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Shrub Wood - Broadleaved woodland

1 ha

📷 Julian P Guffogg · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha

Getting here

50.99796, 0.39229

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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 138m away — 2 car parks within reach

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
Parking· Free

Best for

6 activities

Dog walks

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Priority ponds — dragonflies, damselflies and aquatic invertebrates

Free

Wildlife

Deciduous woodland priority habitat

Free

Bird watching

Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds

Free

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 28 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Ironmaster's Walk, BatemansWalking route3.2 km

Longstanding tradition claims that Bateman's was built by a Wealden ironmaster. It is difficult now to appreciate that Burwash was ever anything other than a village, but the Normans saw the growth of small scale iron production that lasted 4 centuries.

Named routeLength 3.2 kmDuration 01:00Round tripLocal walking route
Sussex Border PathWalking route220 km
Named routeLength 220 kmRegional walking route
Kipling's Puck Walk Around the Bateman's Countryside, BatemansWalking route4 km

Home of author & poet Rudyard Kipling. The 300 acres of countryside around the house influenced works such as Puck of Pook's Hill, Rewards & Fairies and many poems. Uncover the landscape that inspired his work. Mostly flat with one steep gradient & stiles

Named routeLength 4 kmDuration 01:00-01:30Round tripLocal walking route
Rosemary Gardenspublic footpath · 33 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 33 mSurface paving_stonesPath type: residential
Ham Lanepublic footpath · 59 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 59 mSurface fine_gravelPath type: service
Ham Lanepublic footpath · 654 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 654 mSurface compactedPath type: service

Wildlife to spot

Photos

School Hill Oast

📷 Julian P Guffogg · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

School Hill Oast

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Useful places within 5 km

✦BATEMANSHistoric site1.3 km→✦BRIGHTLING PARKHistoric site4.6 km→⛪St Bartholomew's ChurchReligious grounds200 m→⛪Church of Christ the KingReligious grounds800 m→⛪St Mary and St Nicholas's ChurchReligious grounds3.7 km→⛪St Philip's ChurchReligious grounds4.1 km→

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