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🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
51.00703, -0.38473
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Native broadleaved woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds; Native broadleaved woodland — woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Named hiking route nearby: Sussex Diamond Way; Named hiking route nearby: Sussex Diamond Way
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby · 16 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Knepp Wildland Blue RouteWalking route▾
West Sussex Literary TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Knepp Wildland Yellow RouteWalking route▾
Named routeRound trip
Knepp Wildland Orange RouteWalking route▾
Named routeRound trip
Downs LinkWalking route59 km▾
A 37 mile shared route for walkers, horse riders and cyclists linking the North Downs Way with the South Downs Way
Named routeLength 59 kmRegional walking route
22 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Route 228 Crawley to Pulborough (proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 228National Cycle Network
Route 223Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 223National Cycle Network
Pedlars WayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route3.6 km▾
Named routeRef 223Length 3.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route94 m▾
Named routeRef 223Length 94 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route385 m▾
Named routeRef 223Length 385 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Abraham's Well alongside Baker's Lane
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Wildlife to spot
6,224 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,224 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds12 species
springsummer
2025▾
Turtle Dove · Nightingale · Hobby · Peregrine · Raven +7
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- RavenCorvus corax
- PochardAythya ferina
- WigeonMareca penelope
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
🦌Mammals1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐝Insects3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Glow-worm · Broad-bodied Chaser · Beautiful Demoiselle
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
Wood-sedge · Common Nettle · Cock's-foot · Pendulous Sedge · Hazel +70
- Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
- Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
- HazelCorylus avellana
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,224 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds12 species
springsummer
2025▾
Turtle Dove · Nightingale · Hobby · Peregrine · Raven +7
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- RavenCorvus corax
- PochardAythya ferina
- WigeonMareca penelope
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
🦌Mammals1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐝Insects3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Glow-worm · Broad-bodied Chaser · Beautiful Demoiselle
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
Wood-sedge · Common Nettle · Cock's-foot · Pendulous Sedge · Hazel +70
- Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
- Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
- HazelCorylus avellana
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas