UK's Largest Woodland Conservation Charity - Woodland Trust

Woodland Plants and Fungi - Woodland Trust

Climate Change - Woodland Trust

Agroforestry - Woodland Trust

Things To Do in Our Woods - Woodland Trust

Types of Woodland Habitats - Woodland Trust

Why Plant Trees? - Plant Trees - Woodland Trust

404 Error - Woodland Trust

Woodland Creation Guide - Woodland Trust

Walking in the Woods: Top 10 Tips - Woodland Trust

Lists (e.g., `<ul>` or `<ol>`) should only contain list items (`<li>`) as a direct descendant 
to ensure that screen readers can accurately report the amount of items contained in the list. 

## Example

In the following example, some screen readers would say this list has two items, instead of 
four: 

```html
<ul>
    <div class="some_class">
        <li>Example 1</li>
    </div>
    <div class="some_other_class">
        <li>Example 2</li>
        <li>Example 3</li>
        <li>Example 4</li>
    </div>
</ul>
```

To fix this, you would need to remove the `<div class="some_class">` and 
`<div class="some_other_class>` elements and ensure only `<li>` list items remain.

## Further reading

The [formal specification for the list element](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/ul)
shows what is and is not permitted inside an `<ul>` and `<ol>`.

See [Technique H88](https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/H88.html) for more information.

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February 2025

January 2025

Woodland Trust

Title / URL	Issues
UK's Largest Woodland Conservation Charity - Woodland Trustwww.woodlandtrust.org.uk/	2
Woodland Plants and Fungi - Woodland Trustwww.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-and-wildlife/plants/	2
Climate Change - Woodland Trustwww.woodlandtrust.org.uk/climate-change/	2
Agroforestry - Woodland Trustwww.woodlandtrust.org.uk/plant-trees/agroforestry-benefits/	2
Things To Do in Our Woods - Woodland Trustwww.woodlandtrust.org.uk/visiting-woods/things-to-do/	2
Types of Woodland Habitats - Woodland Trustwww.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-and-wildlife/habitats/	2
Why Plant Trees? - Plant Trees - Woodland Trustwww.woodlandtrust.org.uk/plant-trees/why-plant-trees/	2
404 Error - Woodland Trustwww.woodlandtrust.org.uk/invented-url-for-404-page	2
Woodland Creation Guide - Woodland Trustwww.woodlandtrust.org.uk/plant-trees/woodland-creation-guide/	2
Walking in the Woods: Top 10 Tips - Woodland Trustwww.woodlandtrust.org.uk/visiting-woods/things-to-do/walking/	2

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

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