Scholes Coppice is known to be an ancient woodland, meaning that it has been in existence for at least the past 400 years. However, major parts of the wood have, for the past century, been dominated by planted non-native trees such as Beech, Sycamore and Sweet Chestnut.

Bray Plantation, as its name suggests is not an ancient woodland but was instead planted in the early years of the 19th century.

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.