Five Hundred Acre Wood - Conifer woodland
✦ Ancient woodland64 ha
Plan your visit
🍂Seasonal🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome64 ha
Getting here
51.07773, 0.11741
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Church Hill 434m away — 2 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞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
- 🅿️Church Hill 434m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 16 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Vanguard WayWalking route111 km▾
Named routeRef VGWLength 111 kmRegional walking route
Sussex Border PathWalking route220 km▾
Named routeLength 220 kmRegional walking route
High Weald Landscape TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef HWLTListed length 145kmRegional walking route
Tunbridge Wells Circular WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Forest Way (Sussex)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
16 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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
NCN National Route 18Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 18National Cycle Network
Route 21Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 21National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route234 m▾
Named routeRef 18Length 234 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route3.4 km▾
Named routeRef 21Length 3.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.6 km▾
Named routeRef 21Length 1.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
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Wildlife to spot
13,580 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
13,580 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blue Tit · Nuthatch · Woodpigeon · Wren +38
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- MagpiePica pica
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Corvus corax coraxCorvus corax corax
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Dendrocopos major anglicusDendrocopos major anglicus
- Periparus ater britannicusPeriparus ater britannicus
Grey Squirrel · Fallow Deer
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Fallow DeerDama dama
Slow-worm · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐝Insects5 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Migrant Hawker · Southern Hawker · Meadow Grasshopper · Common Darter · Brown Hawker
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
Bracken · Holly · Downy Birch / Silver Birch · Bell Heather · Hard-fern +13
- BrackenPteridium aquilinum
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Downy Birch / Silver BirchBetula pubescens/pendula
- Bell HeatherErica cinerea
- Hard-fernBlechnum spicant
- HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
- Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,580 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blue Tit · Nuthatch · Woodpigeon · Wren +38
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- MagpiePica pica
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Corvus corax coraxCorvus corax corax
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Dendrocopos major anglicusDendrocopos major anglicus
- Periparus ater britannicusPeriparus ater britannicus
Grey Squirrel · Fallow Deer
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Fallow DeerDama dama
Slow-worm · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐝Insects5 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Migrant Hawker · Southern Hawker · Meadow Grasshopper · Common Darter · Brown Hawker
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
Bracken · Holly · Downy Birch / Silver Birch · Bell Heather · Hard-fern +13
- BrackenPteridium aquilinum
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Downy Birch / Silver BirchBetula pubescens/pendula
- Bell HeatherErica cinerea
- Hard-fernBlechnum spicant
- HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
- Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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