Frith Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland8 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome8 ha
Getting here
51.06288, 0.46409
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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
🍂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
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Play TrailWalking route2 km▾
Named routeLength 2 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Sussex Border PathWalking route220 km▾
Named routeLength 220 kmRegional walking route
High Weald Landscape TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef HWLTListed length 145kmRegional walking route
13 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 18Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 18National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route4.9 km▾
Named routeRef 18Length 4.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Singletrack Mountain Bike TrailMountain bike route▾
Family Cycle RouteMountain bike route▾
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
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Wildlife to spot
12,999 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
12,999 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Woodpigeon · Coot · Blackbird · Blue Tit +39
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- CootFulica atra2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Fallow Deer
🐸Amphibians2 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Rhyzobius litura · 16-spot Ladybird · Minotaur Beetle +8
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Rhyzobius lituraRhyzobius litura2025
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2025
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus2025
- Pea-leaf Weevil
Springy Turf-moss
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,999 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Woodpigeon · Coot · Blackbird · Blue Tit +39
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- CootFulica atra2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Fallow Deer
🐸Amphibians2 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Rhyzobius litura · 16-spot Ladybird · Minotaur Beetle +8
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Rhyzobius lituraRhyzobius litura2025
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2025
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus2025
- Pea-leaf Weevil
Springy Turf-moss
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Sitona lineatus
Sitona lineatus
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata202522-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025Heather LadybirdChilocorus bipustulatus2025Heather LadybirdChilocorus bipustulatus2025Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2025Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2025Rhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloides2025Rhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloides2025Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2025Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Events & activities nearby
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