Urban Wilderness

What Urban Wilderness does

Urban Wilderness is a UK-based landscape architecture, masterplanning, and urban design consultancy founded in 2010 by Tim Reid and registered as Urban Wilderness Ltd in Scotland (Company Number 371979). The firm operates from two studios — a headquarters in Holbeck, Leeds, and a second office in Sheffield — and is led by directors Tim Reid and Nathan Edwards, supported by a team of approximately 10 landscape architects, masterplanners, urban designers, and horticultural specialists. Services span the full project lifecycle from feasibility and site promotion through strategic masterplanning, detailed landscape and planting design, play space design, EIA and LVIA assessment, historic landscape restoration, rural estate diversification, public consultation, 3D visualisation, and project management.

The firm's core technology is its in-house design and assessment capability: 3D photo-realistic visualisation, GIS-based interactive mapping for community engagement, Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment (LVIA), Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), and public consultation tooling. Differentiators include a horticultural and plantsmanship expertise rarely found at this scale, multi-disciplinary project management across ecologists, archaeologists, drainage engineers, and sustainability consultants, and a track record of measurable environmental outcomes (e.g., 13% NO2 reduction via a green barrier at Hunters Bar Primary School; 46% biodiversity net gain target on a Canterbury student accommodation scheme).

The business model is a project-based professional services consultancy: fees are generated per commission through tender submissions, design competitions, and repeat-client engagement, with no publicly disclosed standard rate card. The go-to-market is sales-led and referral-driven, with client acquisition through professional networks, architects, developers, and landowners. Customer segments are vertically diversified across residential and housing developers, universities and educational institutions, the healthcare sector (NHS trusts, care homes), public sector and local authorities, rural estates and landowners, and charities/community groups. Anchor clients include Hallam Land Management, McArthurGlen, the National Trust, Nottingham Trent University, Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust, and the Health and Safety Executive. Revenue is not publicly disclosed and the firm is privately held with no external investment or parent company.

Name

Urban Wilderness

Legal name

Urban Wilderness Ltd

Website

https://urbanwilderness.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Urban Wilderness is a UK landscape architecture, masterplanning, and urban design consultancy founded in 2010, operating from Leeds and Sheffield with ~10 staff. It serves residential developers, universities, NHS trusts, conservation bodies, and public sector clients via project-based commissions across the UK.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Landscape Architecture Services

NAICS

Landscape Architectural Services (541320)

SIC

Services-To Dwellings & Other Buildings (7340)

akta.pro primary industry

Landscape Architecture & Site Design (BPAHAKAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Urban & Regional Planning (Land Use, Zoning, Master Planning) (BPAIANAD)

Keywords

• Landscape architecture services
• Urban design consulting
• Masterplanning services
• Environmental impact assessment
• Public realm design

Headquarters

HQ city

West York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Landscape Architecture and Consultancy Services: Fees generated from providing landscape architecture, masterplanning, urban design, landscape assessment, and project management services to clients across residential, education, healthcare, public sector, and commercial sectors.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Urban Wilderness is a landscape architecture and environmental consultancy providing landscape design, masterplanning, and urban design services. The firm delivers projects ranging from strategic masterplans and urban realm schemes to individual gardens and play spaces, with in-house expertise in 3D visualisation, EIA/LVIA assessments, public consultation, and project management. Services are sold on a per-project basis to developers, universities, healthcare providers, public sector bodies, and private clients.

Product overview

Urban Wilderness is a landscape architecture and environmental consultancy offering a comprehensive suite of services centered on three core disciplines: Landscape Architecture, Masterplanning, and Urban Design. Their service architecture consists of five integrated service categories: Design (covering hardscape, streetscape, planting, garden design, play spaces, and urban/public realm design); Masterplanning and Assessment (including site promotion, EIA/LVIA, strategic masterplanning, and feasibility studies); Landscape Strategy and Management (historic landscape restoration, rural estate management, and public art strategies); Visualization, Consultation and Project Management; and Pro-Bono Work. These services span from site promotion and feasibility through detailed landscape design and strategic masterplanning to landscape management plans, with additional in-house expertise in landscape restoration, horticulture, play design, rural-estates diversification, and landscape installation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Landscape Architecture
• Masterplanning
• Urban Design
• Garden Design and Landscape Installations
• Play Space Design
• Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Landscape & Visual Impact Assessment (LVIA)
• Feasibility Studies
• Historic Landscape Survey and Restoration
• Rural and Estate Design and Management Planning
• Project Management
• 3D Visualisation
• Public Consultation Range of consultation techniques including exhibition boards, leaflets, newspaper articles, and dedicated consultation websites with online comment forms. For developers, local authorities, and public sector bodies pursuing planning applications.
• Site Promotion

