I was delighted to help plant the very first tree of our new Northern Forest on the Smithills Estate and I’m so proud that this historic project has begun here in Bolton West.
It was fantastic that the Minister Therese Coffey and the Mayors of Bolton and Horwich could attend and help with the planting, along with school children from St Peter’s in Smithills. I’m looking forward to watching the saplings we planted today take root and for the forest to grow and expand across the north over the coming years.