Stone Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland7 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome7 ha
Getting here
50.97276, -0.04645
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
- 🅿️Parking 382m away — 2 car parks within reach
🌤️ 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
- 🅿️Parking 382m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Lowland heathland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Lowland heathland — Dartford warblers, nightjars and stonechats
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland heathland — silver-studded blue and heath fritillary butterflies
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km11 signed routes nearby · 15 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Sussex Diamond WayWalking route97 km▾
Named routeLength 97 kmRegional walking route
Sussex Ouse Valley WayWalking route67 km▾
Named routeLength 67 kmRegional walking route
Dophin Lesuire Centre to B2272 Public FootpathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Ashgrounds WoodWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Walk To Bluebell Railway, Sheffield ParkWalking route900 m▾
Named routeLength 900 mDuration 00:30Point-to-pointLocal walking route
6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Kings WayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Haywards Heath Town Centre to Cuckfield Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Rocky Lane Cycle PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Burgess Hill - Haywards Heath Eastern Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Bolnore Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
National Cycle Route 20 Crawley - Pyecombe (proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 20National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
24,627 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
24,627 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Lapwing · Song Thrush · Chaffinch · Nuthatch +20
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Mole · Grey Squirrel
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Marsh Gentian · Hazel · Royal Fern · Downy Birch · Honeysuckle +146
- Marsh GentianGentiana pneumonanthe
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Royal FernOsmunda regalis
- Downy BirchBetula pubescens
- HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
- Bird's-footOrnithopus perpusillus
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
24,627 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Lapwing · Song Thrush · Chaffinch · Nuthatch +20
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Mole · Grey Squirrel
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Marsh Gentian · Hazel · Royal Fern · Downy Birch · Honeysuckle +146
- Marsh GentianGentiana pneumonanthe
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Royal FernOsmunda regalis
- Downy BirchBetula pubescens
- HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
- Bird's-footOrnithopus perpusillus
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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