Maplehurst Wood - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
50.88625, 0.56145
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 229m 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 229m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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
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
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Wildlife to spot
26,794 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
26,794 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Mallard · Great Tit · Blackbird · Long-tailed Tit · Blue Tit +32
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- 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
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Sphaerophoria scripta
- Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta
🌿Plants18 species
springautumn
2026▾
Primrose · Wood Anemone · Mint · Hard-fern · Soft Shield-fern +13
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- MintMentha
- Hard-fernBlechnum spicant
- Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum2025
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
26,794 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Mallard · Great Tit · Blackbird · Long-tailed Tit · Blue Tit +32
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- 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
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Sphaerophoria scripta
- Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta
🌿Plants18 species
springautumn
2026▾
Primrose · Wood Anemone · Mint · Hard-fern · Soft Shield-fern +13
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- MintMentha
- Hard-fernBlechnum spicant
- Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum2025
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Bluebell
Bluebell
Hyacinthoides non-scripta
Hyacinthoides non-scripta
SnowdropGalanthus nivalisSnowdropGalanthus nivalisGreat HorsetailEquisetum telmateia2025Great HorsetailEquisetum telmateia2025Stone ParsleySison amomum2025Stone ParsleySison amomum2025Narrow Buckler-fernDryopteris carthusiana2025Narrow Buckler-fernDryopteris carthusiana2025Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine2025Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine2025False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum2025False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum2025Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2025Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2025Balkan SpurgeEuphorbia oblongata2025Balkan SpurgeEuphorbia oblongata2025Broad-leaved Everlasting-peaLathyrus latifolius2025Broad-leaved Everlasting-peaLathyrus latifolius2025Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2025Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2025Events & activities nearby
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