🌞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
7 activities
🐶
Dog walks
Strong match
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋
Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths
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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km
🚶
Walking
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11 signed routes nearby · 8 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
Octagon WayWalking route29 km▾
Named routeRef OWLength 29 kmRound tripLocal walking route
New Lipchis WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Sussex Border PathWalking route220 km▾
Named routeLength 220 kmRegional walking route
🚴
Cycling
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7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Bepton to MidhurstCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
National Cycle Route 288 West Dean to CockingCycling route▾
Named routeRef 288National Cycle Network
National Cycle Route 288 Cocking to Midhurst (Proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 288National Cycle Network
National Cycle Route 288 Chichester to West DeanCycling route▾
Named routeRef 288National Cycle Network
N/ACycling route862 m▾
Named routeRef 288Length 862 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route417 m▾
Named routeRef 288Length 417 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
🚵
Mountain biking
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2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
South Downs WayMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef 89National Cycle Network
King Alfred's WayMountain bike route▾
King Alfreds Way is 350km (220 miles) off road route designed to be ridden clockwise. It starts & ends in Winchester. It is suitable for gravel or cross-country bikes.
Named routeRegional cycle route
🐴
Horse riding
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9 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
