Planted Fields - Grassland
45 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🌿Foraging
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome45 ha
Getting here
51.04759, -0.45038
Open directionsv
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
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
West Sussex Literary TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Wey-South PathWalking route▾
follows the river Wey and the (partly disused) Wey & Arun canal
Named routeRegional walking route
Sussex Border PathWalking route220 km▾
Named routeLength 220 kmRegional walking route
Downs LinkWalking route59 km▾
A 37 mile shared route for walkers, horse riders and cyclists linking the North Downs Way with the South Downs Way
Named routeLength 59 kmRegional walking route
Sussex Diamond WayWalking route97 km▾
Named routeLength 97 kmRegional walking route
6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Route 228 Crawley to Pulborough (proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 228National Cycle Network
Route 223Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 223National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.8 km▾
Named routeRef 223Length 1.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route466 m▾
Named routeRef 223Length 466 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route677 m▾
Named routeRef 223Length 677 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface bareearth
Main RouteCycling route5.6 km▾
Named routeRef 223Length 5.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
1,471 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,471 records · National Biodiversity Network🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Barren Strawberry · Creeping Thistle · Creeping Buttercup · Pendulous Sedge · Spindle +144
- Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
- SpindleEuonymus europaeus
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- BrackenPteridium aquilinum
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
- Water MintMentha aquatica
- Common SallowSalix cinerea
- Field-roseRosa arvensis
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,471 records · National Biodiversity Network🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Barren Strawberry · Creeping Thistle · Creeping Buttercup · Pendulous Sedge · Spindle +144
- Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
- SpindleEuonymus europaeus
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- BrackenPteridium aquilinum
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
- Water MintMentha aquatica
- Common SallowSalix cinerea
- Field-roseRosa arvensis
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas