Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome17 ha
Getting here
50.95386, -0.42179
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿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
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿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
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Blackbird, House Sparrow +71 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Robin, Blackbird, House Sparrow +71 more · last seen 2025
Free
Plants — Elder, Hazel, Pedunculate Oak +22 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Ground-ivy, Wood Avens, Elder +178 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Ground-ivy, Wood Avens, Elder +178 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Large White +44 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Large White +44 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Knepp Wildland Blue RouteWalking route▾
West Sussex Literary TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
The Heritage TrailWalking route▾
Knepp Wildland Yellow RouteWalking route▾
Named routeRound trip
Knepp Wildland Orange RouteWalking route▾
Named routeRound trip
Bramble Lanepublic footpath · 10 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 10 mPath type: track
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
A24 CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
National Cycle Route 228 Crawley to Pulborough (proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 228National Cycle Network
Photos
Path through Bacon's Land
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Wildlife to spot
16,855 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
16,855 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSwallow · Rook · Redstart
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Helina evecta · Glow-worm · Eristalis pertinax · Helophilus pendulus · Swollen-thighed Beetle +1
- Helina evectaHelina evecta
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Common Nettle · Wood Avens · Soft Shield-fern · Elder · Taraxacum agg. +140
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Taraxacum agg.Taraxacum agg.
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
16,855 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSwallow · Rook · Redstart
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Helina evecta · Glow-worm · Eristalis pertinax · Helophilus pendulus · Swollen-thighed Beetle +1
- Helina evectaHelina evecta
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Common Nettle · Wood Avens · Soft Shield-fern · Elder · Taraxacum agg. +140
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Taraxacum agg.Taraxacum agg.
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas