Hurst Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland1 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.04027, 0.55185
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient 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
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Sussex Border PathWalking route220 km▾
Named routeLength 220 kmRegional walking route
High Weald Landscape TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef HWLTListed length 145kmRegional walking route
11 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 18Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 18National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 18Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route431 m▾
Named routeRef 18Length 431 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route628 m▾
Named routeRef 18Length 628 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route29 m▾
Named routeRef 18Length 29 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route40 m▾
Named routeRef 18Length 40 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Singletrack Mountain Bike TrailMountain bike route▾
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Wildlife to spot
3,082 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
3,082 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Carrion Crow · Goldfinch +38
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2020
- CootFulica atra2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2020
- RookCorvus frugilegus2020
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2020
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2020
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2021
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2020
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2020
- MagpiePica pica2020
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2019
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2019
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2019
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2019
🦌Mammals11 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Wood Mouse · Common Pipistrelle · Noctule · Soprano Pipistrelle +6
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2022
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2022
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula2022
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2022
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2021▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
🐝Insects13 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Emperor Dragonfly · Harlequin Ladybird · Batman Hoverfly · Common Darter · Blue-tailed Damselfly +8
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2020
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,082 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Carrion Crow · Goldfinch +38
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2020
- CootFulica atra2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2020
- RookCorvus frugilegus2020
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2020
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2020
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2021
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2020
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2020
- MagpiePica pica2020
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2019
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2019
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2019
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2019
🦌Mammals11 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Wood Mouse · Common Pipistrelle · Noctule · Soprano Pipistrelle +6
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2022
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2022
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula2022
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2022
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2021▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
🐝Insects13 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Emperor Dragonfly · Harlequin Ladybird · Batman Hoverfly · Common Darter · Blue-tailed Damselfly +8
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2020
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Brown Long-eared Bat
Brown Long-eared Bat
Plecotus auritus2022
Plecotus auritus2022
MyodesMyodes2021MyodesMyodes2021HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2020HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2020Harvest MouseMicromys minutus2023Harvest MouseMicromys minutus2023Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2022Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2022Yellow-necked MouseApodemus flavicollis2022Yellow-necked MouseApodemus flavicollis20222023
2023
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2021Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2021HornetVespa crabro2020HornetVespa crabro2020Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2020Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2020Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2020Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2020Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2019Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2019Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2019Stag BeetleLucanus cervus201916-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata201916-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2019Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2019Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2019Events & activities nearby
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