Beanfield Copse
✦ Ancient woodland21 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🌿Foraging
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome21 ha
Getting here
51.07437, -0.61429
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
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Bracken, Sweet Chestnut, Wood Avens +212 more · last seen 2025
Free
Plants — Sweet Chestnut, Hazel, Hawthorn +26 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Lowland fens — specialist fen birds and passage waders; Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Marsh Tit +10 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland fens — fen dragonflies and rare invertebrates; Insects — Brimstone, Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper +36 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
The Serpent TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Wey-South PathWalking route▾
follows the river Wey and the (partly disused) Wey & Arun canal
Named routeRegional walking route
Sussex Border PathWalking route220 km▾
Named routeLength 220 kmRegional walking route
Grayswood walk (SCC)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Surrey CyclewayCycling route▾
Haslemere link
Named routeRegional cycle route
Surrey CyclewayCycling route▾
Cycle route consisting of main loop plus link routes
Named routeRound tripRegional cycle route
14 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
11,268 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
11,268 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Great Tit
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
Brown Long-eared Bat · Pipistrelle
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
- PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Smooth Snake
- Smooth SnakeCoronella austriaca
Compsidolon (Coniortodes) salicellum · Liocoris tripustulatus · Common Damselbug · Gymnosoma rotundatum · Graphopsocus cruciatus
- Compsidolon (Coniortodes) salicellumCompsidolon (Coniortodes) salicellum
- Liocoris tripustulatusLiocoris tripustulatus
- Common DamselbugNabis (Nabis) rugosus
- Gymnosoma rotundatumGymnosoma rotundatum
- Graphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatus
Cut-grass · Six-stamened Waterwort · Meadow Buttercup · Bracken · Silverweed +144
- Cut-grassLeersia oryzoides
- Six-stamened WaterwortElatine hexandra
- Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
- BrackenPteridium aquilinum
- SilverweedPotentilla anserina
- Dog-roseRosa canina
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
11,268 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Great Tit
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
Brown Long-eared Bat · Pipistrelle
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
- PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Smooth Snake
- Smooth SnakeCoronella austriaca
Compsidolon (Coniortodes) salicellum · Liocoris tripustulatus · Common Damselbug · Gymnosoma rotundatum · Graphopsocus cruciatus
- Compsidolon (Coniortodes) salicellumCompsidolon (Coniortodes) salicellum
- Liocoris tripustulatusLiocoris tripustulatus
- Common DamselbugNabis (Nabis) rugosus
- Gymnosoma rotundatumGymnosoma rotundatum
- Graphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatus
Cut-grass · Six-stamened Waterwort · Meadow Buttercup · Bracken · Silverweed +144
- Cut-grassLeersia oryzoides
- Six-stamened WaterwortElatine hexandra
- Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
- BrackenPteridium aquilinum
- SilverweedPotentilla anserina
- Dog-roseRosa canina
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
