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Horsted Green Park

📷 nick macneill · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

WildlifeBirdsForaging
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

Getting here

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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
Parking· Free

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Coal Tit, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Goldfinch +66 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Coal Tit, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Goldfinch +66 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants; Plants — Blackthorn, Bulrush, Bristly Oxtongue +15 more foraging species

Varies

Insect spotting

Insects — Swollen-thighed Beetle, Broad-bodied Chaser, Beautiful Demoiselle +47 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Swollen-thighed Beetle, Broad-bodied Chaser, Beautiful Demoiselle +47 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Common Fleabane, Great Willowherb, Wild Carrot +103 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Common Fleabane, Great Willowherb, Wild Carrot +103 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

7 signed routes nearby · 22 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Vanguard WayWalking route111 km
Named routeRef VGWLength 111 kmRegional walking route
Sussex Ouse Valley WayWalking route67 km
Named routeLength 67 kmRegional walking route
Earls Walk, Sheffield ParkWalking route3.4 km

The southern section of this trail (through Ironsgate Mead) seasonally floods, so an alternate dry route has been suggested.

Named routeLength 3.4 kmDuration 01:30Round tripLocal walking route
Greenwich Meridian TrailWalking route440 km

A long-distance walk that follows the line of the Prime Meridian. Inaugurated in 2009, to coincide with the 125th anniversary of the Greenwich Meridian.

Named routeRef GMTLength 440 kmRegional walking route
WealdwayWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
Horsted Pond Lanepublic footpath · 542 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 542 mPath type: unclassified
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Horse riding

2 public paths nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Entrance to Owlsbury, Horsted Green near Uckfield

📷 nick macneill · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Entrance to Owlsbury, Horsted Green near Uckfield

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦BUXTED PARKHistoric site4 km→🌱Buxted Park Deer ParkUrban park4.1 km→🌱Normans pond and WoodlandUrban park4.9 km→🌱Horsted Green ParkUrban park0 m→🌱Uckfield Millennium GreenUrban park1.3 km→🌱West Park Local Nature ReserveUrban park2.2 km→

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