They are owned by Sutton Council and managed by the Woodland Trust.

[3] The woods are the largest continuous area of woodland in the borough of Sutton.

[4] Ruffett Wood is mainly sycamore, with some ash and hazel.

It has some plant species indicative of ancient woodland, such as bluebells, dog's mercury and sanicle.

Big Wood is even more dominated by sycamore, and has two large oaks, but due to shading by a high canopy it lacks indicator species apart from one stand of wood anemone.