Long Wood - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
Plan your visit
🧺Picnic🐶Dogs🛝Family
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
51.10988, -0.16250
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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
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground 279m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground 279m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
picnic area, car park
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, picnic area
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Crawley GreenwayWalking route▾
walking route around Crawley along many leafy paths, signposted
Named routeLocal walking route
Worth WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Tandridge Border PathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Sussex Border PathWalking route220 km▾
Named routeLength 220 kmRegional walking route
Tilgate Drive cyclewaypublic footpath · 231 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 231 mSurface asphaltPath type: cycleway
Atkinson Roadpublic footpath · 83 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 83 mPath type: residential
140 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route KCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route J (incomplete)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route JCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route F (incomplete)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route DCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route BCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Tilgate Forest SingletrackMountain bike route▾
9 public paths nearby
Public paths
The Bowerbridleway · 139 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 139 mPath type: service
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Wildlife to spot
25,925 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
25,925 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Blue Tit · Great Tit · Starling · Long-tailed Tit · Magpie +40
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MagpiePica pica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Hazel Dormouse
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
Harlequin Ladybird
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Wood Speedwell · Ground-ivy · Sweet Vernal-grass · Trailing St John's-wort · Common Bent +13
- Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
- Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
- Trailing St John's-wortHypericum humifusum
- Common BentAgrostis capillaris
- Common SorrelRumex acetosa
- Red FescueFestuca rubra
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
25,925 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Blue Tit · Great Tit · Starling · Long-tailed Tit · Magpie +40
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MagpiePica pica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Hazel Dormouse
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
Harlequin Ladybird
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Wood Speedwell · Ground-ivy · Sweet Vernal-grass · Trailing St John's-wort · Common Bent +13
- Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
- Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
- Trailing St John's-wortHypericum humifusum
- Common BentAgrostis capillaris
- Common SorrelRumex acetosa
- Red FescueFestuca rubra
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
