common with the other community forests, it is not a contiguous area of forest, but rather an initiative to increase forestry coverage in an area close to urban communities.

An example of this at work is Griffin Wood, clearly visible from the M62 just to the south of St. Helens.