🌞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
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ 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
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
Good to know
£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
Best for
6 activities
🐶
Dog walks
Strong match
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦉
Wildlife
Strong match
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅
Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🌿
Foraging
Good match
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲
Forest walks
Good match
Public woodland
Free
🦋
Insect spotting
Good match
Semi-improved grassland — butterflies and wildflowers
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km
🚶
Walking
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4 signed routes nearby · 1 public path 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
Cissbury Ring History and Nature Trail, Sussex EastWalking route3.5 km▾
Walk ancient roads, enjoy views of 78miles of coast from the 2nd largest Iron Age hillfort in southern England & see Neolithic flint mines & wildlife in this chalk downland site. Grassland, embankments & flint paths with steep sections. Slippery when wet
Named routeLength 3.5 kmDuration 01:00-01:30Round tripLocal walking route
European walking route E9, Queen Elizabeth Country Park to JevingtonWalking route▾
Named routeRef E9International walking route
Monarch's Waypublic footpath · 755 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 755 mPath type: footway
🚴
Cycling
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5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Town Centre to Lyons FarmCycling route▾
Named route
A24 CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
A24 CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Arundel Road (A27) Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Durrington to GoringCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
🚵
Mountain biking
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1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
South Downs WayMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef 89National Cycle Network
🐴
Horse riding
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7 public paths nearby
Public paths
Monarch's Waybridleway · 230 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 230 mPath type: bridleway
Monarch's Waybridleway · 1.7 km▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 1.7 kmPath type: track
Honeysuckle Lanerestricted byway · 1.5 km▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 1.5 kmSurface compactedPath type: track
