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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
51.01330, 0.70933
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦90+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Song Thrush
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 230m away
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦90+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Song Thrush
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 230m away
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Song Thrush, Wigeon +87 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Song Thrush, Wigeon +87 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — White-legged Damselfly, Meadow Brown, Buff-tailed Bumblebee +98 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Bluebell, Common Feather-moss, Forked Veilwort +89 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Good match
Fungi — Bitter Poisonpie, Two-spored Milkcap, Giant Puffball · last seen 2017
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Saxon Shore WayWalking route262 km▾
Named routeLength 262 kmRegional walking route
European walking route E9, Rye to DoverWalking route▾
Named routeRef E9International 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
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 172Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 172National Cycle Network
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Coronation of Charles III and Camilla
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
2,881 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,881 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds14 species
winterspring
2025▾
Shoveler · Wigeon · Mediterranean Gull · Swallow · Yellowhammer +9
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2023
- WigeonMareca penelope
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- GoosanderMergus merganser2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2023
- SwiftApus apus2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- PintailAnas acuta2023
- PochardAythya ferina2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
Soprano Pipistrelle · Hedgehog · Wild Boar
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- Wild BoarSus scrofa
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2025▾
Great Crested Newt · Common Frog
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Red-tailed Bumblebee · White-legged Damselfly · Western Honey Bee · 7-spot Ladybird +52
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2023
- White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2023
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2023
- White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers
Hogweed · Wild Carrot · Marsh Thistle
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Wild CarrotDaucus carota
- Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,881 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds14 species
winterspring
2025▾
Shoveler · Wigeon · Mediterranean Gull · Swallow · Yellowhammer +9
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2023
- WigeonMareca penelope
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- GoosanderMergus merganser2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2023
- SwiftApus apus2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- PintailAnas acuta2023
- PochardAythya ferina2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
Soprano Pipistrelle · Hedgehog · Wild Boar
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- Wild BoarSus scrofa
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2025▾
Great Crested Newt · Common Frog
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Red-tailed Bumblebee · White-legged Damselfly · Western Honey Bee · 7-spot Ladybird +52
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2023
- White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2023
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2023
- White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers
Hogweed · Wild Carrot · Marsh Thistle
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Wild CarrotDaucus carota
- Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Bombus lucorum/terrestris2023
Bombus lucorum/terrestris2023
Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2023Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum202316-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata202316-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2023Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoapteraDark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoapteraSpeckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2024Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2024Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegansBlue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegansMeadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2024Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2024Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2023Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2023Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2023Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2023Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2023Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2023Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2023Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2023Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneusField GrasshopperChorthippus brunneusLesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatusLesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatusHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisChrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum2024Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum2024Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2023Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2023Vestal Cuckoo BeeBombus vestalis2023Vestal Cuckoo BeeBombus vestalis2023Dock BugCoreus marginatus2023Dock BugCoreus marginatus202322-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctataSyritta pipiensSyritta pipiensSyritta pipiensSyritta pipiensDemeijerea rufipesDemeijerea rufipesDemeijerea rufipesDemeijerea rufipesCheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrataHarmonia axyridis form spectabilisHarmonia axyridis form spectabilisHarmonia axyridis form spectabilisHarmonia axyridis form spectabilisPentastiridius leporinusPentastiridius leporinusPentastiridius leporinusPentastiridius leporinusBeautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgoBeautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgoRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2024Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2024Heterotoma planicornisHeterotoma planicornis2024Heterotoma planicornisHeterotoma planicornis2024Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2024Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2024Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus2024Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus2024Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2023Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2023Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023Ribautiana tenerrimaRibautiana tenerrima2023Ribautiana tenerrimaRibautiana tenerrima2023Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2023Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2023Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2023Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2023Mystacides longicornisMystacides longicornis2023Mystacides longicornisMystacides longicornis2023Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2023Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2023Social Pear SpinnerNeurotoma saltuum2023Social Pear SpinnerNeurotoma saltuum2023Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2023Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2023Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2023Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2023Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2023Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2023Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2023Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2023Turtle BugPodops inuncta2023Turtle BugPodops inuncta2023Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2023Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2023Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2023Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis202310-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata202310-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2023Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2022Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2022Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2022Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens202214-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata202214-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2022Rhagonycha luteaRhagonycha lutea2022Rhagonycha luteaRhagonycha lutea2022Tiger CraneflyNephrotoma flavescens2022Tiger CraneflyNephrotoma flavescens2022