[6] Prior to the establishment of the forest, the land had been used for sheep-grazing and as a military training area (large parts of which also became the RAF Fylingdales base in 1963).

[12] May Moss is a peatland on the north-western edge of Langdale Forest that borders RAF Fylingdales to the north.

[15] The peat restoration project included many partners and the site is registered as part of the peatland programme with the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

[16] The forest contains over 15 scheduled monuments, all listed with Historic England, being noted for their history dating back to the Bronze Age.

[34] In 2012, £24,000 was spent on ecological improvements to the becks in the forest to provide a stable habitat for water voles.

[35] Some conifers were felled and scrub was cleared to allow "suitable vegetation" to grow that the water voles favour.