🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking on site — 6 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking on site — 6 car parks within reach
Good to know
£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🅿️Parking· Free
Best for
8 activities
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Wildlife
Strong match
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🐶
Dog walks
Strong match
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🌿
Foraging
Strong match
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
🍂
Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅
Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🦋
Insect spotting
Good match
Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km
🚶
Walking
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7 signed routes nearby · 36 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Chelwood Vachery (Ashdown Forest on foot)Walking route▾
Named routeRef AF-CVLocal walking route
Sussex Diamond WayWalking route97 km▾
Named routeLength 97 kmRegional walking route
Sussex Ouse Valley WayWalking route67 km▾
Named routeLength 67 kmRegional walking route
Standen to Selsfield Common, StandenWalking route13.6 km▾
This 8.5-mile walk is ideal for experienced walkers. The route takes you around Selsfield Common, a heathland habitat of the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), along country paths and through wildlife-rich woodlands.
Named routeLength 13.6 kmDuration 03:00Round tripLocal walking route
Greenwich Meridian TrailWalking route440 km▾
A long-distance walk that follows the line of the Prime Meridian. Inaugurated in 2009, to coincide with the 125th anniversary of the Greenwich Meridian.
Named routeRef GMTLength 440 kmRegional walking route
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Cycling
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1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Route 20 Crawley - Pyecombe (proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 20National Cycle Network
🐴
Horse riding
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5 public paths nearby
Public paths
Church Lanebridleway · 268 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 268 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Church Lanebridleway · 175 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 175 mPath type: residential
