Peartree Copse - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland3 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦋Insects🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
50.86053, -0.51359
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 471m away — 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 471m away — 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
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths
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 km5 signed routes nearby · 6 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
South Downs WayWalking route160 km▾
Named routeLength 160 kmNational walking route
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
European walking route E9, Queen Elizabeth Country Park to JevingtonWalking route▾
Named routeRef E9International walking route
7 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
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
Arundel Road (A27) Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
South Downs WayMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef 89National Cycle Network
9 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
13,364 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
13,364 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Starling +42
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MagpiePica pica
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great TitParus major
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Common GullLarus canus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Black SwanCygnus atratus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Common Nettle · Wood Anemone · Smooth Sow-thistle · Greater Plantain · Ground-ivy +2
- Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2025
- Greater PlantainPlantago major2025
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2025
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,364 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Starling +42
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MagpiePica pica
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great TitParus major
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Common GullLarus canus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Black SwanCygnus atratus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Common Nettle · Wood Anemone · Smooth Sow-thistle · Greater Plantain · Ground-ivy +2
- Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2025
- Greater PlantainPlantago major2025
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2025
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
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