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Hooks Copse - Grassland

8 ha

📷 Pete Chapman · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Plan your visit

WildlifeBirdsForaging
Free entryDogs welcome8 ha

Getting here

51.08881, -0.26526

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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

Best for

3 activities

Wildlife

Deciduous woodland priority habitat

Free

Bird watching

Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds

Free

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

9 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
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
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Cycling

41 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

Wildlife to spot

Photos

The Cherry Tree Public House, Near Faygate, West Sussex.

📷 Pete Chapman · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

The Cherry Tree Public House, Near Faygate, West Sussex.

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱Horsham ParkUrban park4.7 km→🌱Sensory GardenUrban park4.8 km→🌱Horsham ParkUrban park4.9 km→🌱Ifield Mill PondUrban park3.7 km→🌱Horsham ParkUrban park4.6 km→🌱Horsham ParkUrban park4.7 km→

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Nearby reservoirs

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Roffey Park

Highbirch Hill, St Leonard's Forest

1.4 km→
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St Leonard's

By the Motor Racing Circuit at the bottom of Greenbroom Hill

2.8 km→

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