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Beeding's Copse

✦ Ancient woodland11 ha

📷 Dave Spicer · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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WildlifeBirdsForaging
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome11 ha

Getting here

50.98546, -0.46196

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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

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
  • 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Best for

9 activities

Wildlife

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Great Tit, Robin, Blackbird +65 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Great Tit, Robin, Blackbird +65 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Plants — Pedunculate Oak, Hawthorn, Hazel +15 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Bluebell, Bugle, Hedge Woundwort +150 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Red Admiral +137 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Red Admiral +137 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby · 10 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
West Sussex Literary 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
The Heritage TrailWalking route
Named route
Sussex Diamond WayWalking route97 km
Named routeLength 97 kmRegional walking route
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Cycling

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
National Cycle Route 228 Crawley to Pulborough (proposed)Cycling route
Named routeRef 228National Cycle Network
National Cycle Route 228 Pulborough to Petersfield (proposed)Cycling route
Named routeRef 228National Cycle Network
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Horse riding

13 public paths nearby

Public paths
Steepwood Lanebridleway · 380 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 380 mPath type: track
Steepwood Lanebridleway · 411 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 411 mPath type: track
Steepwood Lanebridleway · 150 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 150 mPath type: bridleway
Stall House Lanebridleway · 41 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 41 mPath type: unclassified

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Deer fencing and gate in Beeding's Copse

📷 Dave Spicer · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Deer fencing and gate in Beeding's Copse

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱St Mary's ChurchUrban park4.2 km→⛪St Mary's ChurchReligious grounds4.1 km→⛪St Peter's ChurchReligious grounds5 km→🌱Marehill CommonUrban park3.7 km→⛪St Gabriel's Roman Catholic ChurchReligious grounds4.2 km→✦Hammonds Mill (Ruin)Historic site4.3 km→

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