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The Brogues - Conifer woodland

✦ Ancient woodland19 ha

📷 N Chadwick · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome19 ha

Getting here

51.09250, 0.62507

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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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 398m 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
🅿️Parking 398m away — 2 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Parking

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9 activities

Wildlife

Strong match

Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public 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

Horse riding

Strong match

Horse riding listed as facility

Varies

Cycling

Good match

Named cycling route nearby: NCN National Route 18

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

High Weald Landscape TrailWalking route

Named routeRef HWLTListed length 145kmRegional walking route

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Cycling

11 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 18Cycling route

Named routeRef 18National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route5 km

Named routeRef 18Length 5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route47 m

Named routeRef 18Length 47 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route346 m

Named routeRef 18Length 346 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route16 m

Named routeRef 18Length 16 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route36 m

Named routeRef 18Length 36 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

3,556 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

3,556 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds45 species

spring

2025

Carrion Crow · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Robin +40

Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Coal TitPeriparus ater
JayGarrulus glandarius
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Great TitParus major
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
MagpiePica pica
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos2024
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Marsh TitPoecile palustris
Stock DoveColumba oenas
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
NuthatchSitta europaea
SwallowHirundo rustica
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
CuckooCuculus canorus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
SiskinSpinus spinus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor2024
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2023
HobbyFalco subbuteo2023
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
JackdawColoeus monedula2023
House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023

🦌

Mammals4 species

summer

2025

Grey Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle · Roe Deer · Brown Long-eared Bat

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2023
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2023

🐝

Insects3 species

summer

2024

Common Red Soldier Beetle · Corizus hyoscyami · Glow-worm

Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami
Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

3,556 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds45 species

spring

2025

Carrion Crow · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Robin +40

Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Coal TitPeriparus ater
JayGarrulus glandarius
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Great TitParus major
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
MagpiePica pica
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos2024
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Marsh TitPoecile palustris
Stock DoveColumba oenas
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
NuthatchSitta europaea
SwallowHirundo rustica
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
CuckooCuculus canorus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
SiskinSpinus spinus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor2024
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2023
HobbyFalco subbuteo2023
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
JackdawColoeus monedula2023
House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023

🦌

Mammals4 species

summer

2025

Grey Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle · Roe Deer · Brown Long-eared Bat

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2023
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2023

🐝

Insects3 species

summer

2024

Common Red Soldier Beetle · Corizus hyoscyami · Glow-worm

Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami
Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 N Chadwick · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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