Fuelsell premium quality lumpwood charcoal is produced in the ancient woodlands of East Anglia. By choosing this charcoal you are not only buying a top quality BBQ fuel which is 100% hardwood, easy to light, producing high, long lasting heat. You are also supporting the sustainable management of some of our most precious woodland habitats.

Fuelsell lumpwood charcoal is made from hardwood managed on a coppice cycle. Coppicing is a truly sustainable ancient system of woodland management which involves cutting trees at ground level and then harvesting the resulting regrowth. This system hugely increases the lifespan of the individual trees, and therefore the woodland. There are trees within the ancient woodlands of Suffolk that have been coppiced every 25 years for well over 800 years and are still going strong!

By allowing light to reach the woodland floor coppicing for charcoal production has the additional benefit of producing a rich and varied wildlife habitat. Once dark and sterile woodlands burst into life with a carpet of wild flowers providing food for bees and butterflies, with the newly invigorated trees providing shelter for a host of woodland birds and mammals.

At present at least 90% of BBQ charcoal used in the UK is imported, shipped vast distances from countries with no systems for positive woodland management. This has resulted in the destruction of vast swathes of important and irreplaceable habitat.

By buying fuelsell lumpwood charcoal you are not only going to have a great BBQ experience, you are also helping to promote a sustainable planet.

Unlike many imported lumpwood and briquette charcoals which are impregnated with volatile petroleum based accelerants to make them flammable, Fuelsell lumpwood charcoal contains only carbonised wood. This produces a clean burning fuel which is easy to light and will not taint your food.