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Icehouse 190m east of Firle Place

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📷 Derek Voller · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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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

🌤️ 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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Common Nettle, Hawthorn, Hogweed +30 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Bird watching

Strong match

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

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Ribwort Plantain, Common Nettle, Hawthorn +268 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Ribwort Plantain, Common Nettle, Hawthorn +268 more · last seen 2026

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Lesser Stag Beetle · last seen 2025; Insects — Lesser Stag Beetle · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

10 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

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

Alfriston Clergy House to The Long Man of Wilmington, AlfristonWalking route6.9 km

Named routeLength 6.9 kmDuration 02:00Round tripLocal walking route

Alfriston Clergy House to Berwick Church, AlfristonWalking route5.1 km

Named routeLength 5.1 kmRound tripLocal walking route

The Dockpublic footpath · 203 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 203 mSurface unpavedPath type: track

🚴

Cycling

30 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

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

South Downs WayMountain bike route

Named routeRef 89National Cycle Network

🐴

Horse riding

8 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

4,303 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

4,303 records · National Biodiversity Network

🌿

Plants102 species

spring

2026

Hawthorn · Curled Dock · Wild Teasel · Red Dead-nettle · Smooth Sow-thistle +97

HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Curled DockRumex crispus
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
White CloverTrifolium repens
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
CleaversGalium aparine
ElderSambucus nigra
Black HorehoundBallota nigra
Taraxacum agg.Taraxacum agg.
IvyHedera helix
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
AshFraxinus excelsior
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Danish ScurvygrassCochlearia danica
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum
DaisyBellis perennis
Common VetchVicia sativa
Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera
Hard RushJuncus inflexus
Narcissus agg.Narcissus agg.
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
HazelCorylus avellana
Spotted MedickMedicago arabica
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
Annual MercuryMercurialis annua
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
Common MallowMalva sylvestris
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Stinking IrisIris foetidissima
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
HemlockConium maculatum
BeechFagus sylvatica
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Lesser BurdockArctium minus
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Greater PeriwinkleVinca major
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
Fool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorum
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica
Ulmus aggregateUlmus aggregate
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
Mind-your-own-businessSoleirolia soleirolii
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata
Viola odorata var. dumetorumViola odorata var. dumetorum
Trailing BellflowerCampanula poscharskyana
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
HollyIlex aquifolium
Hoary CressLepidium draba
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
ForsythiaForsythia
Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia
Summer SnowflakeLeucojum aestivum
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Crack-willowSalix alba x euxina = S. x fragilis
Spotted-laurelAucuba japonica
Wilson's HoneysuckleLonicera nitida
Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum
NipplewortLapsana communis
LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Least DuckweedLemna minuta
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
RapeBrassica napus
Common ChickweedStellaria media
YewTaxus baccata
Sweet VioletViola odorata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

4,303 records · National Biodiversity Network

🌿

Plants102 species

spring

2026

Hawthorn · Curled Dock · Wild Teasel · Red Dead-nettle · Smooth Sow-thistle +97

HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Curled DockRumex crispus
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
White CloverTrifolium repens
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
CleaversGalium aparine
ElderSambucus nigra
Black HorehoundBallota nigra
Taraxacum agg.Taraxacum agg.
IvyHedera helix
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
AshFraxinus excelsior
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Danish ScurvygrassCochlearia danica
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum
DaisyBellis perennis
Common VetchVicia sativa
Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera
Hard RushJuncus inflexus
Narcissus agg.Narcissus agg.
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
HazelCorylus avellana
Spotted MedickMedicago arabica
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
Annual MercuryMercurialis annua
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
Common MallowMalva sylvestris
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Stinking IrisIris foetidissima
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
HemlockConium maculatum
BeechFagus sylvatica
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Lesser BurdockArctium minus
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Greater PeriwinkleVinca major
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
Fool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorum
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica
Ulmus aggregateUlmus aggregate
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
Mind-your-own-businessSoleirolia soleirolii
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata
Viola odorata var. dumetorumViola odorata var. dumetorum
Trailing BellflowerCampanula poscharskyana
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
HollyIlex aquifolium
Hoary CressLepidium draba
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
ForsythiaForsythia
Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia
Summer SnowflakeLeucojum aestivum
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Crack-willowSalix alba x euxina = S. x fragilis
Spotted-laurelAucuba japonica
Wilson's HoneysuckleLonicera nitida
Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum
NipplewortLapsana communis
LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Least DuckweedLemna minuta
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
RapeBrassica napus
Common ChickweedStellaria media
YewTaxus baccata
Sweet VioletViola odorata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Derek Voller · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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