Forest (bicycle-sharing system)

Forest (formerly HumanForest^[1]) is a dockless bicycle hire service in London in the United Kingdom. The service charges riders £1 to unlock their ride, and rewards them with 1 minute for parking in borough designated parking areas. ^{[2] [3]}

Forest
Human Forest e-bikes in London, 2021
Overview
Area served	London
Transit type	Bicycle-sharing system
Website	forest.me
Operation
Began operation	2020; 5 years ago (2020)

As of June 2025, Forest has over 14,000 bicycles across London,^[4] making it one of the three main e-bike operators in London, competing with Santander Cycles (docked) and Lime. This is a large increase from the 800 cycles in September 2021. ^[5]

These services replaced Chinese companies Mobike and Ofo after their insolvencies and removal.^[6]

Forest launched in 2020, but was shut down within months after someone was injured due to a faulty e-bike. The company recalled all of the bikes and replaced them, restarting service in 2021.^[7]

In August 2023, the service was renamed to Forest.^[1]

The service aims to be different to its competition by promoting green ideals and providing users with 10 minutes of free service per day^[8] (users still need to pay an "unlock fee" for every ride, which is currently £1).

Forest is ad-supported by partners such as Nutmeg and Whole Foods.^[9]