Maplehurst Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland2 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
50.88471, 0.56438
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 123m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 123m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient 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
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Saxon Shore WayWalking route262 km▾
Named routeLength 262 kmRegional walking route
1066 Country Walk - Hastings LinkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Combe Valley GreenwayWalking route4.5 km▾
The Greenway runs alongside the Combe Valley Way, providing access for walkers and cyclists between Bexhill and Hastings.
Named routeLength 4.5 kmPoint-to-pointLocal walking route
1066 Country Walk - Bexhill LinkWalking route10 km▾
Named routeLength 10 kmRegional walking route
1066 Country WalkWalking route50 km▾
Named routeLength 50 kmRegional walking route
Old Roar Roadpublic footpath · 644 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 644 mPath type: residential
Old Roar Roadpublic footpath · 29 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 29 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Old Roar Roadpublic footpath · 176 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 176 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
44 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
ESCC Cycle Route 209Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
ESCC Cycle Route 207Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Battle Schools Greenway (ESCC Cycle Route 100)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
National Cycle Route 2 Dover to HastingsCycling route▾
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
National Cycle Route 2 Hastings to BrightonCycling route▾
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
Alternative RouteCycling route598 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 598 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 public path nearby
Public paths
Beaney's Lanebyway open to all traffic · 316 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 316 mSurface gravelPath type: track
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
20,401 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
20,401 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Mallard · Herring Gull · Woodpigeon · Moorhen · Wren +32
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Sphaerophoria scripta
- Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta
🌿Plants15 species
springautumn
2026▾
Primrose · Wood Anemone · Mint · Hard-fern · Dog's Mercury +10
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- MintMentha
- Hard-fernBlechnum spicant
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
- Marsh-marigold
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
20,401 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Mallard · Herring Gull · Woodpigeon · Moorhen · Wren +32
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Sphaerophoria scripta
- Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta
🌿Plants15 species
springautumn
2026▾
Primrose · Wood Anemone · Mint · Hard-fern · Dog's Mercury +10
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- MintMentha
- Hard-fernBlechnum spicant
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
- Marsh-marigold
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Caltha palustris
Caltha palustris
SnowdropGalanthus nivalisSnowdropGalanthus nivalisGreat HorsetailEquisetum telmateia2025Great HorsetailEquisetum telmateia2025Stone ParsleySison amomum2025Stone ParsleySison amomum2025Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum2025Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum2025Narrow Buckler-fernDryopteris carthusiana2025Narrow Buckler-fernDryopteris carthusiana2025Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025Balkan SpurgeEuphorbia oblongata2025Balkan SpurgeEuphorbia oblongata2025Broad-leaved Everlasting-peaLathyrus latifolius2025Broad-leaved Everlasting-peaLathyrus latifolius2025