Little Brans Wood - Conifer woodland
✦ Ancient woodland55 ha
Plan your visit
🐴Horses🍂Seasonal🦉Wildlife
Free entryDogs welcome55 ha
Getting here
50.91162, 0.51216
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
- 🐴2 horse riding trail(s) — is at its best in summer
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐴2 horse riding trail(s) — is at its best in summer
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🐴Horse riding
Very strong match
2 horse riding trail(s)
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland meadows — marbled white, meadow brown and pollinating insects
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Combe Valley GreenwayWalking route4.5 km▾
The Greenway runs alongside the Combe Valley Way, providing access for walkers and cyclists between Bexhill and Hastings.
Named routeLength 4.5 kmPoint-to-pointLocal walking route
1066 Country Walk - Bexhill LinkWalking route10 km▾
Named routeLength 10 kmRegional walking route
1066 Country WalkWalking route50 km▾
Named routeLength 50 kmRegional walking route
6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
ESCC Cycle Route 209Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
ESCC Cycle Route 201Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
ESCC Cycle Route 207Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
ESCC Cycle Route 202Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Battle Schools Greenway (ESCC Cycle Route 100)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Battle North (ESCC Cycle Route 110)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
Woodland ride, Great Wood near Battle
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Wildlife to spot
31,508 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
31,508 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGoldfinch · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Robin +36
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Rabbit · Grey Squirrel
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Harlequin Ladybird
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Groundsel · Spear Thistle · Butcher's-broom · Mexican Fleabane · Wall-rue +67
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- Butcher's-broomRuscus aculeatus
- Mexican FleabaneErigeron karvinskianus
- Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
- Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
31,508 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGoldfinch · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Robin +36
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Rabbit · Grey Squirrel
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Harlequin Ladybird
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Groundsel · Spear Thistle · Butcher's-broom · Mexican Fleabane · Wall-rue +67
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- Butcher's-broomRuscus aculeatus
- Mexican FleabaneErigeron karvinskianus
- Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
- Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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