Softwood Sawlogs –
timber price
The Forest Research price for softwood sawlogs in Great Britain, 6 months to 31 March 2026. Quoted in £ per m³ overbark, overbark, roadside/delivered. These are prices from real sales of timber from Britain's public forests.
Softwood Sawlogs
Softwood sawlogs are the larger-diameter conifer logs that mills turn into sawn construction timber. Forest Research reports the roadside price — the price for logs already felled and brought to the forest road — for the six months to 31 March and to 30 September. Because it includes felling and extraction, a roadside sawlog price sits well above the standing-sales price and cannot be compared with it.
The latest figure is about £55.30 per m³ (overbark, roadside/delivered), with a price index of 69.7 (Sep 2021 = 100). The index shows how prices have moved; it is not the price in pounds. Source: Forest Research – Timber Price Indices.
Softwood Sawlogs at a glance
Price in £/m³ overbark and the price index (Sep 2021=100). Source: Forest Research.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Price | £55.30 per m³ |
| Basis | overbark, roadside/delivered |
| Price index (Sep 2021=100) | 69.7 |
| Reporting period | 6 months to 31 March 2026 |
All GB timber categories
The three Forest Research categories side by side. Standing and roadside prices are not comparable. Source: Forest Research.
| Category | Basis | Index Sep 2021=100 | Price £/m³ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coniferous Standing Sales | overbark, standing | 89.0 | £35.17 |
| Softwood Sawlogs | overbark, roadside/delivered | 69.7 | £55.30 |
| Small Roundwood | overbark, roadside/delivered | 120.9 | £45.87 |
Spruce vs other conifer sawlog index (real terms)
Softwood sawlog price index by species group, Great Britain, 2016–2026. These are real terms (2021 prices), index Sep 2021 = 100 — an index, not a price in £/m³. Forest Research publishes the species breakdown only as a real-terms index, not as separate prices. Source: Forest Research – Timber Price Indices (Data to March 2026).