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Lords Wood

✦ Ancient woodland12 ha

📷 N Chadwick · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome12 ha

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51.03323, 0.56691

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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

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blue Tit, Blackbird, Robin +72 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blue Tit, Blackbird, Robin +72 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Emperor Dragonfly, Batman Hoverfly, Common Darter +13 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Emperor Dragonfly, Batman Hoverfly, Common Darter +13 more · last seen 2024

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Heritage

Good match

Ancient woodland — historic landscape

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Sussex Border PathWalking route220 km

Named routeLength 220 kmRegional walking route

High Weald Landscape TrailWalking route

Named routeRef HWLTListed length 145kmRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

10 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 18Cycling route

Named routeRef 18National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route1.1 km

Named routeRef 18Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route431 m

Named routeRef 18Length 431 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route628 m

Named routeRef 18Length 628 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route29 m

Named routeRef 18Length 29 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route40 m

Named routeRef 18Length 40 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

4,333 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

4,333 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds55 species

springwinter

2025

Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Robin · Mallard · Carrion Crow +50

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RobinErithacus rubecula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
DunnockPrunella modularis
JackdawColoeus monedula
Great TitParus major
NuthatchSitta europaea
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
RookCorvus frugilegus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
MagpiePica pica
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
CootFulica atra2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina
RavenCorvus corax
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
GoosanderMergus merganser2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
Greylag GooseAnser anser
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2023
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2023
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2023
SwallowHirundo rustica2023
WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
CuckooCuculus canorus2023
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023

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Mammals2 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Hazel Dormouse · Brown Long-eared Bat

Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2024

🐝

Insects4 species

summerautumn

2024

Batman Hoverfly · Common Darter · Banded Demoiselle · Blue-tailed Damselfly

Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2023
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

4,333 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds55 species

springwinter

2025

Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Robin · Mallard · Carrion Crow +50

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RobinErithacus rubecula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
DunnockPrunella modularis
JackdawColoeus monedula
Great TitParus major
NuthatchSitta europaea
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
RookCorvus frugilegus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
MagpiePica pica
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
CootFulica atra2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina
RavenCorvus corax
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
GoosanderMergus merganser2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
Greylag GooseAnser anser
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2023
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2023
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2023
SwallowHirundo rustica2023
WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
CuckooCuculus canorus2023
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023

🦌

Mammals2 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Hazel Dormouse · Brown Long-eared Bat

Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2024

🐝

Insects4 species

summerautumn

2024

Batman Hoverfly · Common Darter · Banded Demoiselle · Blue-tailed Damselfly

Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2023
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 N Chadwick · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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