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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦57+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Goldfinch
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦57+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Goldfinch
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Goldfinch, Song Thrush +54 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Goldfinch, Song Thrush +54 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Large White +71 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Butcher's-broom, Wood Anemone, Honeysuckle +196 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Combe Valley GreenwayWalking route4.5 km▾
The Greenway runs alongside the Combe Valley Way, providing access for walkers and cyclists between Bexhill and Hastings.
Named routeLength 4.5 kmPoint-to-pointLocal walking route
1066 Country Walk - Bexhill LinkWalking route10 km▾
Named routeLength 10 kmRegional walking route
1066 Country WalkWalking route50 km▾
Named routeLength 50 kmRegional walking route
19 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
ESCC Cycle Route 209Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
ESCC Cycle Route 201Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
ESCC Cycle Route 207Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
ESCC Cycle Route 202Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Battle Schools Greenway (ESCC Cycle Route 100)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Battle North (ESCC Cycle Route 110)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
20,022 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
20,022 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds28 species
summerwinter
2026▾
Blackbird · Jay · Robin · Great Tit · Nuthatch +23
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Wood DuckAix sponsa2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
🦌Mammals1 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
🦎Reptiles2 species
springautumn
2026▾
Common Lizard · Slow-worm
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Beautiful Demoiselle · Azure Damselfly · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Southern Hawker · Migrant Hawker +14
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
- Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus
Yorkshire-fog · Hogweed · Sweet Vernal-grass · Rough Meadow-grass · Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage +93
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2025
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
- Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2025
- Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2025
- Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
20,022 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds28 species
summerwinter
2026▾
Blackbird · Jay · Robin · Great Tit · Nuthatch +23
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Wood DuckAix sponsa2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
🦌Mammals1 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
🦎Reptiles2 species
springautumn
2026▾
Common Lizard · Slow-worm
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Beautiful Demoiselle · Azure Damselfly · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Southern Hawker · Migrant Hawker +14
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
- Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus
Yorkshire-fog · Hogweed · Sweet Vernal-grass · Rough Meadow-grass · Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage +93
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2025
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
- Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2025
- Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2025
- Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Leistus spinibarbisLeistus spinibarbis2025Leistus spinibarbisLeistus spinibarbis2025Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2025Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2025Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2025Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2025White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2025Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica20252025
2025
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine2025Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine2025Soft-rushJuncus effusus2025Soft-rushJuncus effusus2025Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2025Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2025Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2025Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2025Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus2025Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus2025Hay-scented Buckler-fernDryopteris aemulaHay-scented Buckler-fernDryopteris aemulaCleaversGalium aparine2025CleaversGalium aparine2025Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2025Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2025DandelionTaraxacum2025DandelionTaraxacum2025Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica2025Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica2025Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025White CloverTrifolium repens2025White CloverTrifolium repens2025HollyIlex aquifolium2025HollyIlex aquifolium2025Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025BrambleRubus fruticosus2025BrambleRubus fruticosus2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025ElderSambucus nigra2025ElderSambucus nigra2025Turkey OakQuercus cerris2025Turkey OakQuercus cerris2025Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2025Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2025Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum2025Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum2025WillowSalix2025WillowSalix2025Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2025Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2025BeechFagus sylvatica2025BeechFagus sylvatica2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2025BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2025AlderAlnus glutinosa2025AlderAlnus glutinosa2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2025Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2025BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2025Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2025Water MintMentha aquatica2025Water MintMentha aquatica2025TimothyPhleum pratense2025TimothyPhleum pratense2025Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium2025Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium2025Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2025Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2025HazelCorylus2025HazelCorylus2025Argentinian VervainVerbena bonariensis2025Argentinian VervainVerbena bonariensis2025Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2025Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2025Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2025Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2025Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2025Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2025Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025GorseUlex europaeus2025GorseUlex europaeus2025Silver BirchBetula pendula2025Silver BirchBetula pendula2025Field MapleAcer campestre2025Field MapleAcer campestre2025Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2025Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2025Norway SprucePicea abies2025Norway SprucePicea abies2025Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2025Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2025HemlockConium maculatum2025HemlockConium maculatum2025Common BentAgrostis capillaris2025Common BentAgrostis capillaris2025Musk-mallowMalva moschata2025Musk-mallowMalva moschata2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2025Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2025VervainVerbena officinalis2025VervainVerbena officinalis2025CinquefoilPotentilla2025CinquefoilPotentilla2025Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2025Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2025Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2025Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2025FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2025Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2025TutsanHypericum androsaemum2025TutsanHypericum androsaemum2025Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum2025Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum2025Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2025Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2025Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum2025Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum2025Remote SedgeCarex remota2025Remote SedgeCarex remota2025Hairy ButtercupRanunculus sardous2025Hairy ButtercupRanunculus sardous2025Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis2025Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis2025Wood SpurgeEuphorbia amygdaloides2025Wood SpurgeEuphorbia amygdaloides2025GoldenrodSolidago virgaurea2025GoldenrodSolidago virgaurea2025Greater BurdockArctium lappa2025Greater BurdockArctium lappa2025Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre2025Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre2025Pill SedgeCarex pilulifera2025Pill SedgeCarex pilulifera2025SilverweedPotentilla anserina2025SilverweedPotentilla anserina2025BrackenPteridium aquilinum2025BrackenPteridium aquilinum2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025Square-stalked St John's-wortHypericum tetrapterum2025Square-stalked St John's-wortHypericum tetrapterum2025HeatherCalluna vulgaris2025HeatherCalluna vulgaris2025Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa2025Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa2025HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2025HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2025Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2025Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2025Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa2025Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa2025IvyHedera helix2025IvyHedera helix2025Hairy Wood-rushLuzula pilosa2025Hairy Wood-rushLuzula pilosa2025BurdockArctium2025BurdockArctium2025RamsonsAllium ursinum2025RamsonsAllium ursinum2025