Westlands Copse - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland4 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
50.84309, -0.52601
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking on site — 2 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking on site — 2 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Monarch's WayWalking route990 km▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: East Head to ShorehamWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
14 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
South Coast Cycle RouteCycling route▾
considered a poor cycle route by some cyclists, and a stand in for completion of NCN 2 to Littlehampton and beyond to Chichester
Named routeLocal cycle route
National Cycle Route 2 Worthing to South MundhamCycling route▾
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
A259 cycle routeCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Arundel Station to Town CentreCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
A259 cycle route (Chichester - Worthing)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
A284 Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
25,195 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
25,195 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPeregrine · Woodpigeon · Robin · Jackdaw · Rook +41
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Dartford WarblerCurruca undata2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
🦌Mammals3 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Badger
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- BadgerMeles meles
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Glow-worm
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
Common Nettle · Alexanders · White Dead-nettle · Smooth Sow-thistle · Greater Plantain +5
- Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
- AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum
- White Dead-nettleLamium album2025
- Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2025
- Greater PlantainPlantago major2025
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
25,195 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPeregrine · Woodpigeon · Robin · Jackdaw · Rook +41
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Dartford WarblerCurruca undata2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
🦌Mammals3 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Badger
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- BadgerMeles meles
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Glow-worm
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
Common Nettle · Alexanders · White Dead-nettle · Smooth Sow-thistle · Greater Plantain +5
- Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
- AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum
- White Dead-nettleLamium album2025
- Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2025
- Greater PlantainPlantago major2025
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba2025Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba2025Marsh-mallowAlthaea officinalis2025Marsh-mallowAlthaea officinalis2025Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2025Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2025Events & activities nearby
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