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Forestry England Visitor Shelter — Haldon Forest Park

Side view of the timber-framed visitor shelter at Haldon Forest Park, Devon, built for Forestry England, showing the full timber frame and shingled roof against surrounding woodland

This open-sided timber shelter was built as a visitor rest point on a public forest trail at Haldon Forest Park, Devon, commissioned by Forestry England. 4orty Construction worked on the build as part of the delivery team on-site, alongside the project's lead contractor.

The structure is a full timber post-and-truss frame under a pitched, fully shingled roof, with timber-clad half-walls, built-in bench seating and a servery-style counter unit inside. It sits on a compacted path just off the main trail, with the surrounding fencing and groundworks finished to match the rest of the park.

This is genuinely national public-sector work, not a local Yorkshire job — it's included here as real evidence behind 4orty Construction's Forestry England credential, which previously had no photos to support it.

Project details

Structure
Timber-framed visitor shelter
Sector
Public sector (national forestry estate)
Role
Part of the on-site build team, not lead contractor
Two views of the Haldon Forest Park timber shelter: from a distance among ferns, and a closer angled exterior shot
The timber shelter seen from the approach path through the forest at Haldon Forest Park
Aerial view of the timber shelter roof and surrounding forest paths at Haldon Forest Park
Interior of the shelter showing the timber frame, built-in bench and a xylophone-style play feature mounted on the counter unit
Interior servery counter unit built into the shelter, with information panels and a tree-stump stool
View from inside the shelter looking out over the Devon countryside, with a Forestry England wildlife information sign mounted on the wall

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