Plan your visit
🧺Picnic🛝Family🦅Birds
Public accessDogs welcome
Getting here
50.99394, -0.20259
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🅿️Parking🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, toilets, car park; Playing field — open space for a simple picnic
Free
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, toilets, picnic area; Playing field
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blackbird +64 more · last seen 2026
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blackbird +64 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Honey Waxcap, Deconica pratensis, Slimy Waxcap +12 more · last seen 2019
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 29 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Sussex Diamond WayWalking route97 km▾
Named routeLength 97 kmRegional walking route
Sussex Ouse Valley WayWalking route67 km▾
Named routeLength 67 kmRegional walking route
Red RouteWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Green Circle - Walking RelationWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
High Weald Landscape TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef HWLTListed length 145kmRegional walking route
The Streetpublic footpath · 27 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 27 mPath type: service
The Streetpublic footpath · 90 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 90 mPath type: residential
Big Swing Walkpublic footpath · 283 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 283 mPath type: track
8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Green Circle - Bicycle RelationCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Norther Arc AvenueCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Norther Arc AvenueCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Burgess Hill - Hickstead Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Burgess Hill - Hassocks Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Burgress Hill - Hickstead (A2300) Cycle TrackCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
3,987 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,987 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
winterspring
2026▾
Great Spotted Woodpecker · Woodpigeon · Green Woodpecker · Great Tit · Mallard +38
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Great TitParus major2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2023
- SwiftApus apus2023
- CootFulica atra2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
Badger · Roe Deer · Hazel Dormouse · Red Fox · Brown Long-eared Bat +2
- BadgerMeles meles2024
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2023
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2023
🐝Insects8 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Southern Hawker · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Alder Leaf Beetle · Glyphotaelius pellucidus +3
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2024
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2023
- Glyphotaelius pellucidusGlyphotaelius pellucidus2023
🌿Plants57 species
springautumn
2026▾
Beech · Primrose · Pedunculate Oak · Butcher's-broom · Common Tamarisk-moss +52
- BeechFagus sylvatica
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
- Butcher's-broomRuscus aculeatus2025
- Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum2025
- Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,987 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
winterspring
2026▾
Great Spotted Woodpecker · Woodpigeon · Green Woodpecker · Great Tit · Mallard +38
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Great TitParus major2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2023
- SwiftApus apus2023
- CootFulica atra2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
Badger · Roe Deer · Hazel Dormouse · Red Fox · Brown Long-eared Bat +2
- BadgerMeles meles2024
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2023
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2023
🐝Insects8 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Southern Hawker · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Alder Leaf Beetle · Glyphotaelius pellucidus +3
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2024
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2023
- Glyphotaelius pellucidusGlyphotaelius pellucidus2023
🌿Plants57 species
springautumn
2026▾
Beech · Primrose · Pedunculate Oak · Butcher's-broom · Common Tamarisk-moss +52
- BeechFagus sylvatica
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
- Butcher's-broomRuscus aculeatus2025
- Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum2025
- Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2023
2023
Overleaf PelliaPellia epiphylla2023Overleaf PelliaPellia epiphylla2023HawthornCrataegus monogynaHawthornCrataegus monogynaDog's MercuryMercurialis perennisDog's MercuryMercurialis perennisCommon KnapweedCentaurea nigraCommon KnapweedCentaurea nigraLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumHorse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanumHorse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanumYewTaxus baccataYewTaxus baccataRhododendronRhododendronRhododendronRhododendronHollyIlex aquifoliumHollyIlex aquifoliumSoft-rushJuncus effususSoft-rushJuncus effususHard-fernBlechnum spicantHard-fernBlechnum spicantFlowering CurrantRibes sanguineumFlowering CurrantRibes sanguineumAlderAlnus glutinosaAlderAlnus glutinosaHazelCorylus avellanaHazelCorylus avellanaCuckooflowerCardamine pratensisCuckooflowerCardamine pratensisWild CherryPrunus aviumWild CherryPrunus aviumLesser CelandineFicaria vernaLesser CelandineFicaria vernaStinking IrisIris foetidissimaStinking IrisIris foetidissimaGorseUlex europaeusGorseUlex europaeusBlackthornPrunus spinosaBlackthornPrunus spinosaBarren StrawberryPotentilla sterilisBarren StrawberryPotentilla sterilisWood AnemoneAnemone nemorosaWood AnemoneAnemone nemorosaWild PrivetLigustrum vulgareWild PrivetLigustrum vulgareCommon FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025Quaking-grassBriza media2025Quaking-grassBriza media2025Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2025Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2025HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2025HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2025PennyroyalMentha pulegium2024PennyroyalMentha pulegium2024ChicoryCichorium intybus2024ChicoryCichorium intybus2024Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2024Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2024Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2024Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2024Common NettleUrtica dioica2024Common NettleUrtica dioica2024SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2024SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2024Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum2024Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum2024Shining HookeriaHookeria lucens2023Shining HookeriaHookeria lucens2023Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata2023Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata2023Common PincushionDicranoweisia cirrata2023Common PincushionDicranoweisia cirrata2023Hair-pointed Feather-mossCirriphyllum piliferum2023Hair-pointed Feather-mossCirriphyllum piliferum2023Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2023Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2023Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum2023Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum2023Common Striated Feather-mossEurhynchium striatum2023Common Striated Feather-mossEurhynchium striatum2023Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata2023Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata2023Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata2023Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata2023Greater FeatherwortPlagiochila asplenioides2023Greater FeatherwortPlagiochila asplenioides2023Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum2023Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum2023Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum2023Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum2023Even ScalewortRadula complanata2023Even ScalewortRadula complanata2023Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum2023Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum2023Common Pocket-mossFissidens taxifolius2023Common Pocket-mossFissidens taxifolius2023BetonyBetonica officinalis2023BetonyBetonica officinalis2023Creeping WillowSalix repens2023Creeping WillowSalix repens2023Events & activities nearby
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