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Bottom Lake

5 ha

📷 Dave Spicer · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome5 ha

Getting here

51.10261, -0.41231

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • 🌞Midsummer — dragonfly and damselfly activity peaks along water edges
  • 🍄Mushroom 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

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Chaffinch, Magpie, Goldfinch +58 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Chaffinch, Magpie, Goldfinch +58 more · last seen 2025

Free

Mushroom foraging

Fungi — Blushing Bracket, Spindle Toughshank, King Alfred's Cakes +33 more · last seen 2016; Fungi — Blushing Bracket, Spindle Toughshank, King Alfred's Cakes +33 more · last seen 2016

Varies

Seasonal nature

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Bluebell, Hornbeam, Bugle +21 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Meadow Brown, Small White, Large White +25 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Meadow Brown, Small White, Large White +25 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Fungi — Tripe Fungus, Chicken Of The Woods, Madarch y Coed +2 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

4 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
West Sussex Literary TrailWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
Sussex Border PathWalking route220 km
Named routeLength 220 kmRegional walking route
Downs LinkWalking route59 km

A 37 mile shared route for walkers, horse riders and cyclists linking the North Downs Way with the South Downs Way

Named routeLength 59 kmRegional walking route
Riverside WalkWalking route13 km

A circular walk around Horsham following the Chennels Brook, Horn Brook, Arun, and Boldings Brook

Named routeLength 13 kmRound tripLocal walking route
BW 89public footpath · 229 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 229 mPath type: track
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Cycling

14 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Surrey CyclewayCycling route

Leigh Hill link

Named routeRegional cycle route
Horsham to WarnhamCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
National Cycle Route 228 Crawley to Pulborough (proposed)Cycling route
Named routeRef 228National Cycle Network
Route 223Cycling route
Named routeRef 223National Cycle Network
Broadbridge Heath to HorshamCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Surrey CyclewayCycling route

Cranleigh link

Named routeRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Fishing lake

📷 Dave Spicer · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Fishing lake

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱Henhouse CopseUrban park4.8 km→🌱Charrington Way Recreation GroundUrban park4.7 km→🌱Wild GardenUrban park4.7 km→🌱The GreenUrban park4.9 km→🌱Woodhams ShawUrban park3 km→🌱Slinfold ParkUrban park4.2 km→

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