🌞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
5 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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km
🚶
Walking
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16 signed routes nearby · 9 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
South Downs WayWalking route160 km▾
Named routeLength 160 kmNational walking route
Vanguard WayWalking route111 km▾
Named routeRef VGWLength 111 kmRegional walking route
Sussex Ouse Valley WayWalking route67 km▾
Named routeLength 67 kmRegional walking route
Hill and Vale Walk at Frog Firle Farm, South Downs EastWalking route6.4 km▾
Looping over Cradle & Hindover Hills, see views of secluded farmland & divert to Litlington. Spot geese feeding on the water meadows, birds & insects singing in the hillside shrub, & wild flowers growing in the chalk grassland. Slopes & uneven terrain.
Named routeLength 6.4 kmDuration 02:00Round trip
Alfriston Clergy House to Berwick Church, AlfristonWalking route5.1 km▾
Named routeLength 5.1 kmRound tripLocal walking route
🚴
Cycling
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39 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Avenue Verte London ↔ ParisCycling route▾
English part of Avenue Verte London ↔ Paris, an international cycle route that connects the two capital cities
Named routeRef AVInternational cycle route
Regional Route 90Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 90Regional cycle route
National Cycle Route 2 Hastings to BrightonCycling route▾
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route58 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 58 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route335 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 335 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route540 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 540 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
🚵
Mountain biking
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5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
South Downs WayMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef 89National Cycle Network
Friston Forest Family MTB RouteMountain bike route▾
Named route
CardiacMountain bike route▾
Named route
Forest YipMountain bike route▾
Named route
Friston Forest Red MTB RouteMountain bike route▾
Named route
🐴
Horse riding
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6 public paths nearby
Public paths
Chyngton Lane Northbridleway · 551 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 551 mPath type: bridleway
Chyngton Lane Northbridleway · 338 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 338 mPath type: bridleway
The Compbridleway · 1.1 km▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 1.1 kmPath type: bridleway
Cradle Hill Roadbridleway · 118 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 118 mPath type: unclassified
