Lower Eastlands Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland10 ha
🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome10 ha
Getting here
51.04133, -0.06192
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
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
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 km11 signed routes nearby · 23 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
Walk To Bluebell Railway, Sheffield ParkWalking route900 m▾
Named routeLength 900 mDuration 00:30Point-to-pointLocal walking route
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Haywards Heath Town Centre to Cuckfield Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Hatchgate LaneCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Bolnore Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
National Cycle Route 20 Crawley - Pyecombe (proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 20National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
3,161 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,161 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Pheasant · Robin +38
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Hazel Dormouse
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2024▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Gatekeeper · Meadow Brown · Small White · Brown Hawker · Wasp Beetle +4
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Wasp BeetleClytus arietis
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2024
🌿Plants3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Fodder Vetch · Dandelion · Marsh Woundwort
- Fodder VetchVicia villosa
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,161 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Pheasant · Robin +38
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Hazel Dormouse
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2024▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Gatekeeper · Meadow Brown · Small White · Brown Hawker · Wasp Beetle +4
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Wasp BeetleClytus arietis
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2024
🌿Plants3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Fodder Vetch · Dandelion · Marsh Woundwort
- Fodder VetchVicia villosa
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Red Admiral
Red Admiral
Vanessa atalanta2024
Vanessa atalanta2024
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2024Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2024Events & activities nearby
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