✦ Historic site

Brightling Obelisk

✦ Ancient woodland0 ha

📷 N Chadwick · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Dogs welcome0 ha

Getting here

50.96609, 0.37704

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Heritage

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Historic site

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Wildlife

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Ancient woodland

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Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Ironmaster's Walk, BatemansWalking route3.2 km▾

Longstanding tradition claims that Bateman's was built by a Wealden ironmaster. It is difficult now to appreciate that Burwash was ever anything other than a village, but the Normans saw the growth of small scale iron production that lasted 4 centuries.

Named routeLength 3.2 kmDuration 01:00Round tripLocal walking route

Kipling's Puck Walk Around the Bateman's Countryside, BatemansWalking route4 km▾

Home of author & poet Rudyard Kipling. The 300 acres of countryside around the house influenced works such as Puck of Pook's Hill, Rewards & Fairies and many poems. Uncover the landscape that inspired his work. Mostly flat with one steep gradient & stiles

Named routeLength 4 kmDuration 01:00-01:30Round tripLocal walking route

About this historic site

Brightling Obelisk is an ancient historic site covering 0 hectares. As an ancient woodland, it has been continuously wooded since at least 1600 AD — a rare and irreplaceable habitat rich in biodiversity and historical character.

Wildlife to spot

5,300 records from NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

5,300 records · NBN Atlas

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Birds47 species recorded

Great Tit · Goldfinch · Carrion Crow

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Plants2 species recorded

Yarrow · Enchanter's-nightshade

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

5,300 records · NBN Atlas

🐦

Birds47 species recorded

Great Tit · Goldfinch · Carrion Crow

🌿

Plants2 species recorded

Yarrow · Enchanter's-nightshade

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

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📷 N Chadwick · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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📷 N Chadwick · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this spring

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌸Ancient woodlands are famous for bluebell carpets in April and May — one of Britain's most spectacular wildflower displays
🐦Prime nesting season — listen for woodpecker drumming, warbler song and the first cuckoos from April
🦌Roe deer are active before the leaf canopy closes in — dawn and dusk are best

🌱 Visiting this spring

🌸Ancient woodlands are famous for bluebell carpets in April and May — one of Britain's most spectacular wildflower displays
🐦Prime nesting season — listen for woodpecker drumming, warbler song and the first cuckoos from April
🦌Roe deer are active before the leaf canopy closes in — dawn and dusk are best

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Parking

1 nearby · Free · 269m

✦ Ancient🐶 Dogs

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🐕Dogs welcome
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦BRIGHTLING PARKHistoric site1.4 km→✦BATEMANSHistoric site2.6 km→⛪Church of Christ the KingReligious grounds3.5 km→⛪St Bartholomew's ChurchReligious grounds3.6 km→💧Darwell ReservoirReservoir4.4 km→💧Darwell ReservoirReservoir4.4 km→