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Blackland Wood

✦ Ancient woodland21 ha

📷 N Chadwick · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome21 ha

Getting here

50.96286, 0.63518

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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
  • 🐴1 horse riding trail(s) — is at its best in summer
  • 🐕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

8 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Horse riding

1 horse riding trail(s)

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Bird watching

Birds — Great Spotted Woodpecker, Chiffchaff, Carrion Crow +58 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Great Spotted Woodpecker, Chiffchaff, Carrion Crow +58 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Primrose, Daffodil, Forked Veilwort +124 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Plants — Wild Strawberry, Sweet Chestnut, Common Nettle +10 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

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Insect spotting

Insects — Dark Bush-cricket, Meadow Grasshopper, Dock Bug +124 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Dark Bush-cricket, Meadow Grasshopper, Dock Bug +124 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Sussex Border PathWalking route220 km
Named routeLength 220 kmRegional walking route
High Weald Landscape TrailWalking route
Named routeRef HWLTListed length 145kmRegional walking route
1066 Country WalkWalking route50 km
Named routeLength 50 kmRegional walking route
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Cycling

6 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
National Cycle Route 2 Dover to HastingsCycling route
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route20 m
Named routeRef 2Length 20 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route655 m
Named routeRef 2Length 655 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route738 m
Named routeRef 2Length 738 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route930 m
Named routeRef 2Length 930 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.8 km
Named routeRef 2Length 1.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Blackland Wood

📷 N Chadwick · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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🌱Great DixterUrban park4.8 km→🌱Vegetable GardenUrban park4.7 km→🌱High GardenUrban park4.8 km→⛪Brede Methodist ChurchReligious grounds2.8 km→✦BRICKWALLHistoric site2.9 km→⛪St Peter and St Paul's ChurchReligious grounds3.6 km→

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