High Wood - Conifer woodland
✦ Ancient woodland6 ha
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
51.07154, -0.18935
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
- 🌿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
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Crawley GreenwayWalking route▾
walking route around Crawley along many leafy paths, signposted
Named routeLocal walking route
Sussex Ouse Valley WayWalking route67 km▾
Named routeLength 67 kmRegional walking route
Worth WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Accessible Route, NymansWalking route1.2 km▾
Nurtured for nearly 130 years, the garden features an internationally important plant collection containing species from around the world.
Named routeLength 1.2 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Iron Walk, NymansWalking route3.5 km▾
Named routeLength 3.5 kmDuration 01:00Round tripLocal walking route
97 signed routes nearby
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Route J (incomplete)Cycling route▾
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1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Tilgate Forest SingletrackMountain bike route▾
Photos
Private woodland track north of High Beeches Cottages
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Wildlife to spot
10,391 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,391 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blue Tit · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Wren · Robin +37
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
🦌Mammals4 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Pipistrelle Bat species · Badger · Muntjac · Polecat
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- BadgerMeles meles
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
- PolecatMustela putorius2025
🐸Amphibians4 species
winterspring
2026▾
Palmate Newt · Smooth Newt · Common Frog · Common Toad
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects6 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Southern Hawker · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Galeruca tanaceti · Minotaur Beetle · Common Darter +1
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- Galeruca tanacetiGaleruca tanaceti
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus
Holly · White Earwort · Delicate Stonewort · Beech · Alder +14
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- White EarwortDiplophyllum albicans
- Delicate StonewortChara virgata
- BeechFagus sylvatica
- AlderAlnus glutinosa
- Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium
- Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,391 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blue Tit · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Wren · Robin +37
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
🦌Mammals4 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Pipistrelle Bat species · Badger · Muntjac · Polecat
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- BadgerMeles meles
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
- PolecatMustela putorius2025
🐸Amphibians4 species
winterspring
2026▾
Palmate Newt · Smooth Newt · Common Frog · Common Toad
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects6 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Southern Hawker · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Galeruca tanaceti · Minotaur Beetle · Common Darter +1
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- Galeruca tanacetiGaleruca tanaceti
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus
Holly · White Earwort · Delicate Stonewort · Beech · Alder +14
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- White EarwortDiplophyllum albicans
- Delicate StonewortChara virgata
- BeechFagus sylvatica
- AlderAlnus glutinosa
- Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium
- Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas