A 2200-ha Argyll forest overlooking Loch Fyne has come to the market for offers over £29m.

Sellers say the sale of Glen Shira Forest offers a rare opportunity to purchase a high yielding, sizeable commercial conifer forest with a mixed age structure at a time when the market is hungry for stock.

Jon Lambert, partner at selling agent Goldcrest Land and Forestry, who is conducting the sale said: “Improving timber prices and continued appetite for forestry underpins the market which will lead to competitive bidding for attractive well-priced properties.”

Mr Lambert said: “Glen Shira Forest is the largest commercial forest to come to the market in the UK in 2023. It has extensive areas of mature timber ready for felling alongside much younger crops and therefore provides a large age profile that will produce regular income in the years to come.”

Glen Shira also has an extensive, internal forest road network and proximity to timber processors via agreed timber transport routes and the seaports of Ardrishaig and Campbeltown.

The agency has also launched Inverneill Hill Forest, a compact, second-rotation commercial conifer forest, largely made up of Sitka spruce, on the Mull of Kintyre peninsula. Located in an area of stunning natural beauty, it extends to 98.29ha and is on the market for offers over £995,000.