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Blackpond Shaw

✦ Ancient woodland62 ha

📷 David Leeming · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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WildlifeBirdsSeasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome62 ha

Getting here

51.11727, -0.11166

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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
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Best for

10 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Chiffchaff, Song Thrush, Chaffinch +69 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Chiffchaff, Song Thrush, Chaffinch +69 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Common Bent, Common Sorrel, Red Fescue +63 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants; Plants — Common Sorrel, Pedunculate Oak, Bramble +5 more foraging species

Varies

Dog walks

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens; Insects — Eristalis pertinax, 7-spot Ladybird, Limnephilus auricula +5 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

10 signed routes nearby · 28 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
William Robinson Woodland TrailWalking route
Named routeLocal walking route
Crawley GreenwayWalking route

walking route around Crawley along many leafy paths, signposted

Named routeLocal walking route
Worth WayWalking route
Named routeLocal walking route
Reigate and Banstead Millennium TrailWalking route
Named routeRef RBMTRegional walking route
Tandridge Border PathWalking route
Named routeLocal walking route
Standinghall Lanepublic footpath · 691 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 691 mSurface compactedPath type: track
Mill Roadpublic footpath · 234 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 234 mSurface concretePath type: unclassified
Mill Roadpublic footpath · 279 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 279 mSurface concretePath type: unclassified
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Cycling

128 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Route F (incomplete)Cycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route DCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route BCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route ACycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route O (incomplete)Cycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Crawley Avenue Cycle TracksCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
Tilgate Forest SingletrackMountain bike route
Named route
🐴

Horse riding

2 public paths nearby

Public paths
Cycle Route 21 (Worth Way)bridleway · 1.5 km
Public pathbridlewayLength 1.5 kmSurface gravelPath type: cycleway
Worth Waybridleway · 785 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 785 mSurface dirtPath type: cycleway

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Rowfant House Lake

📷 David Leeming · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Rowfant House Lake

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🌱Waterlea MeadowUrban park3.9 km→🌱Maidenbower ParkUrban park3.1 km→🌱Gratton's ParkUrban park3.5 km→🦉GRATTONS PARKNature reserve3.5 km→🌱Three Bridges Playing FieldUrban park4.1 km→🌱Southgate ParkUrban park4.7 km→

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