It is a small ancient wood, with a canopy of oak and hornbeam, and an understorey dominated by rhododendron.[2]
Some of the hornbeam are in strange shapes as they were originally trained as hedges and then allowed go wild.[3]
The entrance is by a path from Hendon Wood Lane, near the junction with Barnet Road. There is also access from the Dollis Valley Greenwalk and London Loop, at wooden posts numbered 12 and 13, which are points on the Barnet Gate Wood Nature Trail.