HERSTMONCEUX CASTLE AND PLACE
148 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🧺Picnic
Public accessDogs welcome148 ha
Getting here
50.87316, 0.33868
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Blackbird
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Blackbird
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Carrion Crow, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +77 more · last seen 2025; Lowland fens — specialist fen birds and passage waders
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: HERSTMONCEUX PLACE; Historic site with public access
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, car park
Free
Birds — Carrion Crow, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +77 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland fens — fen dragonflies and rare invertebrates; Insects — Scarce Blue-tailed Damselfly, Broad-bodied Chaser, Red-eyed Damselfly +13 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Cleavers, Holly, Bracken +137 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
1066 Country Walk - South Downs LinkWalking route▾
Named routeRef 1006LRegional walking route
1066 Country WalkWalking route50 km▾
Named routeLength 50 kmRegional walking route
7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Route 2 Hastings to BrightonCycling route▾
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route281 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 281 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 2Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.4 km▾
Named routeRef 2Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route20 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 20 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route6.2 km▾
Named routeRef 2Length 6.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
10 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
Bluebells in Herstmonceux Castle grounds
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
5,636 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,636 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Meadow Pipit · Rock Dove · Jackdaw +25
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great TitParus major
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- RookCorvus frugilegus
Badger
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad
7-spot Ladybird
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Holly · Bracken · Sweet Chestnut · Pedunculate Oak · Cleavers +75
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- BrackenPteridium aquilinum
- Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,636 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Meadow Pipit · Rock Dove · Jackdaw +25
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great TitParus major
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- RookCorvus frugilegus
Badger
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad
7-spot Ladybird
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Holly · Bracken · Sweet Chestnut · Pedunculate Oak · Cleavers +75
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- BrackenPteridium aquilinum
- Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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