Both Falconer Wood and Hail Mary Hill Wood are thought to be semi-natural and of ancient origin, meaning that they have been in existence for at least the last 400 years. Although both areas of woodland were in the past extensively managed as coppice woodland, this is not now evident.

VEGETATION TYPES
The distribution of different vegetation types at the site can be seen on the map below.

The classification of the different woodland types relates to that in the general descriptions of woodland types elsewhere on this website.