Cats Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland27 ha
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🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome27 ha
Getting here
51.08587, 0.41519
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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
- 🐕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
🍂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 km3 signed routes nearby · 18 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
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
The Old Carriagewaypublic footpath · 18 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 18 mSurface grassPath type: track
The Old Carriage Waypublic footpath · 218 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 218 mSurface groundPath type: track
The Old Carriage Waypublic footpath · 271 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 271 mSurface groundPath type: track
7 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 route187 m▾
Named routeRef 18Length 187 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route9.5 km▾
Named routeRef 18Length 9.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route969 m▾
Named routeRef 18Length 969 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.8 km▾
Named routeRef 18Length 2.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Singletrack Mountain Bike TrailMountain bike route▾
Family Cycle RouteMountain bike route▾
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Wildlife to spot
19,457 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
19,457 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
springsummerwinter
2026▾
Robin · Blue Tit · Mallard · Jackdaw · Blackbird +39
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
🦌Mammals2 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Hazel Dormouse · Grey Squirrel
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects18 species
springsummer
2025▾
Red-eyed Damselfly · Eristalis pertinax · Banded Demoiselle · White-legged Damselfly · Azure Damselfly +13
- Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
🌿Plants15 species
springsummer
2025▾
Bugle · Great Scented Liverwort · Endive Pellia · Crenulated Flapwort · Grove Earwort +10
- BugleAjuga reptans
- Great Scented LiverwortConocephalum conicum
- Endive PelliaPellia endiviifolia
- Crenulated FlapwortSolenostoma gracillimum
- Grove EarwortScapania nemorea
- Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
19,457 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
springsummerwinter
2026▾
Robin · Blue Tit · Mallard · Jackdaw · Blackbird +39
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
🦌Mammals2 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Hazel Dormouse · Grey Squirrel
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects18 species
springsummer
2025▾
Red-eyed Damselfly · Eristalis pertinax · Banded Demoiselle · White-legged Damselfly · Azure Damselfly +13
- Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
🌿Plants15 species
springsummer
2025▾
Bugle · Great Scented Liverwort · Endive Pellia · Crenulated Flapwort · Grove Earwort +10
- BugleAjuga reptans
- Great Scented LiverwortConocephalum conicum
- Endive PelliaPellia endiviifolia
- Crenulated FlapwortSolenostoma gracillimum
- Grove EarwortScapania nemorea
- Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculataFour-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculataRhododendron LeafhopperGraphocephala fennahiRhododendron LeafhopperGraphocephala fennahiCommon DarterSympetrum striolatumCommon DarterSympetrum striolatumSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusCommon Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulvaCommon Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulvaMalachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatusMalachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatusSphaerophoriaSphaerophoriaSphaerophoriaSphaerophoriaSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaDowny EmeraldCordulia aeneaDowny EmeraldCordulia aeneaBlue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegansBlue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegansHairy DragonflyBrachytron pratenseHairy DragonflyBrachytron pratenseVervain
Vervain
Verbena officinalis
Verbena officinalis
Creeping-JennyLysimachia nummulariaCreeping-JennyLysimachia nummulariaSweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratumSweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratumRed ValerianCentranthus ruberRed ValerianCentranthus ruberGreen-winged OrchidAnacamptis morioGreen-winged OrchidAnacamptis morioSweet ChestnutCastanea sativaSweet ChestnutCastanea sativaWood AnemoneAnemone nemorosaWood AnemoneAnemone nemorosaLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumRamsonsAllium ursinumRamsonsAllium ursinumEvents & activities nearby
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