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Forestry England

Delamere Forest Concession Opportunity

Recreation & CultureCPV 92000000
ValueValue not published
Deadline
Published18 Jul 2025
RegionNationwide

No value: the buyer is not paying for this — the notice is flagged a concession, so the money runs the other way.

Who to contact
Emily Coffin
commercial.services@forestryengland.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

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The brief

Forestry England have a potential future opportunity at Delamere Forest for the provision of a concession installation.

Forestry England are currently researching potential commercial uses for the current bike hire building on site.

We are seeking interest and feedback from the wider market as to potential appropriate activities/services that would be a cohesive fit with the forestry environment and our visitor profile at the Delamere site.

Delamere Forest is the largest woodland in Cheshire, covering an area of 972 hectares.

A mixture of woodland, internationally important meres and mosses, as well as Old Pale Heights – the highest point in the Cheshire Plain – and several Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).

Delamere has excellent transport links and lies between the Manchester, Liverpool and Chester conurbations.

Welcoming approximately 750,000 visitors each year, Delamere is a popular destination for outdoor activities like walking, running, cycling and horse riding.

There are also a number of annual sports events, as well as Forestry England’s annual music series, Forest Live.

As one of Forestry England’s flagship sites, the visitor facilities are centred around the state-of-the-art Visitor Centre, which was built in 2020.

Facilities include a number of carparks, a café, education, Go Ape, waymarked trails and several long-distance Public Rights of Way that cut through the forest.

There’s also a Forest Holidays location within Delamere, consisting of 62 luxury cabins and a retreat.

Forestry England are currently scoping our requirements to ensure that any future tender documentation accurately reflects the offerings of the market.

We invite companies from the market to register their interest in this future requirement and provide feedback on potential clarifications and the feasibility of our emerging plans.

We also invite suppliers to provide suggestions on potential concessions that they believe would be a suitable fit for the Delamere forest site.

To view this notice, please click here: https://forestryengland.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=964022069

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

Forestry England are currently scoping our requirements

Forestry England are currently scoping our requirements to ensure that any future tender documentation accurately reflects the offerings of the market.

02

We invite companies from the market

We invite companies from the market to register their interest in this future requirement and provide feedback on potential clarifications and the feasibility of our emerging plans.

03

We also invite suppliers to provide suggestions

We also invite suppliers to provide suggestions on potential concessions that they believe would be a suitable fit for the Delamere forest site.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0561e3
Stage
planning · Planning
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
041192-2025
View the original notice on Find a Tender

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