About the reserve

Part of a much larger expanse of woodland overlooking Monmouth and the Black Mountains, Graig Wood is dominated by ash, sycamore and oak trees, with a scattering of ancient yew trees.

Evidence of dormice has been found within the woodland and Hart’s-tongue fern grows across the reserve. Mosses and liverworts cover the ruins of two old cottages, the remains of a past when many families worked on the land and lived in cottages scattered across the countryside.