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Castle Toll Saxon burgh and medieval fort

7 ha

📷 Julian P Guffogg · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome7 ha

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦71+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Blackbird
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦71+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Blackbird
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

4 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Carrion Crow, Blackbird, Blue Tit +68 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Carrion Crow, Blackbird, Blue Tit +68 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Common Carder Bee, Western Honey Bee +35 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Common Carder Bee, Western Honey Bee +35 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Sussex Border PathWalking route220 km

Named routeLength 220 kmRegional walking route

High Weald Landscape TrailWalking route

Named routeRef HWLTListed length 145kmRegional walking route

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Cycling

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 18Cycling route

Named routeRef 18National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route7.1 km

Named routeRef 18Length 7.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route3.6 km

Named routeRef 18Length 3.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

6,382 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

6,382 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds75 species

springsummer

2025

Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Magpie · Robin +70

Carrion CrowCorvus corone
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
MagpiePica pica
RobinErithacus rubecula
JackdawColoeus monedula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Great TitParus major
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
RookCorvus frugilegus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Herring GullLarus argentatus
WhitethroatCurruca communis
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
SwallowHirundo rustica
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Mute SwanCygnus olor
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
LinnetLinaria cannabina
DunnockPrunella modularis
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
CuckooCuculus canorus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Barn OwlTyto alba
BuzzardButeo buteo
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
CootFulica atra2024
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
Common GullLarus canus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
SwiftApus apus2023
GadwallMareca strepera
Greylag GooseAnser anser
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
TealAnas crecca2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2023
Red KiteMilvus milvus
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
JayGarrulus glandarius
RedwingTurdus iliacus
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos2024
Tyto alba albaTyto alba alba2023
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
Rock DoveColumba livia2023
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2023
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2023
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus2023

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Mammals4 species

summerautumn

2024

Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Noctule · Brown Long-eared Bat

Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
NoctuleNyctalus noctula
Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus

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Insects38 species

summer

2025

Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Common Carder Bee · Western Honey Bee · Small Garden Bumblebee · Early Bumblebee +33

Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2022
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2022
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2022
Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2022
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2022
White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2023
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2023
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2023
Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2023
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2022
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2023
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2023
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2022
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2023
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2023
Vestal Cuckoo BeeBombus vestalis2022
Large Garden BumblebeeBombus ruderatus
Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2024
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2023
Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense2023
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus
Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
Short-winged Cone-headConocephalus dorsalis
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Endomychus coccineusEndomychus coccineus2024
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2023
Norfolk AeshnaAeshna isoceles2023
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2023
Ivy BeeColletes hederae2022
Buff-tailed Mining BeeAndrena humilis2022
Mystacides longicornisMystacides longicornis2022
Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

6,382 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds75 species

springsummer

2025

Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Magpie · Robin +70

Carrion CrowCorvus corone
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
MagpiePica pica
RobinErithacus rubecula
JackdawColoeus monedula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Great TitParus major
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
RookCorvus frugilegus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Herring GullLarus argentatus
WhitethroatCurruca communis
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
SwallowHirundo rustica
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Mute SwanCygnus olor
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
LinnetLinaria cannabina
DunnockPrunella modularis
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
CuckooCuculus canorus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Barn OwlTyto alba
BuzzardButeo buteo
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
CootFulica atra2024
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
Common GullLarus canus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
SwiftApus apus2023
GadwallMareca strepera
Greylag GooseAnser anser
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
TealAnas crecca2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2023
Red KiteMilvus milvus
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
JayGarrulus glandarius
RedwingTurdus iliacus
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos2024
Tyto alba albaTyto alba alba2023
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
Rock DoveColumba livia2023
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2023
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2023
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus2023

🦌

Mammals4 species

summerautumn

2024

Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Noctule · Brown Long-eared Bat

Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
NoctuleNyctalus noctula
Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus

🐝

Insects38 species

summer

2025

Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Common Carder Bee · Western Honey Bee · Small Garden Bumblebee · Early Bumblebee +33

Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2022
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2022
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2022
Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2022
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2022
White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2023
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2023
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2023
Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2023
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2022
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2023
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2023
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2022
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2023
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2023
Vestal Cuckoo BeeBombus vestalis2022
Large Garden BumblebeeBombus ruderatus
Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2024
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2023
Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense2023
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus
Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
Short-winged Cone-headConocephalus dorsalis
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Endomychus coccineusEndomychus coccineus2024
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2023
Norfolk AeshnaAeshna isoceles2023
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2023
Ivy BeeColletes hederae2022
Buff-tailed Mining BeeAndrena humilis2022
Mystacides longicornisMystacides longicornis2022
Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Julian P Guffogg · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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