Crutchfield Copse - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🌿Foraging🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
51.18138, -0.19241
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ 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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Reigate and Banstead Millennium TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef RBMTRegional walking route
Tandridge Border PathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Mills & Pillboxes walk (SCC)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Greensand WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef GWRegional walking route
Sussex Border PathWalking route220 km▾
Named routeLength 220 kmRegional walking route
67 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route BCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route ACycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Copthorne to CrawleyCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route B (incomplete)Cycling 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
Route BCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Reigate Road at the junction of Crutchfield Lane
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
9,133 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
9,133 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Rock Dove · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Blackbird +36
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SwiftApus apus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- CootFulica atra
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
Red Fox
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects10 species
summerautumn
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Southern Hawker · Woundwort Shieldbug · Southern Green Shieldbug · Hawthorn Shieldbug +5
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Woundwort ShieldbugEysarcoris venustissimus
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,133 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Rock Dove · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Blackbird +36
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SwiftApus apus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- CootFulica atra
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
Red Fox
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects10 species
summerautumn
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Southern Hawker · Woundwort Shieldbug · Southern Green Shieldbug · Hawthorn Shieldbug +5
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Woundwort ShieldbugEysarcoris venustissimus
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Kidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatusKidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatus14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctataGlow-wormLampyris noctilucaGlow-wormLampyris noctiluca