Industry Services
Industry Services
The APF Demo is the flagship event for the industry and the must visit show for anyone working in the forestry, woodland, arboriculture, fencing, estate and ground maintenance sectors. It is the place to network with all the industry’s stakeholders, catch up with old friends, and see the latest state of the art machinery and equipment.
APF 2026 will celebrate 50 years of the APF Demo since the very first show in 1976 at Longleat Estate. It will take place on the 24–26 September 2026 at Ragley Estate, Warwickshire.
APF 2024 was a huge critical success, and we are working hard to ensure that APF 2026 is a fitting event for our 50th birthday. 300 exhibitors and 20,000 visitors are expected to attend with over £90m of working machinery on show.
One of the standout features of APF 2024 was the number of events and competitions we had on display. There were two world championships, one European championship and five UK championships. We are looking to build on that for APF 2026. The favourites will be there including the World 25m poleclimbing championships, the European chainsaw carving championships, the UK Forwarder driving championships, the UK tree climbing competition and the British fencing championships.
Look out for new events such as the UK Loggers and the UK Lumberjack championships and a new category event for students in the Forwarder driving, with a chance to take part in a state-of-the-art forwarder. There will be plenty of have-a-go events such as tree climbing, axe throwing and a 4 x 4 course.
Our Arb worker zone will return and be based around the UK tree climbing arena so you can watch the climbers go against the clock and then browse all the latest arb kit on offer. The Forest Worker Zone will, as ever, be a fantastic source of help, advice and practical demos on a huge array of subjects.
The woodland craft area will have the largest display of rare and traditional woodland crafts on show anywhere in the UK. The seminar tent will have all the latest topical news on grants, safety, training, pests and diseases.
We have now opened for bookings for both exhibitors and visitors. Exhibitor booking forms are available on our website. Demand is expected to be high and we sold out our Demo circuit last time. Advance visitor tickets are just £25 and represent a £5 saving on the gate price.
We still have some fantastic sponsorship opportunities to promote your company to a very targeted audience including the chainsaw carving, UK Loggers, UK Lumberjacks and tree climbing competitions as well as axe throwing, tree climbing, gates and car parks, our schools and education programme, woodland crafts area and seminar tent.
We look forward to welcoming you to APF 2026.
When the first exhibition took place at Longleat in 1976 it was run by The Association of Professional Foresters (The APF).
Around the year 2000 the APF merged with other member organisations to form Confor and the full name of the Association disappeared, however, most people in the industry referred to the Exhibition as The APF so we kept the initials as our trading name and, at the same time, formed a separate limited company, The APF International Forest Machinery Exhibition Ltd, whose sole shareholder is Confor. This was to keep the trading nature of the exhibition separate to the representative role of Confor.
