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Round Wood - Conifer woodland

✦ Ancient woodland1 ha

📷 Shazz · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

WildlifeBirdsForaging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha

Getting here

50.89445, -0.64140

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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
  • 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
  • 🐕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
  • 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient 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

Forest walks

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
🚶

Walking

10 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Monarch's WayWalking route990 km

approximate route of Charles II's escape

Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route
South Downs WayWalking route160 km
Named routeLength 160 kmNational walking route
Bridle Road to Bignor Walk, SlindonWalking route10.4 km

South Downs, Circular Walk, Dog Friendly, Bridle Road, Bignor, Gumber Corner, The Gallops, Great Bottom, Picnic Spot, Eartham Woods, Stane Street, Roman Roads, 'Six-Ways' signpost, Shippams Poste, Pyramidal orchids, Nore Hill beeches, Nore Hill Folly

Named routeLength 10.4 kmDuration 2:30-3:00Round tripLocal walking route
Nore Hill Folly walk, SlindonWalking route6.1 km

The George Inn, Pub, Nore Hill Folly, Eartham, Bluebells, Ancient beech trees, Dog Friendly, Brick Octagonal Pumphouse, Farmland, Wildlife, Nore Hill Folly, Picnic Spot. Purple Orchids

Named routeLength 6.1 kmDuration 01:30Round tripLocal walking route
Slindon medieval park pale and village walk, Slindon EstateWalking route2.8 km
Named routeLength 2.8 kmDuration 1:00Round tripLocal walking route
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Cycling

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Chichester to Norton Cycle TrackCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle routeSurface asphalt
Walberton LinkCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
South Downs WayMountain bike route
Named routeRef 89National Cycle Network
🐴

Horse riding

15 public paths nearby

Public paths
Stane Streetbridleway · 227 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 227 mSurface dirtPath type: bridleway
Stane Streetbridleway · 4 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 4 mSurface groundPath type: bridleway
Stane Streetbridleway · 10 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 10 mSurface dirtPath type: bridleway
Stane Streetbridleway · 6 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 6 mSurface dirtPath type: bridleway
Stane Streetbridleway · 60 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 60 mSurface dirtPath type: bridleway

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Field and clump near North Wood

📷 Shazz · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Field and clump near North Wood

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦Seven sections of Stane Street Roman road between Eartham and Bignor, a prehistoric linear boundary and two bowl barrowsHistoric site600 m→🦉FAIRMILE BOTTOMNature reserve3.9 km→✦Madehurst Wood earthworksHistoric site3.7 km→✦Dalesdown Wood earthworksHistoric site4.5 km→✦Bowl barrow 960m WSW of Bignor HillHistoric site2.2 km→✦Bowl barrow 915m WSW of Bignor HillHistoric site2.2 km→

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