Tongs Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland21 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome21 ha
Getting here
51.05274, 0.54215
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland meadows — marbled white, meadow brown and pollinating insects
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 km2 signed routes nearby · 10 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
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
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Singletrack Mountain Bike TrailMountain bike route▾
Family Cycle RouteMountain bike route▾
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
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Wildlife to spot
2,257 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,257 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blackbird · Robin · Great Tit · Jackdaw +43
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2020
- RookCorvus frugilegus2020
- SwiftApus apus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2020
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2020
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2020
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2020
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2020
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2020
- JayGarrulus glandarius2020
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2020
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2020
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2020
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2020
🦌Mammals12 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Wood Mouse · Badger · Soprano Pipistrelle · Brown Long-eared Bat +7
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2022
- BadgerMeles meles2022
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2022
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
Slow-worm
Glow-worm · Harlequin Ladybird · Common Darter · Ectophasia crassipennis · Migrant Hawker +3
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023
- Ectophasia crassipennisEctophasia crassipennis2023
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2023
- Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,257 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blackbird · Robin · Great Tit · Jackdaw +43
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2020
- RookCorvus frugilegus2020
- SwiftApus apus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2020
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2020
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2020
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2020
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2020
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2020
- JayGarrulus glandarius2020
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2020
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2020
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2020
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2020
🦌Mammals12 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Wood Mouse · Badger · Soprano Pipistrelle · Brown Long-eared Bat +7
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2022
- BadgerMeles meles2022
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2022
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
Slow-worm
Glow-worm · Harlequin Ladybird · Common Darter · Ectophasia crassipennis · Migrant Hawker +3
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023
- Ectophasia crassipennisEctophasia crassipennis2023
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2023
- Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2022
2022
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2022Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2022NoctuleNyctalus noctula2022NoctuleNyctalus noctula2022MyodesMyodes2021MyodesMyodes2021HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2020HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2020Yellow-necked MouseApodemus flavicollis2022Yellow-necked MouseApodemus flavicollis2022Common ShrewSorex araneus2022Common ShrewSorex araneus2022Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2021Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis20212021
2021
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2021Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2021HornetVespa crabro2020HornetVespa crabro2020