Allen's Wood ✦ Ancient woodland 9 ha
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🍂 Seasonal
Free entry Dogs welcome 9 ha
Places › England › South East › Crawley Getting here
51.14611, -0.14083
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ ☀️ June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days 🌤️ Visiting this summer
☀️ June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🌿 Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
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🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mute Swan, Egyptian Goose, Magpie +62 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Mute Swan, Egyptian Goose, Magpie +62 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Willowherb, Hoary Ragwort, Pennyroyal +25 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Speckled Wood, Gatekeeper +52 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Meadow Brown, Speckled Wood, Gatekeeper +52 more · last seen 2026
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Pennyroyal, Dandelion, Common Nettle
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 6 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Crawley Greenway Walking route ▾
walking route around Crawley along many leafy paths, signposted
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Worth Way Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Reigate and Banstead Millennium Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Ref RBMT Regional walking route
Show on map Tandridge Border Path Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Sussex Border Path Walking route 220 km ▾
Named route Length 220 km Regional walking route
Show on map 170 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route K Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
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Show on map Route J Cycling route ▾
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Show on map Route F (incomplete) Cycling route ▾
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Show on map ✦ Ancient woodland — continuously wooded since at least 1600 AD. A rare and irreplaceable habitat, rich in biodiversity and historical character.
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Bookable tours Wildlife to spot
19,505 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 19,505 records · National Biodiversity Network Magpie · Woodpigeon · Mallard · Egyptian Goose · Greylag Goose +34
Magpie Pica pica Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca Greylag Goose Anser anser Mute Swan Cygnus olor Canada Goose Branta canadensis Robin Erithacus rubecula Nuthatch Sitta europaea Great Tit Parus major Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Rock Dove Columba livia Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii House Sparrow Passer domesticus Blackbird Turdus merula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Carrion Crow Corvus corone Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2025 Raven Corvus corax Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Hazel Dormouse · American Mink · Wood Mouse · Bank Vole
Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius American Mink Neovison vison Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus Bank Vole Myodes glareolus 🦎 Reptiles 3 species
spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Red-eared Terrapin · Grass Snake · Slow-worm
Red-eared Terrapin Trachemys scripta subsp. elegans Grass Snake Natrix helvetica2025 Slow-worm Anguis fragilis2025 🐸 Amphibians 6 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Lissotriton · Common Toad · Great Crested Newt · Palmate Newt +1
Common Frog Rana temporaria Lissotriton Lissotriton Common Toad Bufo bufo Great Crested Newt Triturus cristatus Palmate Newt Lissotriton helveticus Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Western Honey Bee · Oedemera lurida · White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Common Carder Bee +10
Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera2025 Oedemera lurida Oedemera lurida2025 White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers Bombus lucorum/terrestris2025 Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius2025 Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum2025 Nalassus laevioctostriatus 🌿 Plants 3 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Hoary Ragwort · Pennyroyal · Broad-leaved Helleborine
Hoary Ragwort Jacobaea erucifolia Pennyroyal Mentha pulegium Broad-leaved Helleborine Epipactis helleborine Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 19,505 records · National Biodiversity Network Magpie · Woodpigeon · Mallard · Egyptian Goose · Greylag Goose +34
Magpie Pica pica Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca Greylag Goose Anser anser Mute Swan Cygnus olor Canada Goose Branta canadensis Robin Erithacus rubecula Nuthatch Sitta europaea Great Tit Parus major Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Rock Dove Columba livia Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii House Sparrow Passer domesticus Blackbird Turdus merula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Carrion Crow Corvus corone Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2025 Raven Corvus corax Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Hazel Dormouse · American Mink · Wood Mouse · Bank Vole
Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius American Mink Neovison vison Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus Bank Vole Myodes glareolus 🦎 Reptiles 3 species
spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Red-eared Terrapin · Grass Snake · Slow-worm
Red-eared Terrapin Trachemys scripta subsp. elegans Grass Snake Natrix helvetica2025 Slow-worm Anguis fragilis2025 🐸 Amphibians 6 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Lissotriton · Common Toad · Great Crested Newt · Palmate Newt +1
Common Frog Rana temporaria Lissotriton Lissotriton Common Toad Bufo bufo Great Crested Newt Triturus cristatus Palmate Newt Lissotriton helveticus Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Western Honey Bee · Oedemera lurida · White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Common Carder Bee +10
Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera2025 Oedemera lurida Oedemera lurida2025 White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers Bombus lucorum/terrestris2025 Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius2025 Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum2025 Nalassus laevioctostriatus 🌿 Plants 3 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Hoary Ragwort · Pennyroyal · Broad-leaved Helleborine
Hoary Ragwort Jacobaea erucifolia Pennyroyal Mentha pulegium Broad-leaved Helleborine Epipactis helleborine Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Nalassus laevioctostriatus
Nalassus laevioctostriatus
Sphaerophoria scripta Sphaerophoria scripta2025
Sphaerophoria scripta Sphaerophoria scripta2025
Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens2025
Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens2025
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus2025
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus2025
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2025
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2025
Brilliant Emerald Somatochlora metallica2025
Brilliant Emerald Somatochlora metallica2025
Potato Capsid Closterotomus norwegicus2025
Potato Capsid Closterotomus norwegicus2025
Hoverfly Syrphidae2025
Hoverfly Syrphidae2025
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2025
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2025 