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Use this page to download the whole Ancient Woods guide or just parts of it that you are interested in. We have made parts of the guide available separately to help in the process of identifying, assessing and managing ancient woodland features.

Just click the links below

Ancient Woods: A guide for woodland owners and managers

The whole 16 page guide as a pdf.

Ancient woodland features wallchart

A handy wallchart describing the four ancient woodland features and where to find them (pdf).

Example annotated map

To show how simple it can be to record your features in Step 1 we have put together an example annotated map (pdf)

Assessing threats to features

Try using this table in Step 2 when you are assessing if any of your features are threatened (pdf).

Ancient woodland features sensitivities wallchart

A handy wallchart describing the sensitivities of the ancient woodland features and example management solutions (pdf).

Rules of thumb for reconciling objectives

Try using our handy 'rules of thumb' in Step 2 if you have conflicting management objectives that need reconciling (pdf).

Landscape view. Photo: WTPL/Carole Sutton © Woodland Trust (click to enlarge)

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