Today the site has returned to the state in which it must have been for so many centuries. It is naturally regenerating woodland, little affected by the upheavals of the 1940s.  There are a large number of mature trees and, as trees grow slowly on the thin, acidic soil, it is possible that these are much older than their size suggests (Burr Oaks are mentioned here in the 1651 survey).  Some Oaks have been naturally bonsaied, clinging to the rocks and cliffs.

At the northern end, the land has been colonised by silver birch and hawthorn saplings allowing seedlings of oak, beech and sweet chestnut to develop and eventually take over as the birch dies.  It is important that dead trees are left on site to decay and provide food and habitat for fungi, lichens, fern, insects and beetles which in their turn, provide food for birds and small mammals. The whole site has a picturesque beauty whether viewed from a distance, driving past or viewed more closely.

The sandstone cliff like walls of the tunnel entrances are luminously enhanced with lichens, ferns and small oaks, even the areas of decomposing concrete and tarmac are covered in moss and pierced by young silver birch saplings; nature clothing man’s invasions.  Plants growing here in the most difficult conditions include the dainty vermillion red Centaury (Centaurium Erythraea) and a colony of the rare white Mullein (Verbascum Lynchnitis) with white blossoms on branched stems flowering in mid June.

The white Mullein is almost certainly a native here.  In Britain, it is native only in Kent and Sussex. In 1991, it was reported as obliterated by work being done at the tunnels. In 2006, it was seen splendidly flowering in the tarmac at Drakelow and along the Solcum footpath.
 
Another unusual plant found normally along the west coasts of England and Wales is Cotyledon Umbelicos-Veneris (Navalwort or Wall Pennywort).

Drakelow shares the same animal and bird population as the rest of Kinver Edge. Adders, grass snakes, and slow worms have been seen here.  Badgers inhabit the hillside and are regularly seen crossing Kingsford Lane.  Bats that have been sighted at Drakelow include the Lesser Horseshoe Bat, Daubenton’s Bat, the little Pipistrelle Bat and the Brown Long-eared Bat.