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Faygate Forest

✦ Ancient woodland72 ha

📷 Jonathan Billinger · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome72 ha

Getting here

51.08539, -0.25968

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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
⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around

🌤️ 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
⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around

Good to know

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

CampsiteParking

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Great Spotted Woodpecker, Great Tit, Carrion Crow +70 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Great Spotted Woodpecker, Great Tit, Carrion Crow +70 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Purple Toadflax, American Skunk-cabbage, Lesser Stitchwort +7 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Rowan, Great Scented Liverwort, Thyme-leaved Speedwell

Varies

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Downy Emerald, Large Red Damselfly, Broad-bodied Chaser +10 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Downy Emerald, Large Red Damselfly, Broad-bodied Chaser +10 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

9 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

West Sussex Literary TrailWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Crawley GreenwayWalking route

walking route around Crawley along many leafy paths, signposted

Named routeLocal walking route

Sussex Ouse Valley WayWalking route67 km

Named routeLength 67 kmRegional walking route

Accessible Route, NymansWalking route1.2 km

Nurtured for nearly 130 years, the garden features an internationally important plant collection containing species from around the world.

Named routeLength 1.2 kmRound tripLocal walking route

Iron Walk, NymansWalking route3.5 km

Named routeLength 3.5 kmDuration 01:00Round tripLocal walking route

Riverside Walkpublic footpath · 793 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 793 mPath type: footway

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Cycling

44 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route KCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Route J (incomplete)Cycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Route JCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

National Cycle Route 228 Crawley to PulboroughCycling route

Named routeRef 228National Cycle Network

Worthing Road to Horsham StationCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Crawley Avenue Cycle TracksCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Tilgate Forest SingletrackMountain bike route

Named route

🐴

Horse riding

1 public path nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

Wildlife to spot

5,825 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

5,825 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds52 species

springautumnwinter

2025

Great Spotted Woodpecker · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Blackbird +47

Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
RobinErithacus rubecula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
JackdawColoeus monedula
NuthatchSitta europaea
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Marsh TitPoecile palustris
JayGarrulus glandarius
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
MagpiePica pica
Stock DoveColumba oenas
DunnockPrunella modularis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
GreenfinchChloris chloris
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
RavenCorvus corax
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
LinnetLinaria cannabina
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
SiskinSpinus spinus
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
CuckooCuculus canorus
SwallowHirundo rustica
RookCorvus frugilegus
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Garden WarblerSylvia borin

🦌

Mammals3 species

autumnwinter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Red Fox

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2025

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects5 species

springsummer

2025

Bronze Shieldbug · Violet Ground Beetle · Hairy Dragonfly · Large Red Damselfly · Downy Emerald

Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus
Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus
Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Downy EmeraldCordulia aenea

🌿

Plants2 species

summer

2025

Purple Toadflax · Lesser Stitchwort

Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea
Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

5,825 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds52 species

springautumnwinter

2025

Great Spotted Woodpecker · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Blackbird +47

Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
RobinErithacus rubecula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
JackdawColoeus monedula
NuthatchSitta europaea
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Marsh TitPoecile palustris
JayGarrulus glandarius
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
MagpiePica pica
Stock DoveColumba oenas
DunnockPrunella modularis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
GreenfinchChloris chloris
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
RavenCorvus corax
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
LinnetLinaria cannabina
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
SiskinSpinus spinus
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
CuckooCuculus canorus
SwallowHirundo rustica
RookCorvus frugilegus
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Garden WarblerSylvia borin

🦌

Mammals3 species

autumnwinter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Red Fox

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2025

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects5 species

springsummer

2025

Bronze Shieldbug · Violet Ground Beetle · Hairy Dragonfly · Large Red Damselfly · Downy Emerald

Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus
Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus
Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Downy EmeraldCordulia aenea

🌿

Plants2 species

summer

2025

Purple Toadflax · Lesser Stitchwort

Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea
Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Jonathan Billinger · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Roffey Park

Highbirch Hill, St Leonard's Forest

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St Leonard's

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