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Crouch Gardens

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Public accessDogs welcome

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
  • Playing fields is at its best in summer here
  • Front Room — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

Good to know

  • 🐕Dogs welcome
Bike parkingCaféParking

Best for

10 activities

Wildlife

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Carrion Crow, Herring Gull, House Sparrow +76 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Carrion Crow, Herring Gull, House Sparrow +76 more · last seen 2026

Free

Playing fields

Playing field

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Daisy, Yarrow, Cock's-foot +213 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Daisy, Yarrow, Cock's-foot +213 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Plants — Blackthorn, Bristly Oxtongue, Elder +23 more foraging species

Varies

Insect spotting

Insects — Marmalade Hoverfly, Southern Hawker, Common Darter +36 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Marmalade Hoverfly, Southern Hawker, Common Darter +36 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
🚶

Walking

15 signed routes nearby · 14 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
South Downs WayWalking route160 km
Named routeLength 160 kmNational walking route
Vanguard WayWalking route111 km
Named routeRef VGWLength 111 kmRegional walking route
Sussex Ouse Valley WayWalking route67 km
Named routeLength 67 kmRegional walking route
Newhaven-Brighton Clifftop PathWalking route
Named routeLocal walking route
Hill and Vale Walk at Frog Firle Farm, South Downs EastWalking route6.4 km

Looping over Cradle & Hindover Hills, see views of secluded farmland & divert to Litlington. Spot geese feeding on the water meadows, birds & insects singing in the hillside shrub, & wild flowers growing in the chalk grassland. Slopes & uneven terrain.

Named routeLength 6.4 kmDuration 02:00Round trip
Bramber Lanepublic footpath · 87 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 87 mPath type: service
Mill Drivepublic footpath · 42 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 42 mSurface asphaltPath type: living_street
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Cycling

46 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Peacehaven - Newhaven (ESCC Cycle Route 205)Cycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
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
Egrets WayCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
National Cycle Route 2 Hastings to BrightonCycling route
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route145 m
Named routeRef 2Length 145 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route58 m
Named routeRef 2Length 58 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Mountain biking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
South Downs WayMountain bike route
Named routeRef 89National Cycle Network
Friston Forest Family MTB RouteMountain bike route
Named route
Friston Forest Red MTB RouteMountain bike route
Named route

Wildlife to spot

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Crouch Bowls Club House, Crouch Gardens, Seaford

Crouch Bowls Club House, Crouch Gardens, Seaford

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