Standen Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland6 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🌿Foraging🍂Seasonal
Free entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
51.04833, 0.58331
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
- 🌿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
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
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
8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 18Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 18National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route5 km▾
Named routeRef 18Length 5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 18Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route714 m▾
Named routeRef 18Length 714 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route29 m▾
Named routeRef 18Length 29 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route7.1 km▾
Named routeRef 18Length 7.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
13,495 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
13,495 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds53 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Robin · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Blackbird · Blue Tit +48
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- RavenCorvus corax
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- SwiftApus apus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- GoosanderMergus merganser2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
Brown Long-eared Bat · Field Vole · Rabbit · Common Pipistrelle · Eurasian Serotine +2
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2024
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
- Eurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinus2024
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2024▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects6 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Large Red Damselfly · Orange Ladybird · 16-spot Ladybird · Southern Hawker · Glow-worm +1
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2024
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2024
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2024
Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Bank Haircap
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
- Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,495 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds53 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Robin · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Blackbird · Blue Tit +48
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- RavenCorvus corax
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- SwiftApus apus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- GoosanderMergus merganser2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
Brown Long-eared Bat · Field Vole · Rabbit · Common Pipistrelle · Eurasian Serotine +2
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2024
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
- Eurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinus2024
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2024▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects6 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Large Red Damselfly · Orange Ladybird · 16-spot Ladybird · Southern Hawker · Glow-worm +1
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2024
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2024
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2024
Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Bank Haircap
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
- Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2024Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2024Chrysotoxum verralli
Chrysotoxum verralli
Chrysotoxum verralli2024
Chrysotoxum verralli2024
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