Allington Hill & Cooper's Wood

Rising above Allington, on the western edge of Bridport, Allington Hill is prominent in the landscape, being visible from all directions. Prior to Woodland Trust ownership, the hill was predominantly managed as grass, both by grazing (on the main hill) and by cutting (Cooper's Wood next to Hospital Lane), although there are older areas of woodland - an area on the southern boundary was planted in the 1880s as a shelter belt, some of the northern slopes had developed into scrub woodland, and there are some fine mature broadleaves along the line of the public footpath across the eastern end of the hill. Further planting using native broadleaved species along the lower slopes of the main hill was carried out by the Trust between 1987 and 1993; and planting of Cooper's Wood by Hospital Lane in 2004.