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Firle Park

121 ha

📷 PAUL FARMER · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome121 ha

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦66+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Meadow Pipit and Carrion Crow
💜Bluebell walks is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦66+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Meadow Pipit and Carrion Crow
💜Bluebell walks is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· Free

Best for

12 activities

Ancient woodland

Very strong match

Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Meadow Pipit, Carrion Crow, Magpie +63 more · last seen 2025; Ancient woodland — owls, woodpeckers, warblers

Free

Bluebell walks

Very strong match

Ancient woodland — native bluebell habitat

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Hawthorn, Hogweed, Common Nettle +254 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Birds — Meadow Pipit, Carrion Crow, Magpie +63 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

10 signed routes nearby · 9 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

Alfriston Clergy House to The Long Man of Wilmington, AlfristonWalking route6.9 km

Named routeLength 6.9 kmDuration 02:00Round tripLocal walking route

Alfriston Clergy House to Berwick Church, AlfristonWalking route5.1 km

Named routeLength 5.1 kmRound tripLocal walking route

The Dockpublic footpath · 203 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 203 mSurface unpavedPath type: track

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Cycling

29 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

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

Regional Route 90Cycling route

Named routeRef 90Regional cycle route

Egrets WayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Lewes - Southease (ESCC Cycle Route 302)Cycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Saltdean - Peacehaven - Southease (ESCC Cycle Route 204)Cycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Egrets WayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

South Downs WayMountain bike route

Named routeRef 89National Cycle Network

🐴

Horse riding

11 public paths nearby

Public paths

Lane Wallbyway open to all traffic · 1.2 km

Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 1.2 kmSurface unpavedPath type: track

The Rabbit Trackbridleway · 1.2 km

Public pathbridlewayLength 1.2 kmPath type: bridleway

Chalky Lanebyway open to all traffic · 485 m

Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 485 mSurface unpavedPath type: track

Heighton Streetbridleway · 750 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 750 mSurface pavedPath type: unclassified

Old Coach Roadbyway open to all traffic · 1.3 km

Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 1.3 kmSurface unpavedPath type: track

Wildlife to spot

8,563 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

8,563 records · National Biodiversity Network

🌿

Plants103 species

spring

2026

Bluebell · Smooth Sow-thistle · Great Willowherb · Common Knapweed · Hawthorn +98

BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
White CloverTrifolium repens
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
CleaversGalium aparine
BrambleRubus fruticosus
ElderSambucus nigra
Black HorehoundBallota nigra
Taraxacum agg.Taraxacum agg.
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
IvyHedera helix
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
AshFraxinus excelsior
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Curled DockRumex crispus
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera
Hard RushJuncus inflexus
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Narcissus agg.Narcissus agg.
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
DaisyBellis perennis
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
Common VetchVicia sativa
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
HazelCorylus avellana
Spotted MedickMedicago arabica
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
Annual MercuryMercurialis annua
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
Common MallowMalva sylvestris
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum
Stinking IrisIris foetidissima
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
HemlockConium maculatum
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Danish ScurvygrassCochlearia danica
Lesser BurdockArctium minus
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Greater PeriwinkleVinca major
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
Fool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorum
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica
Ulmus aggregateUlmus aggregate
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
Mind-your-own-businessSoleirolia soleirolii
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata
Viola odorata var. dumetorumViola odorata var. dumetorum
Trailing BellflowerCampanula poscharskyana
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
HollyIlex aquifolium
Hoary CressLepidium draba
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
ForsythiaForsythia
Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia
Summer SnowflakeLeucojum aestivum
BeechFagus sylvatica
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Crack-willowSalix alba x euxina = S. x fragilis
Spotted-laurelAucuba japonica
Wilson's HoneysuckleLonicera nitida
Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
NipplewortLapsana communis
LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Least DuckweedLemna minuta
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
RapeBrassica napus
Common ChickweedStellaria media
YewTaxus baccata
Sweet VioletViola odorata
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

8,563 records · National Biodiversity Network

🌿

Plants103 species

spring

2026

Bluebell · Smooth Sow-thistle · Great Willowherb · Common Knapweed · Hawthorn +98

BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
White CloverTrifolium repens
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
CleaversGalium aparine
BrambleRubus fruticosus
ElderSambucus nigra
Black HorehoundBallota nigra
Taraxacum agg.Taraxacum agg.
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
IvyHedera helix
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
AshFraxinus excelsior
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Curled DockRumex crispus
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera
Hard RushJuncus inflexus
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Narcissus agg.Narcissus agg.
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
DaisyBellis perennis
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
Common VetchVicia sativa
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
HazelCorylus avellana
Spotted MedickMedicago arabica
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
Annual MercuryMercurialis annua
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
Common MallowMalva sylvestris
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum
Stinking IrisIris foetidissima
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
HemlockConium maculatum
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Danish ScurvygrassCochlearia danica
Lesser BurdockArctium minus
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Greater PeriwinkleVinca major
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
Fool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorum
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica
Ulmus aggregateUlmus aggregate
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
Mind-your-own-businessSoleirolia soleirolii
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata
Viola odorata var. dumetorumViola odorata var. dumetorum
Trailing BellflowerCampanula poscharskyana
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
HollyIlex aquifolium
Hoary CressLepidium draba
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
ForsythiaForsythia
Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia
Summer SnowflakeLeucojum aestivum
BeechFagus sylvatica
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Crack-willowSalix alba x euxina = S. x fragilis
Spotted-laurelAucuba japonica
Wilson's HoneysuckleLonicera nitida
Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
NipplewortLapsana communis
LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Least DuckweedLemna minuta
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
RapeBrassica napus
Common ChickweedStellaria media
YewTaxus baccata
Sweet VioletViola odorata
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 PAUL FARMER · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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