🌞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
🛝Playground 177m 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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🛝Playground 177m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
Good to know
£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
Best for
10 activities
🦅
Bird watching
Strong match
Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl
Free
🦉
Wildlife
Strong match
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🐶
Dog walks
Strong match
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🎠
Playgrounds
Strong match
playground, parking
Free
🍂
Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🛝
Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km
🚶
Walking
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7 signed routes nearby · 17 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
Greenwich Meridian TrailWalking route440 km▾
A long-distance walk that follows the line of the Prime Meridian. Inaugurated in 2009, to coincide with the 125th anniversary of the Greenwich Meridian.
Named routeRef GMTLength 440 kmRegional walking route
Pilgrim Gardenspublic footpath · 63 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 63 mPath type: residential
Pilgrim Gardenspublic footpath · 38 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 38 mPath type: living_street
Pilgrim Gardenspublic footpath · 32 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 32 mPath type: residential
🚴
Cycling
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10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Norther Arc AvenueCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Norther Arc AvenueCycling 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 - Hickstead Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Burgress Hill - Hickstead (A2300) Cycle TrackCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
🐴
Horse riding
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10 public paths nearby
Public paths
West Viewbyway open to all traffic · 126 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 126 mPath type: residential
Gravelye Lanebridleway · 125 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 125 mSurface asphaltPath type: tertiary
West Viewbyway open to all traffic · 42 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 42 mPath type: residential
West Viewbyway open to all traffic · 67 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 67 mPath type: living_street
