Trueloves Wood - Broadleaved woodland
5 ha
🐶Dogs🌿Foraging🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
51.10531, -0.34807
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
- 🐕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
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Downs LinkWalking route59 km▾
A 37 mile shared route for walkers, horse riders and cyclists linking the North Downs Way with the South Downs Way
Named routeLength 59 kmRegional walking route
Capel walk (SCC)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
West Sussex Literary TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Riverside WalkWalking route13 km▾
A circular walk around Horsham following the Chennels Brook, Horn Brook, Arun, and Boldings Brook
Named routeLength 13 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Sussex Border PathWalking route220 km▾
Named routeLength 220 kmRegional walking route
13 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 223Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 223National Cycle Network
Worthing Road to Horsham StationCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Corridor 1aCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Pedlars WayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Broadbridge Heath to HorshamCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Surrey CyclewayCycling route▾
Leigh Hill link
Named routeRegional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
15,239 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
15,239 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
springwinter
2025▾
Peregrine · Little Ringed Plover · Nightingale · Robin · Willow Warbler +39
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RavenCorvus corax
- MagpiePica pica
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
🦌Mammals1 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Slow-worm · Grass Snake · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐝Insects4 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Carabus nemoralis · Ectophasia crassipennis · White-legged Damselfly · Broad-bodied Chaser
- Carabus nemoralisCarabus nemoralis
- Ectophasia crassipennisEctophasia crassipennis2025
- White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2025
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025
🌿Plants10 species
springsummer
2025▾
Fennel · Blackthorn · Broad-leaved Helleborine · Pyramidal Orchid · Giant Hogweed +5
- FennelFoeniculum vulgare
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine
- Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis
- Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum
- Common VetchVicia sativa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
15,239 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
springwinter
2025▾
Peregrine · Little Ringed Plover · Nightingale · Robin · Willow Warbler +39
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RavenCorvus corax
- MagpiePica pica
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
🦌Mammals1 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Slow-worm · Grass Snake · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐝Insects4 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Carabus nemoralis · Ectophasia crassipennis · White-legged Damselfly · Broad-bodied Chaser
- Carabus nemoralisCarabus nemoralis
- Ectophasia crassipennisEctophasia crassipennis2025
- White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2025
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025
🌿Plants10 species
springsummer
2025▾
Fennel · Blackthorn · Broad-leaved Helleborine · Pyramidal Orchid · Giant Hogweed +5
- FennelFoeniculum vulgare
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine
- Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis
- Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum
- Common VetchVicia sativa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Bush Vetch
Bush Vetch
Vicia sepium
Vicia sepium
BugleAjuga reptansBugleAjuga reptansCommon Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatusCommon Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatusToothwortLathraea squamariaToothwortLathraea squamaria