Eden, Cumbria, The Lake District – A natural choice for business

A.W. Jenkinson Forest Products

A.W. Jenkinson Forest Products

A.W. Jenkinson Forest Products was formed in the 1960s in Clifton just outside Penrith. Since then, what was once a one-man band has become a diverse but cohesive group of businesses with wood at its heart.

A.W. Jenkinson’s services link forestry, sawmilling, wood processing, and the building and demolition sectors with the demands of pulp, paper and panel manufacture, energy generation, agriculture, horticulture and amenity markets in an environmentally responsible cycle that makes maximum use of one of the world’s dwindling resources.

The group handles over four million tonnes of wood co-products each year, collected from forestry sites, sawmills and other wood processing industries throughout the UK. It also includes A.W. Jenkinson Transport, one of the UK’s largest providers of haulage, distribution and logistics services, with a growing fleet of almost 800 trucks.

Although the group now has a large number of sites throughout the country, the heart of the business remains firmly in Eden. Both A.W. Jenkinson Forest Products and A.W. Jenkinson Transport have their headquarters in and around Penrith, and the district is also home to Whinfellpark Limousins and A.W. Jenkinson Truckstop.

Our strong link with the county runs through the business – it’s even evident on the front of the thousands of bags of the ‘Heart of Eden’ range of horticultural products which are produced and bagged every week at our Clifton site.

A.W. Jenkinson continues to focus on growth and development, with ongoing investment in infrastructure, staffing and development, in Eden and throughout the UK.

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We are proud to be an Ambassador for Eden because as a local family having the ability to contribute to change we regard it a privilege to have the responsibility for part of its development and enhancement. Steve Atkinson, Owner of Atkinson Builders
Steve Atkinson

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