Aros Park Land Management Plan

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Aros Park lies one mile south of Tobermory on the Isle of Mull. Much of the park has historically been woodland, with a mix of early estate plantings and later commercial conifers, before acquisition by the Forestry Commission in 1957.

Aros Park is Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) main recreation facility on Mull and is a popular destination both for local islanders and visiting tourists. It is the focus for a network of footpaths accessible both on foot from Tobermory and by car. It also comprises the Sound of Mull Cliffs site of special scientific interest (SSSI) along it’s coastal boundary to the south.

Plan objectives

  • Support and enable investment in facilities and access for both locals and visitors to the Isle of Mull.
  • Continue to manage policy woodland silvicultural system.
  • Continue to work with the community on facilitating and progressing opportunities for community involvement in the forest given its close proximity to Tobermory.
  • Work with the community to protect the important Victorian heritage of Aros Park Estate.
  • Improve SSSI (Sound of Mull Cliffs) to ensure move towards improving condition,  and restore broadleaf Plantations on Ancient Woodland Sites (PAWS) including the SSSI buffer; develop and implement a plan to reduce and contain Rhododendron ponticum
  • Facilitate solutions for management of herbivore impact to support species diversity and ground vegetation as well as encouraging natural regeneration.

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Get in touch

If you would like further information or have any questions about this plan, please contact: enquiries.west@forestryandland.gov.scot