Bainden Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland20 ha
Plan your visit
🍂Seasonal🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome20 ha
Getting here
51.01322, 0.26437
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
- 🌿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
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 15 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Sussex Diamond WayWalking route97 km▾
Named routeLength 97 kmRegional walking route
27 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Avenue Verte London ↔ ParisCycling route▾
English part of Avenue Verte London ↔ Paris, an international cycle route that connects the two capital cities
Named routeRef AVInternational cycle route
Route 21Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 21National Cycle Network
The Cuckoo TrailCycling route▾
Main RouteCycling route14 m▾
Named routeRef 21Length 14 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route280 m▾
Named routeRef 21Length 280 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route70 m▾
Named routeRef 21Length 70 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
3,664 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,664 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds19 species
springsummer
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Swift · Jackdaw · Carrion Crow · Robin +14
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- SwiftApus apus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Great TitParus major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
Slow-worm
Emperor Dragonfly · Syritta pipiens · Kidney-spot Ladybird · Rhododendron Leafhopper · Xylota segnis +1
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens
- Kidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatus
- Rhododendron LeafhopperGraphocephala fennahi
- Xylota segnisXylota segnis
- Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea
Wood Avens · Common Nettle · Lords-and-Ladies · Cow Parsley · Wood Speedwell +100
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana
- Silver BirchBetula pendula
- Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,664 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds19 species
springsummer
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Swift · Jackdaw · Carrion Crow · Robin +14
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- SwiftApus apus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Great TitParus major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
Slow-worm
Emperor Dragonfly · Syritta pipiens · Kidney-spot Ladybird · Rhododendron Leafhopper · Xylota segnis +1
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens
- Kidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatus
- Rhododendron LeafhopperGraphocephala fennahi
- Xylota segnisXylota segnis
- Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea
Wood Avens · Common Nettle · Lords-and-Ladies · Cow Parsley · Wood Speedwell +100
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana
- Silver BirchBetula pendula
- Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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