Cox Farm Copse - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland4 ha
🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🌿Foraging
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
51.10434, -0.33298
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
- 🅿️Parking 59m away — 2 car parks within reach
🌤️ 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
- 🅿️Parking 59m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public 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
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
14 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 223Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 223National Cycle Network
National Cycle Route 228 Crawley to PulboroughCycling route▾
Named routeRef 228National 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
6 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
7,960 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,960 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPeregrine · Little Ringed Plover · Nightingale · Hobby · Firecrest +23
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great TitParus major
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Marsh Frog
- Marsh FrogPelophylax ridibundus
🐝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
Giant Hogweed · Blackthorn · Creeping Cinquefoil · Brooklime · Lesser Stitchwort +65
- Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
- BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga
- Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea
- BulrushTypha latifolia
- Tufted Forget-me-notMyosotis laxa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,960 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPeregrine · Little Ringed Plover · Nightingale · Hobby · Firecrest +23
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great TitParus major
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Marsh Frog
- Marsh FrogPelophylax ridibundus
🐝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
Giant Hogweed · Blackthorn · Creeping Cinquefoil · Brooklime · Lesser Stitchwort +65
- Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
- BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga
- Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea
- BulrushTypha latifolia
- Tufted Forget-me-notMyosotis laxa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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