Chaffolds Copse - Conifer woodland
✦ Ancient woodland7 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome7 ha
Getting here
51.13931, -0.27227
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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ 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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
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 listed as facility
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Crawley GreenwayWalking route▾
walking route around Crawley along many leafy paths, signposted
Named routeLocal walking route
Beare Green walk (SCC)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Capel walk (SCC)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Sussex Border PathWalking route220 km▾
Named routeLength 220 kmRegional walking route
34 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route KCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route J (incomplete)Cycling route▾
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Route JCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
National Cycle Route 228 Crawley to PulboroughCycling route▾
Named routeRef 228National Cycle Network
Crawley Avenue Cycle TracksCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
A24 Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
3,195 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,195 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds32 species
winterspring
2025▾
Jackdaw · Robin · Blackbird · Swallow · Blue Tit +27
- JackdawColoeus monedula2021
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2021
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2022
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2021
- MagpiePica pica2021
- Great TitParus major2021
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2022
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2021
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2021
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2021
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2022
- NuthatchSitta europaea2022
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2021
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2021
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone corone2021
- DunnockPrunella modularis2021
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2021
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2021
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2020
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2020
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2020
Grey Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle · Rabbit · Badger · Soprano Pipistrelle +2
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2021
- BadgerMeles meles2021
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2022
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2023▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
🐝Insects4 species
springsummerautumn
2024▾
Glow-worm · Stag Beetle · Large Red Damselfly · Common Wasp
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2023
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2021
- Common WaspVespula vulgaris2020
Giant Hogweed · Cuckooflower
- Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum
- CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2022
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,195 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds32 species
winterspring
2025▾
Jackdaw · Robin · Blackbird · Swallow · Blue Tit +27
- JackdawColoeus monedula2021
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2021
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2022
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2021
- MagpiePica pica2021
- Great TitParus major2021
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2022
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2021
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2021
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2021
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2022
- NuthatchSitta europaea2022
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2021
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2021
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone corone2021
- DunnockPrunella modularis2021
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2021
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2021
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2020
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2020
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2020
Grey Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle · Rabbit · Badger · Soprano Pipistrelle +2
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2021
- BadgerMeles meles2021
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2022
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2023▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
🐝Insects4 species
springsummerautumn
2024▾
Glow-worm · Stag Beetle · Large Red Damselfly · Common Wasp
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2023
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2021
- Common WaspVespula vulgaris2020
Giant Hogweed · Cuckooflower
- Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum
- CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2022
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
