As such, the site is almost totally man-made - nearly all trees on the site were manually planted, and the lakes and ponds were created by excavating and flooding former gravel workings with water from the River Darent.
Therefore, the site's landscape is almost entirely shaped by human activity - most of the trees on the site were planted deliberately, and the lakes and ponds were created by digging and flooding former gravel workings with water from the River Darent.