Long Wood ✦ Ancient woodland 34 ha
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Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 34 ha
Places › England › South East › Wealden Getting here
51.06498, 0.36173
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 📍 Open access throughout summer — no booking required 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 📍 Open access throughout summer — no booking required £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🌿 Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
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🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Primrose, Dune Thread-moss, Common Pottia +7 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Carrion Crow +42 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Carrion Crow +42 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland meadows — marbled white, meadow brown and pollinating insects; Insects — Roesel's Bush-cricket, Stenurella melanura, Dark-edged Bee-fly +10 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 1 signed route nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Sussex Border Path Walking route 220 km ▾
Named route Length 220 km Regional walking route
Show on map Butts Lane public footpath · 881 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 881 m Surface asphalt Path type: service
Show on map 2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 18 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 18 National Cycle Network
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 4.9 km ▾
Named route Ref 18 Length 4.9 km National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map ✦ Ancient woodland — continuously wooded since at least 1600 AD. A rare and irreplaceable habitat, rich in biodiversity and historical character.
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Wildlife to spot
4,848 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 4,848 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 45 species
winter spring summer
2025 ▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Blue Tit +40
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2024 Robin Erithacus rubecula2024 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2024 Blackbird Turdus merula2024 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2024 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2024 Magpie Pica pica2024 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2024 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2024 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2024 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2024 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2024 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2024 Stock Dove Columba oenas2024 Great Tit Parus major2024 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2024 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2024 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2024 Swift Apus apus Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2024 Skylark Alauda arvensis2024 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2024 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2024 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2024 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2024 Coot Fulica atra2024 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2024 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2024 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2024 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2023 Rook Corvus frugilegus Jay Garrulus glandarius2024 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2024 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis2024 Redwing Turdus iliacus2024 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2023 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2023 Whitethroat Curruca communis2023 Linnet Linaria cannabina2023 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2023 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2022 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2022 🦌 Mammals 9 species
winter spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Indet. Deer · Soprano Pipistrelle · Badger · Common Pipistrelle · Red Fox +4
Indet. Deer Cervidae2024 Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus Badger Meles meles2024 Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Slow-worm
Roesel's Bush-cricket · Stenurella melanura · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Glow-worm · Golden-ringed Dragonfly +8
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii2025 Stenurella melanura Stenurella melanura2024 Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca2025 Golden-ringed Dragonfly Cordulegaster boltonii2025 16-spot Ladybird Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata Primrose · Dune Thread-moss · Common Pottia · Lesser Londonpride · Coralroot Bittercress +5
Primrose Primula vulgaris Dune Thread-moss Bryum dichotomum Common Pottia Tortula truncata Lesser Londonpride Saxifraga cuneifolia Coralroot Bittercress Cardamine bulbifera Cow Parsley Anthriscus sylvestris Broom Cytisus scoparius Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 4,848 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 45 species
winter spring summer
2025 ▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Blue Tit +40
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2024 Robin Erithacus rubecula2024 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2024 Blackbird Turdus merula2024 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2024 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2024 Magpie Pica pica2024 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2024 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2024 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2024 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2024 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2024 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2024 Stock Dove Columba oenas2024 Great Tit Parus major2024 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2024 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2024 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2024 Swift Apus apus Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2024 Skylark Alauda arvensis2024 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2024 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2024 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2024 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2024 Coot Fulica atra2024 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2024 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2024 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2024 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2023 Rook Corvus frugilegus Jay Garrulus glandarius2024 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2024 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis2024 Redwing Turdus iliacus2024 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2023 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2023 Whitethroat Curruca communis2023 Linnet Linaria cannabina2023 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2023 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2022 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2022 🦌 Mammals 9 species
winter spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Indet. Deer · Soprano Pipistrelle · Badger · Common Pipistrelle · Red Fox +4
Indet. Deer Cervidae2024 Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus Badger Meles meles2024 Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Slow-worm
Roesel's Bush-cricket · Stenurella melanura · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Glow-worm · Golden-ringed Dragonfly +8
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii2025 Stenurella melanura Stenurella melanura2024 Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca2025 Golden-ringed Dragonfly Cordulegaster boltonii2025 16-spot Ladybird Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata Primrose · Dune Thread-moss · Common Pottia · Lesser Londonpride · Coralroot Bittercress +5
Primrose Primula vulgaris Dune Thread-moss Bryum dichotomum Common Pottia Tortula truncata Lesser Londonpride Saxifraga cuneifolia Coralroot Bittercress Cardamine bulbifera Cow Parsley Anthriscus sylvestris Broom Cytisus scoparius Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2023
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2023
Fallow Deer Dama dama2024
Fallow Deer Dama dama2024
Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus2024
Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus2024
Long-eared Bat species Plecotus2024
Long-eared Bat species Plecotus2024 2025
2025
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2024
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2024
Black Snipefly Chrysopilus cristatus2024
Black Snipefly Chrysopilus cristatus2024
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2024
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2024
Greater Bulb-Fly Merodon equestris2024
Greater Bulb-Fly Merodon equestris2024
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus2024
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus2024
Hornet Vespa crabro2023
Hornet Vespa crabro2023
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera2023
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera2023
Yellow-rattle Rhinanthus minor2024
Yellow-rattle Rhinanthus minor2024
Common Apple-moss Bartramia pomiformis2024
Common Apple-moss Bartramia pomiformis2024
Bank Haircap Polytrichum formosum2024
Bank Haircap Polytrichum formosum2024 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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