Northend Copse - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🎠Play🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
50.96361, -0.15935
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
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 140m 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
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 140m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
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 km6 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Sussex Diamond WayWalking route97 km▾
Named routeLength 97 kmRegional walking route
Dophin Lesuire Centre to B2272 Public FootpathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Ashgrounds WoodWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Green Circle - Walking RelationWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
High Weald Landscape TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef HWLTListed length 145kmRegional walking route
15 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Green Circle - Bicycle RelationCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Kings WayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Norther Arc AvenueCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Norther Arc AvenueCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Hurstpierpoint to Downlands Communitiy CollegeCycling route▾
Haywards Heath Town Centre to Cuckfield Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
10 public paths nearby
Public paths
Malthouse Lanebridleway · 8 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 8 mPath type: bridleway
Pangdean Lanebridleway · 281 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 281 mSurface fine_gravelPath type: bridleway
Pangdean Lanebridleway · 334 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 334 mSurface dirtPath type: bridleway
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Gatehouse Lane, Burgess Hill
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Wildlife to spot
18,237 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
18,237 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Robin · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Woodpigeon · Long-tailed Tit +37
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
🦌Mammals5 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Bat · Roe Deer · Rabbit · Hazel Dormouse
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- BatChiroptera
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2025
7-spot Ladybird · Sphaerophoria scripta · Eristalis tenax · Eupeodes latifasciatus · Dark-edged Bee-fly +2
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Eupeodes latifasciatusEupeodes latifasciatus
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Midge
🌿Plants11 species
winterspring
2026▾
Goat Willow · Bluebell · Common Dog-violet · Cuckooflower · Golden-bell +6
- Goat WillowSalix caprea
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
- Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
- CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
- Golden-bellForsythia suspensa
- WillowSalix
- Capillary Thread-moss
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
18,237 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Robin · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Woodpigeon · Long-tailed Tit +37
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
🦌Mammals5 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Bat · Roe Deer · Rabbit · Hazel Dormouse
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- BatChiroptera
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2025
7-spot Ladybird · Sphaerophoria scripta · Eristalis tenax · Eupeodes latifasciatus · Dark-edged Bee-fly +2
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Eupeodes latifasciatusEupeodes latifasciatus
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Midge
🌿Plants11 species
winterspring
2026▾
Goat Willow · Bluebell · Common Dog-violet · Cuckooflower · Golden-bell +6
- Goat WillowSalix caprea
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
- Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
- CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
- Golden-bellForsythia suspensa
- WillowSalix
- Capillary Thread-moss
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Culicoides
Culicoides
Bryum capillare
Bryum capillare
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonumWild TeaselDipsacus fullonumHawthornCrataegus monogynaHawthornCrataegus monogynaWinter HeliotropePetasites pyrenaicus2025Winter HeliotropePetasites pyrenaicus2025Water-StarwortCallitriche2025Water-StarwortCallitriche2025Events & activities nearby
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