Quantifiable outcome

• 13% reduction in nitrogen dioxide (NO2) concentrations in playground after green barrier installation at Hunters Bar Primary School
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers13 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Munro+WhittenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on Lisbon University Design Ideas Competition resulting in Delegates Choice Award. Partnership demonstrates capacity for international design competitions and co-development of masterplanning concepts.
• McArthurGlencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMultiple collaborations including Bloom! Festival temporary garden installation and Designer Outlet York public realm assessment strategy. McArthurGlen is a major fashion retail outlet operator.
• Pozzoni ArchitectsminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerClose collaboration on Rock Ferry Assisted Living and Extra Care scheme for site-wide landscape strategy and detailed courtyard design.
• Hallam Land Management LtdcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-term partnership across multiple residential masterplanning projects including St Mary's Green, Hook Lane, Court Lodge, and others. Hallam Land Management is a major land promoter.
• Big Apple VenturesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership on Applegarth Farm diversification project involving cookery school, rural enterprise centre, and glamping retreat development.
• The Holbeck Viaduct GroupminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerConsortium partnership with local people and businesses to develop proposals for disused Holbeck Viaduct in Leeds. Urban Wilderness acts as key partner providing landscape architecture vision.
• Meanwood Valley PartnershipminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on Meanwood Valley Strategy and Climate Resilience Plan for North Leeds, working with passionate group of residents, local groups, and engaged professionals.
• Church Lukas ArchitectsminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerPartnership on Canterbury student accommodation scheme to balance biodiversity enhancement with student health and wellbeing.
• One Five WestminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with Manchester-based visual artists on Dormouse Garden installation for Chester Zoo's Wild Worlds Festival.
• University of SheffieldcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMulti-faceted partnership including Green Barrier research collaboration with Department of Landscape Architecture, Our City Green festival consortium, and staff mentoring on Pathway to Chartership programme.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Davies White: Mid-sized UK landscape architecture firm working across residential, education, and public realm projects. Comparable scale, service mix, and client profile to Urban Wilderness, with similar masterplanning and detailed design offerings.
• Gillespies: UK landscape architecture and urban design practice with deep experience in masterplanning, public realm, and residential developments. Directly comparable service portfolio and client base to Urban Wilderness, though typically delivering larger-scale commissions across major UK cities.
• LDA Design: Integrated landscape, urban design, and planning consultancy offering masterplanning, landscape assessment (EIA/LVIA), and public realm design. Directly overlaps with Urban Wilderness across residential, education, healthcare, and public sector segments.
• Optimised Environments (OPEN): London-based landscape architecture and environmental design consultancy with strong emphasis on sustainable design, biodiversity, and climate-positive masterplanning—closely aligned with Urban Wilderness's climate-resilient and biodiversity-led positioning.
• Gustafson Porter + Bowman: Internationally recognised landscape architecture practice with high-profile public realm and cultural-sector projects. Overlaps with Urban Wilderness in masterplanning, detailed landscape design, and serving public sector and institutional clients.
• HTA Design: Multi-disciplinary design practice combining landscape architecture, architecture, and planning with strong residential masterplanning and public realm credentials—directly comparable integrated offering to Urban Wilderness's masterplanning-plus-detailed-design model.
• Farrer Huxley Associates: Boutique UK landscape architecture practice focused on residential, education, and healthcare projects with comparable scale, sector mix, and masterplanning-plus-detailed-design services to Urban Wilderness.
• Grant Associates: Bath-based specialist landscape architecture consultancy with strong focus on ecologically-led design, masterplanning, and biodiversity—closely mirroring Urban Wilderness's sustainability positioning and competing for similar residential, education, and conservation clients.
• Land Use Consultants: Established UK consultancy offering landscape architecture, masterplanning, EIA, and LVIA services. Directly overlapping with Urban Wilderness's core service portfolio across similar developer, public sector, and conservation client segments.
• Allen Pyke Associates: UK landscape architecture consultancy delivering masterplanning, urban design, and detailed landscape work for residential, education, and public sector clients—similar boutique scale and multi-sector positioning as Urban Wilderness.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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