Agden Wood is an ancient replanted woodland. The current tree cover was probably planted shortly after the construction of Agden reservoir, as landscaping. Agden House, which is depicted on the 1st edition OS map of 1855 still stands in a small clearing towards the southern part of the woods. Prior to the current conifer cover, the woods here may have been managed as coppice woodland. Legibility of this previous wooded landscape is partial.