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Flax Field - Broadleaved woodland

✦ Ancient woodland1 ha

📷 Robin Webster · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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WildlifeDogsBirds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha

Getting here

51.11135, -0.14940

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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
  • 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
  • 🅿️Parking on site — 20 car parks within reach

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
  • 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Parking

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland

Free

Dog walks

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Bird watching

Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds

Free

Cycling

Named cycling route nearby: Route 21

Varies

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby · 13 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
High Weald Landscape TrailWalking route
Named routeRef HWLTListed length 145kmRegional walking route
Green Lanepublic footpath · 164 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 164 mPath type: service
Cranmer Walkpublic footpath · 163 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 163 mSurface pavedPath type: footway
Green Lanepublic footpath · 82 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 82 mPath type: service
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Cycling

138 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
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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
Tilgate Forest SingletrackMountain bike route
Named route
🐴

Horse riding

13 public paths nearby

Public paths
Worth Waybridleway · 221 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 221 mPath type: cycleway
The Bowerbridleway · 139 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 139 mPath type: service
Worth Waybridleway · 150 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 150 mSurface asphaltPath type: service

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Secondary source in Frogshole Gill

📷 Robin Webster · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Secondary source in Frogshole Gill

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🏞️TILGATE PARKCountry park2.9 km→🌱Tilgate ParkUrban park2.7 km→🌱Waterlea MeadowUrban park1.2 km→🌱Maidenbower ParkUrban park700 m→🌱Gratton's ParkUrban park2 km→🌱Tilgate ParkUrban park2.9 km→

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