Horleyland Wood - Broadleaved woodland 1 ha
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🧺 Picnic🛝 Family🐶 Dogs
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 1 ha
Places › England › South East › Crawley Getting here
51.15462, -0.15900
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 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out ☕ Puccino's Deli — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ 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 ☕ Puccino's Deli — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Paid 🚻 Toilets
🧺 Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Named cycling route nearby: Route 21
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 8 signed routes nearby · 24 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Crawley Greenway Walking route ▾
walking route around Crawley along many leafy paths, signposted
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Worth Way Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Reigate and Banstead Millennium Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Ref RBMT Regional walking route
Show on map Tandridge Border Path Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Outwood Common Walk at Harewoods Walking route 4 km ▾
Enjoy a refreshing circular walk through ancient woodland and across open farmland. See what the farmers are growing in their fields and discover an enchanting hidden pond. Slopes, uneven terrain, stiles & gates present.
Named route Length 4 km Duration 01:00-02:00 Round trip Local walking route
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Signed route nearby
Route J (incomplete) Cycling route ▾
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Show on map Photos Public footpath 355Sy, Gatwick
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Wildlife to spot
16,194 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 16,194 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 43 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Magpie · Collared Dove · Woodpigeon · Long-tailed Tit · Goldfinch +38
Magpie Pica pica Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Raven Corvus corax Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Wood Mouse · Bank Vole
Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus Bank Vole Myodes glareolus Slow-worm
🐸 Amphibians 6 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Lissotriton · Great Crested Newt · Common Toad · Palmate Newt +1
Common Frog Rana temporaria Lissotriton Lissotriton Great Crested Newt Triturus cristatus Common Toad Bufo bufo Palmate Newt Lissotriton helveticus Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Hoverfly · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Western Honey Bee · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Marmalade Hoverfly +21
Hoverfly Syrphidae2025 Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius2025 Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera2025 Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2025 Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025 Sphaerophoria scripta 🌿 Plants 4 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Hoary Ragwort · Pennyroyal · Broad-leaved Helleborine · Musk-mallow
Hoary Ragwort Jacobaea erucifolia Pennyroyal Mentha pulegium Broad-leaved Helleborine Epipactis helleborine Musk-mallow Malva moschata Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 16,194 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 43 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Magpie · Collared Dove · Woodpigeon · Long-tailed Tit · Goldfinch +38
Magpie Pica pica Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Raven Corvus corax Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Wood Mouse · Bank Vole
Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus Bank Vole Myodes glareolus Slow-worm
🐸 Amphibians 6 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Lissotriton · Great Crested Newt · Common Toad · Palmate Newt +1
Common Frog Rana temporaria Lissotriton Lissotriton Great Crested Newt Triturus cristatus Common Toad Bufo bufo Palmate Newt Lissotriton helveticus Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Hoverfly · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Western Honey Bee · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Marmalade Hoverfly +21
Hoverfly Syrphidae2025 Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius2025 Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera2025 Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2025 Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025 Sphaerophoria scripta 🌿 Plants 4 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Hoary Ragwort · Pennyroyal · Broad-leaved Helleborine · Musk-mallow
Hoary Ragwort Jacobaea erucifolia Pennyroyal Mentha pulegium Broad-leaved Helleborine Epipactis helleborine Musk-mallow Malva moschata Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Sphaerophoria scripta2025
Sphaerophoria scripta2025
Oedemera lurida Oedemera lurida2025
Oedemera lurida Oedemera lurida2025
White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers Bombus lucorum/terrestris2025
White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers Bombus lucorum/terrestris2025
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum2025
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum2025
Large Willow Aphid Tuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus
Large Willow Aphid Tuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum2025
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum2025
Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens2025
Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens2025
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus2025
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus2025
Eristalis nemorum Eristalis nemorum2025
Eristalis nemorum Eristalis nemorum2025
Brilliant Emerald Somatochlora metallica2025
Brilliant Emerald Somatochlora metallica2025
Eupeodes Eupeodes2025
Eupeodes Eupeodes2025
Lasioglossum Lasioglossum2025
Lasioglossum Lasioglossum2025
Dolichovespula saxonica Dolichovespula saxonica2025
Dolichovespula saxonica Dolichovespula saxonica2025
Clogmia albipunctata Clogmia albipunctata2025
Clogmia albipunctata Clogmia albipunctata2025
Potato Capsid Closterotomus norwegicus2025
Potato Capsid Closterotomus norwegicus2025
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2025
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2025
Early Bumblebee Bombus pratorum2025
Early Bumblebee Bombus pratorum2025
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis2025
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis2025
Eristalis arbustorum Eristalis arbustorum2025
Eristalis arbustorum Eristalis arbustorum2025
Chrysotoxum bicinctum Chrysotoxum bicinctum2025
Chrysotoxum bicinctum Chrysotoxum bicinctum2025 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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