Oakwood Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland12 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome12 ha
Getting here
51.11432, -0.39255
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
- 📍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
- £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 km5 signed routes nearby · 7 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
Capel walk (SCC)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal 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
10 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▾
Cycle route consisting of main loop plus link routes
Named routeRound tripRegional cycle route
6 public paths nearby
Public paths
Monks Lanebridleway · 420 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 420 mPath type: service
Monks Lanebridleway · 219 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 219 mPath type: service
Ruckmans Lanerestricted byway · 342 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 342 mPath type: track
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Wildlife to spot
2,617 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,617 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
springsummer
2025▾
Wren · Robin · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit +42
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- MagpiePica pica2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2022
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2022
- RookCorvus frugilegus2022
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2022
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2022
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2021
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2021
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- MerlinFalco columbarius2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2022
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2022
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2021
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2021
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2021
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2021
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2021
🦌Mammals11 species
springsummerautumn
2024▾
Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Roe Deer +6
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2021
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2021
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2021
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects9 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hairy Dragonfly · Southern Hawker · Migrant Hawker · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly +4
- Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2024
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2024
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2024
🌿Plants3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Bugle · Ground-ivy · Hornbeam
- BugleAjuga reptans
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2023
- HornbeamCarpinus betulus2023
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,617 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
springsummer
2025▾
Wren · Robin · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit +42
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- MagpiePica pica2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2022
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2022
- RookCorvus frugilegus2022
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2022
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2022
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2021
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2021
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- MerlinFalco columbarius2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2022
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2022
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2021
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2021
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2021
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2021
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2021
🦌Mammals11 species
springsummerautumn
2024▾
Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Roe Deer +6
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2021
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2021
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2021
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects9 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hairy Dragonfly · Southern Hawker · Migrant Hawker · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly +4
- Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2024
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2024
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2024
🌿Plants3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Bugle · Ground-ivy · Hornbeam
- BugleAjuga reptans
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2023
- HornbeamCarpinus betulus2023
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Common Darter
Common Darter
Sympetrum striolatum2024
Sympetrum striolatum2024
Kite-tailed RobberflyMachimus atricapillus2024Kite-tailed RobberflyMachimus atricapillus2024Xylota segnisXylota segnis2022Xylota segnisXylota segnis2022Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2022Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2022Events & activities nearby
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