 They did this with the sole aim of preserving a piece of countryside and woodland within a small corner of Bradford.Within the past 15 years the Heaton Woods Trust received the necessary funding for Sean's Pond.Over the years The Heaton Woods Trust acquired two further pieces of farmland increasing the woodland to its current size which are now named “Rosse Woods” after their president, the Earl of Rosse and “Lower Wood.”

Alongside asking its visitors to follow the Countryside Code, one of the charity's rules that it emphatically enforces is having all dogs on a lead at all times whilst visiting The Heaton Woods Trust woodland.