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Baker's Wood - Broadleaved woodland

✦ Ancient woodland29 ha

📷 Glyn Baker · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Plan your visit

SeasonalWildlifeDogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome29 ha

Getting here

51.14560, -0.07267

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
  • 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
  • 🅿️Parking 429m away — 2 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

Seasonal nature

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour

Free

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

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Heritage

Ancient woodland — historic landscape

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

15 signed routes nearby · 38 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
Standen TrailWalking route
Named route
Tandridge Border PathWalking route
Named routeLocal walking route
Dormans Park Walk (SCC)Walking route
Named routeLocal walking route
Lake View Roadpublic footpath · 879 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 879 mPath type: residential
Tandridge Border Pathpublic footpath · 626 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 626 mPath type: track
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Cycling

38 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Route BCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Copthorne to CrawleyCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Avenue Verte London ↔ ParisCycling route

English part of Avenue Verte London ↔ Paris, an international cycle route that connects the two capital cities

Named routeRef AVInternational cycle route
Yew Tree WayCycling route
Named routeRegional cycle route
Surrey CyclewayCycling route

Outwood and Smallfield link

Named routeRegional cycle route
Surrey CyclewayCycling route

Cycle route consisting of main loop plus link routes

Named routeRound tripRegional cycle route
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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
Deers Leap Main TrailMountain bike route
Named route
🐴

Horse riding

2 public paths nearby

Public paths
Chapel Lanebridleway · 345 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 345 mSurface gravelPath type: bridleway
Chapel Lanebridleway · 94 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 94 mSurface asphaltPath type: service

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Crawley Mariners Yacht Club

📷 Glyn Baker · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Crawley Mariners Yacht Club

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱Brooklands ParkUrban park4.6 km→🌱Brooklands ParkUrban park4.6 km→🌱Gun PondUrban park5 km→🌱Mount Noddy Recreation GroundUrban park4.7 km→🌱Mount Noddy Recreation GroundUrban park4.8 km→🌱Talbot Road recreation groundUrban park5 km→

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