🌞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 397m away — 10 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 397m away — 10 car parks within reach
Good to know
£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🅿️Parking
Best for
9 activities
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Wildlife
Strong match
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🐶
Dog walks
Strong match
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🍂
Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
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Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🌿
Foraging
Good match
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲
Forest walks
Good match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km
🚶
Walking
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11 signed routes nearby · 15 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Beare Green walk (SCC)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Capel walk (SCC)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Leith Hill GreenwayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Leith Hill Rhododendron Wood Walk, Leith HillWalking route800 m▾
A gentle walk through Rhododendron Wood; Created in 1800s by Caroline Wedgwood (botanist & Charles Darwin's sister) before being given to the NT in 1944. The wood suffered damage during the Great Storm (1987), so restoration work has shaped the area.
Named routeLength 800 mDuration 00:30Round tripLocal walking route
Leith Hill Woodland Bluebell Walk, Leith HillWalking route1 km▾
This short but hilly walk around Frank's Wood on Leith Hill takes in views across to the South Downs and, between April and May, a colourful array of scented bluebells. Woodland paths with steep ascents & descents, steps and slippery areas.
Named routeLength 1 kmDuration 01:00Round tripLocal walking route
FP 201public footpath · 40 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 40 mPath type: footway
FP 207public footpath · 314 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 314 mPath type: footway
FP 184public footpath · 318 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 318 mPath type: footway
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Cycling
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12 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Route 228 Crawley to PulboroughCycling route▾
Named routeRef 228National Cycle Network
A24 Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Im Still StandingCycling route▾
Named route
RegurgitatorCycling route▾
Named route
Surrey CyclewayCycling route▾
Leigh Hill link
Named routeRegional cycle route
Surrey CyclewayCycling route▾
Leigh Hill link
Named routeRegional cycle route
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Mountain biking
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6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The GardenMountain bike route▾
Named route
Route 66Mountain bike route▾
Named route
Summer LightningMountain bike route▾
Named routeFriends of hurtwood
Toad of Toad HallMountain bike route▾
Named route
CaspersMountain bike route▾
Named route
Windy WillowsMountain bike route▾
Named route
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Horse riding
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4 public paths nearby
Public paths
BW 188bridleway · 367 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 367 mPath type: bridleway
BW 189bridleway · 157 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 157 mPath type: bridleway
Greenhurst Parkbridleway · 116 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 116 mPath type: residential
Greenhurst Parkbridleway · 92 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 92 mPath type: residential
