Hawthorn Heavy Horses

Update: 30th January 2024

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That's all for this winter folks!   We have now filled our last booking slots until the end of March and unfortunately we aren't able to offer any more deliveries until the Summer.  However we are already busy in the woods cutting, extracting and preapring timber for winter 2024/25 and also 25/26!!   After March we will then be taking a break in deliveries for a couple of months to give us time to reorganise the yard, but there will be slots availbale in June/July/August for those who want to stock up early.   As ever we strongly encourage this as our winter waiting times can get very long!

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Unfortunately regular customers will note an increase in our prices.  A combination of a steep rise in prices of timber, combined with a large increase in business/labour costs due to the cost of living crisis leaves us with little choice.   Otherwise the only option left would be to sell our timber wholesale and cease deliveries entirely.   We're confident that the quality of our timber and the bespoke service that we provide is still very competative, and have kept it to the minimim increase that we can to make our delivieries sustainable for the next year.

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Thanks again for your custom and hope to see you soon.

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Kind Regards,

Matt, Claudia and Family

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We produce our firewood through the sustainable management and coppicing of the Woodlands at Hylands and other local woods, using our heavy horses as the primary method of extracting the timber.  This is possibly the most environmentally sensitive and wildlife friendly way of producing timber, and proceeds from the sales of the wood go towards helping to look after our rare-breed horses and further management of our local Woodlands, which will help protect them for future generations.

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As the logs have minimal transportation, and have been naturally seasoned as far as  possible so that they have a very small carbon footprint in their production.   Our firewood is all quality hardwoods including hornbeam, ash, oak, hazel and sycamore, all of which are excellent for burning and suitable for open fires and wood burners.  Burning wet wood is inefficient and polluting, and our logs won't leave the yard until they are under 20% moisture content, avoiding the use of a kiln as far as possible by using the wind and the sun to naturally and sustainably dry your fuel.  However we also have kiln facilities available to ensure every delivery arrives dry and ready for you to burn.  When we do need to "kiln finish" our logs, we use offcuts of wood from the log production process and burn them in a specilised contianerised kiln.   This is by far the most efficient and environmentally friendly way of ensuring you logs reach you dry and ready to burn whatever the British weather has in store!

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We deliver loose logs in approximately 1 cubic metre loads for £150 (inc VAT), or approximately 2 cubic metre for £290 (inc VAT) with free delivery within a 10 mile radius of Hylands Park and this includes a free bag of kindling.   This area is shown below, and please only book online if you are inside this zone.  If you are outside of this area and are an exisiting customer, then please order as you usually would.  However as of Jan 2024 we are unfortunately not taking on any more customers from outside this zone.

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