The woodland has a nice mix of trees. Of particular note are the mature Corsican pines that have a significant timber value. The western side of the woodland is mostly mixed broadleaf and has a wonderfull natural feeling to it. Both beech and sycamore trees create an open canopy allowing sunlight to cascade onto the woodland floor.

Wildlife abounds in this heavily wooded area of Lincolnshire. The woodland is rich in wild flowers, birds and small mammals.

Level and well stocked with mature trees. The wood has an old track running diagonally from its northern edge through the woodland which provides excellent access. Plenty of small glades offer opportunities to camp surrounded by nature.

The woodland has the benefit of an excellent stoned access track suitable for most family vehicles providing all year access to the woodland.

There are no public footpaths running through the wood.

The woodland covenant is in place to assure the preservation of this important environment along with the additional security of a local authority Tree Preservation Order to assist with sound forestry practice for the future stewardship of the wood.

For anyone looking for a bolthole to escape modern life, Old Wood offers an easily manageable woodland ideal for the family woodland owner. Camping, den making, bushcraft, small scale timber production are all activities that could be enjoyed in the woodland. The simple act of spending time in a wood you own is relaxing. Away from the toil of everyday life it is easy just to sit and be calm. Woods grow slowly there is no rush.

A settlement existed at Broughton in the Neolithic Stone Age (New Stone Age). Stone tools have been found particularly on the commons near Wressle. Pottery was discovered at a house on Ermine Street in 1956, thought to date back to the Bronze Age period. There were burials discovered around 1850 in the commons to the north-east of Broughton.

Broughton's St Mary's Church is Grade 1 listed with a very rare Saxon staircase tower, one of four in the country.

To the west and north, Broughton has extensive woodlands that stretch toward Scunthorpe. To the south of the woods sits one of the few 4-star hotels in the area, and which has a 27-hole golf course (formerly Forest Pines, now Doubletree by Hilton - though still commonly known as Forest Pines).