Six Acre Shaw - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
50.99446, -0.22596
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
- 📍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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 11 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
Red RouteWalking 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
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Green Circle - Bicycle RelationCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Norther Arc AvenueCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Burgess Hill - Hickstead Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Burgress Hill - Hickstead (A2300) Cycle TrackCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Photos
Footpath emerges from woodland into orchard
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Wildlife to spot
3,083 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,083 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBarn Owl · Firecrest · Raven · Nightingale · Peregrine +26
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- WoodlarkLullula arborea2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Corvus corax coraxCorvus corax corax2024
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummerautumn
2024▾
Badger · Hazel Dormouse · Red Fox
- BadgerMeles meles
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2024▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
🐝Insects3 species
springautumn
2025▾
Southern Hawker · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Alder Leaf Beetle
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2024
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2023
🌿Plants50 species
springautumn
2026▾
Beech · Betony · Broad Buckler-fern · Overleaf Pellia · Wood Anemone +45
- BeechFagus sylvatica
- BetonyBetonica officinalis2024
- Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2023
- Overleaf PelliaPellia epiphylla2023
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,083 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBarn Owl · Firecrest · Raven · Nightingale · Peregrine +26
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- WoodlarkLullula arborea2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Corvus corax coraxCorvus corax corax2024
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummerautumn
2024▾
Badger · Hazel Dormouse · Red Fox
- BadgerMeles meles
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2024▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
🐝Insects3 species
springautumn
2025▾
Southern Hawker · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Alder Leaf Beetle
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2024
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2023
🌿Plants50 species
springautumn
2026▾
Beech · Betony · Broad Buckler-fern · Overleaf Pellia · Wood Anemone +45
- BeechFagus sylvatica
- BetonyBetonica officinalis2024
- Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2023
- Overleaf PelliaPellia epiphylla2023
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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