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✦ Ancient woodland3 ha

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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
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Parking· Free

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Pheasant, Blue Tit, Robin +66 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Pheasant, Blue Tit, Robin +66 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Hawthorn, Common Nettle, Hogweed +32 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Hawthorn, Broad-leaved Dock, Spear Thistle +277 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Hawthorn, Broad-leaved Dock, Spear Thistle +277 more · last seen 2026

Free

Heritage

Good match

Ancient woodland — historic landscape

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Limnephilus lunatus · last seen 2025; Insects — Limnephilus lunatus · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

6 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

South Downs WayWalking route160 km

Named routeLength 160 kmNational walking route

Sussex Ouse Valley WayWalking route67 km

Named routeLength 67 kmRegional 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

European walking route E9, Queen Elizabeth Country Park to JevingtonWalking route

Named routeRef E9International walking route

Alfriston Clergy House Countryside Walk, AlfristonWalking route10.4 km

Walk in the footsteps of the artists & writers of the Bloomsbury Group as you follow this circular to the 600yrs old Alfriston Clergy House (in the South Downs National Park). Take in downland views on route. Moderate terrain with 1 steep climb.

Named routeLength 10.4 kmDuration 02:00-03:00Round tripLocal walking route

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Cycling

28 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Malling - Southover (ESCC Cycle Route 308)Cycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Offham - Lewes Town Centre (ESCC Cycle Route 306)Cycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Regional Route 90Cycling route

Named routeRef 90Regional cycle route

Egrets WayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

South Downs Way - Lewes (ESCC Cycle Route 201)Cycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Cooksbridge - Lewes Riverside (ESCC Cycle Route 307)Cycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

South Downs WayMountain bike route

Named routeRef 89National Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

8,956 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

8,956 records · National Biodiversity Network

🌿

Plants107 species

winter

2026

Bluebell · Curled Dock · Lords-and-Ladies · Greater Periwinkle · Common Field-speedwell +102

BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana
Curled DockRumex crispus
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Greater PeriwinkleVinca major
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
Stinking IrisIris foetidissima
AshFraxinus excelsior
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
HemlockConium maculatum
Common NettleUrtica dioica
White CloverTrifolium repens
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
IvyHedera helix
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
ElderSambucus nigra
Sweet VioletViola odorata
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia
AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum
Narcissus agg.Narcissus agg.
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Taraxacum agg.Taraxacum agg.
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Common ChickweedStellaria media
YewTaxus baccata
Common MallowMalva sylvestris
Black HorehoundBallota nigra
CleaversGalium aparine
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
DaisyBellis perennis
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
BeechFagus sylvatica
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Wilson's HoneysuckleLonicera nitida
Hedge BedstrawGalium album
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
Red FescueFestuca rubra
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
SowbreadCyclamen hederifolium
HollyIlex aquifolium
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
White Dead-nettleLamium album
NipplewortLapsana communis
LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Least DuckweedLemna minuta
RapeBrassica napus
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
Hard RushJuncus inflexus
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
GorseUlex europaeus
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
Danish ScurvygrassCochlearia danica
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Milk ThistleSilybum marianum
Evergreen OakQuercus ilex
Greater KnapweedCentaurea scabiosa
Lesser BurdockArctium minus
Stag's-horn SumachRhus typhina
Wild CarrotDaucus carota
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Ulmus aggregateUlmus aggregate
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea
MontbretiaCrocosmia aurea x pottsii = C. x crocosmiiflora
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Summer SnowflakeLeucojum aestivum
White ComfreySymphytum orientale
Cornelian-cherryCornus mas
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
Mexican FleabaneErigeron karvinskianus
Wild OnionAllium vineale
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
HazelCorylus avellana
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica
Spotted-laurelAucuba japonica
Early CrocusCrocus tommasinianus
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

8,956 records · National Biodiversity Network

🌿

Plants107 species

winter

2026

Bluebell · Curled Dock · Lords-and-Ladies · Greater Periwinkle · Common Field-speedwell +102

BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana
Curled DockRumex crispus
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Greater PeriwinkleVinca major
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
Stinking IrisIris foetidissima
AshFraxinus excelsior
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
HemlockConium maculatum
Common NettleUrtica dioica
White CloverTrifolium repens
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
IvyHedera helix
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
ElderSambucus nigra
Sweet VioletViola odorata
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia
AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum
Narcissus agg.Narcissus agg.
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Taraxacum agg.Taraxacum agg.
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Common ChickweedStellaria media
YewTaxus baccata
Common MallowMalva sylvestris
Black HorehoundBallota nigra
CleaversGalium aparine
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
DaisyBellis perennis
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
BeechFagus sylvatica
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Wilson's HoneysuckleLonicera nitida
Hedge BedstrawGalium album
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
Red FescueFestuca rubra
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
SowbreadCyclamen hederifolium
HollyIlex aquifolium
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
White Dead-nettleLamium album
NipplewortLapsana communis
LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Least DuckweedLemna minuta
RapeBrassica napus
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
Hard RushJuncus inflexus
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
GorseUlex europaeus
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
Danish ScurvygrassCochlearia danica
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Milk ThistleSilybum marianum
Evergreen OakQuercus ilex
Greater KnapweedCentaurea scabiosa
Lesser BurdockArctium minus
Stag's-horn SumachRhus typhina
Wild CarrotDaucus carota
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Ulmus aggregateUlmus aggregate
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea
MontbretiaCrocosmia aurea x pottsii = C. x crocosmiiflora
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Summer SnowflakeLeucojum aestivum
White ComfreySymphytum orientale
Cornelian-cherryCornus mas
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
Mexican FleabaneErigeron karvinskianus
Wild OnionAllium vineale
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
HazelCorylus avellana
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica
Spotted-laurelAucuba japonica
Early CrocusCrocus tommasinianus
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Simon Carey · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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