Oldhouse Warren - Conifer woodland
✦ Ancient woodland85 ha
Plan your visit
🍂Seasonal🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome85 ha
Getting here
51.09110, -0.14922
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 285m away — 20 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 285m away — 20 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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 9 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
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
129 signed routes nearby
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Route KCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route J (incomplete)Cycling route▾
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Route JCycling route▾
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Route F (incomplete)Cycling route▾
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Route DCycling route▾
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1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Tilgate Forest SingletrackMountain bike route▾
18 public paths nearby
Public paths
Whitely Hillbridleway · 8 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 8 mSurface asphaltPath type: service
Whitely Hillbridleway · 691 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 691 mSurface asphaltPath type: track
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Wildlife to spot
13,145 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
13,145 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Blackbird · Blue Tit · Wren · Robin · Great Tit +38
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RavenCorvus corax
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- SwiftApus apus
🦌Mammals3 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Common Lizard · Grass Snake
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Southern Hawker · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Keeled Skimmer
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
- Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens
Rough Meadow-grass · Yorkshire-fog · Creeping Cinquefoil · Ground-ivy · Red Fescue +11
- Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
- Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
- Red FescueFestuca rubra
- Common BentAgrostis capillaris
- Rusty-Back FernAsplenium ceterach
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,145 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Blackbird · Blue Tit · Wren · Robin · Great Tit +38
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RavenCorvus corax
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- SwiftApus apus
🦌Mammals3 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Common Lizard · Grass Snake
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Southern Hawker · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Keeled Skimmer
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
- Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens
Rough Meadow-grass · Yorkshire-fog · Creeping Cinquefoil · Ground-ivy · Red Fescue +11
- Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
- Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
- Red FescueFestuca rubra
- Common BentAgrostis capillaris
- Rusty-Back FernAsplenium ceterach
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
