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Firle Plantation

✦ Ancient woodland21 ha

📷 N Chadwick · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

SeasonalInsectsForaging
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome21 ha

Getting here

50.83728, 0.09060

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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
  • 🌿Foraging 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
  • 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
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Best for

10 activities

Seasonal nature

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Ribwort Plantain, Creeping Buttercup, Common Nettle +284 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — Lesser Stag Beetle · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Plants — Common Nettle, Hawthorn, Bramble +34 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Bird watching

Birds — Dunnock, Kestrel, Robin +27 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Dunnock, Kestrel, Robin +27 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Birds — Dunnock, Kestrel, Robin +27 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

12 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
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
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
Alfriston Clergy House to The Long Man of Wilmington, AlfristonWalking route6.9 km
Named routeLength 6.9 kmDuration 02:00Round tripLocal walking route
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Cycling

36 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

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Firle Plantation (2)

📷 N Chadwick · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱Firle ParkUrban park1.3 km→✦FIRLE PLACEHistoric site1.3 km→🌱Denton and Mount Pleasant Recreation GroundUrban park4.4 km→🌱Drove ParkUrban park4.6 km→✦A saucer barrow, a bowl barrow and a pair of hlaews 350m north west of Overhill LodgeHistoric site300 m→✦Three round barrows W of Bopeep chalk pitHistoric site2 km→

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