Views Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland60 ha
Plan your visit
🍂Seasonal🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome60 ha
Getting here
50.98496, 0.10835
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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 243m away — 6 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 243m away — 6 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Acid grassland — heathland butterflies and rare invertebrates
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 60 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Sussex Diamond WayWalking route97 km▾
Named routeLength 97 kmRegional walking route
Vanguard WayWalking route111 km▾
Named routeRef VGWLength 111 kmRegional walking route
Sussex Ouse Valley WayWalking route67 km▾
Named routeLength 67 kmRegional walking route
WealdwayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Tower Ridepublic footpath · 139 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 139 mPath type: residential
Hempstead Lanepublic footpath · 51 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 51 mPath type: track
Tainters Brookpublic footpath · 33 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 33 mPath type: residential
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Wildlife to spot
21,095 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
21,095 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Robin · Long-tailed Tit · Song Thrush · Great Tit · Blackbird +39
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MagpiePica pica
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Rabbit · Badger
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- BadgerMeles meles
🐸Amphibians2 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo2025
🐝Insects9 species
springautumnwinter
2026▾
Bibio lanigerus · 7-spot Ladybird · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Speckled Bush-cricket · Limonia nubeculosa +4
- Bibio lanigerusBibio lanigerus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
- Limonia nubeculosaLimonia nubeculosa
🌿Plants30 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Snowdrop · Yew · Wall Screw-moss · Capillary Thread-moss · Lesser Celandine +25
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- YewTaxus baccata
- Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis
- Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
21,095 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Robin · Long-tailed Tit · Song Thrush · Great Tit · Blackbird +39
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MagpiePica pica
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Rabbit · Badger
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- BadgerMeles meles
🐸Amphibians2 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo2025
🐝Insects9 species
springautumnwinter
2026▾
Bibio lanigerus · 7-spot Ladybird · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Speckled Bush-cricket · Limonia nubeculosa +4
- Bibio lanigerusBibio lanigerus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
- Limonia nubeculosaLimonia nubeculosa
🌿Plants30 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Snowdrop · Yew · Wall Screw-moss · Capillary Thread-moss · Lesser Celandine +25
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- YewTaxus baccata
- Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis
- Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Parasyrphus punctulatusParasyrphus punctulatusParasyrphus punctulatusParasyrphus punctulatusGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2025Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2025Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025CuckooflowerCardamine pratensisCuckooflowerCardamine pratensisSweet VioletViola odorataSweet VioletViola odorataMusk Stork's-billErodium moschatumMusk Stork's-billErodium moschatumRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumCommon FumitoryFumaria officinalisCommon FumitoryFumaria officinalisCommon Field-speedwellVeronica persicaCommon Field-speedwellVeronica persicaHollyIlex aquifoliumHollyIlex aquifoliumBeechFagus sylvaticaBeechFagus sylvaticaWellingtoniaSequoiadendron giganteumWellingtoniaSequoiadendron giganteumIvyHedera helixIvyHedera helixSwan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornumSwan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornumSummer SnowflakeLeucojum aestivumSummer SnowflakeLeucojum aestivumMouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum2025Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum2025Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2025Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2025TormentilPotentilla erecta2025TormentilPotentilla erecta2025HornbeamCarpinus betulus2025HornbeamCarpinus betulus2025Field MapleAcer campestre2025Field MapleAcer campestre2025Norway MapleAcer platanoides2025Norway MapleAcer platanoides2025Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2025Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025DaisyBellis perennis2025DaisyBellis perennis2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025