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Collendean Copse

✦ Ancient woodland7 ha

📷 Robin Webster · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Plan your visit

WildlifeBirdsSeasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome7 ha

Getting here

51.18801, -0.21535

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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
  • 🐕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

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
  • 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Best for

10 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Nightingale, Peregrine, Blackbird +66 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Nightingale, Peregrine, Blackbird +66 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Bluebell, Hyacinthoides, Stinking Hellebore +1 more · last seen 2021

Free

Dog walks

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Brown Hairstreak, Nemoura cinerea, Box Tree Moth +45 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Brown Hairstreak, Nemoura cinerea, Box Tree Moth +45 more · last seen 2025

Free

Mushroom foraging

Fungi — Mallow Rust, Zoned Rosette · last seen 2018; Fungi — Mallow Rust, Zoned Rosette · last seen 2018

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

4 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Reigate and Banstead Millennium TrailWalking route
Named routeRef RBMTRegional 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
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Cycling

63 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Route ACycling 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
Surrey CyclewayCycling route

Leigh link

Named routeRegional cycle route
Surrey CyclewayCycling route

Leigh link

Named routeRegional cycle route
Route N (incomplete)Cycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Surrey CyclewayCycling route

Cycle route consisting of main loop plus link routes

Named routeRound tripRegional cycle route
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Horse riding

8 public paths nearby

Public paths
Duxhurst Lanebridleway · 12 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 12 mSurface asphaltPath type: service
Duxhurst Lanebridleway · 55 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 55 mSurface asphaltPath type: track

Wildlife to spot

Photos

A glimpse of a ditch, Bush House Copse

📷 Robin Webster · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

A glimpse of a ditch, Bush House Copse

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱Riverside Garden ParkUrban park4.2 km→✦REIGATE PRIORYHistoric site5 km→🌱Earlswood CommonUrban park4.6 km→🌱Roman Catholic Church of the English MartyrsUrban park3.5 km→🌱Riverside ParkUrban park4.3 km→🦉EARLSWOOD COMMONNature reserve4.6 km→

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