Welcome to our web site.
We are an independent group of professional full time and part time contractors who work horses by choice in contemporary forestry.
To find a working contractor in your area, please visit the Professional Register .
For more information about horse logging works go to 'How We Work'
Membership of the BHL is also open to enthusiasts and supporters. Please <<click here>> to download a membership application/renewal form.
A professional forestry insurance scheme is available as a membership benefit.
The insurance offers £10m public and employers' liability to members of the BHL who opt in as well as products and pollution cover.
Rates for 2013/14 are still just £689 per policy. This is an important membership benefit and offers a high level of cover at an exceptional price.
Membership of the BHL is a requirement and the insurance scheme runs concurrent with the membership year; 1st April to 31st March.
Contact us to enquire and <<click here>> for more information
Training courses <<click here>> for news and information and <<here>> for a booking form.
Latest news <<click here>>
Download a copy of the Arboriculture and Forestry Advisory Group safety guide for extraction by horse.
<<Forest Industry Safety Accord>>
The new Forest Industry Safety body
A two horse forwarder with power grapple
<<Elections and celebrations at the AGM in 2013>>
<<The British Festival of the Working Horse>>
<<BHL Woodland Management Award 2011>>
<< BHL Horse Logging and Fell and Extract Competitions 2012>>
<<European Horse Logging Championship, UK, September 2012>>
<<BHL Horse Logging Competitions 2012 picture gallery>>
<<BHL Charitable Trust Machinery Ring>>
"Living horse power is cheap and readily available. We can breed horses, without limit, without endangering the planet.We know a lot about them and how to use them. They can pull things for us, carry us, help support our society, feed it and enable it to function. They can do so far better than they did in the past if we take advantage of some of the technical advances made in agriculture and machinery design. They can be fed from our fields. They don't destroy the environment but enhance it. They create employment, not replace it. They are a source of companionship in the workplace, a source of pride and pleasure when seen to be working to perfection in harmony with man and his surrounding. Why on earth don't we use them?"
Charlie Pinney. 2003.
<<British Horse Loggers Charitable Trust>>
<<British Horse Loggers in the Czech Republic>>