The 40ha Bidston Moss site, visible from the M53 motorway and mainline train route to Liverpool, will be regenerated under the Newlands project, a scheme designed to revive derelict, underused and neglected land.
The Forestry Commission will manage the community woodlands in partnership with Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority (MWDA), which owns the site, Groundwork Wirral, The Mersey Forest and Wirral Council.
John Fletcher, said: “The social and economic benefits of transforming an existing brownfield site into a multi-use, attractive woodland shouldn’t be underestimated. We are delighted that land that was previously landfill can be used for something which the whole community will gain from.”
