🐦90+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Wren
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
🐦90+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Wren
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕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
Best for
10 activities
🦅
Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Wren, Woodpigeon +87 more · last seen 2026; Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl
Free
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Wildlife
Very strong match
Mammals — Common Pipistrelle, Fallow Deer, Grey Squirrel +12 more · last seen 2025; Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh priority habitat
Free
✦
Heritage
Strong match
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋
Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Banded Demoiselle, Large Red Damselfly, Common Club-tail +37 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂
Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Round-leaved Sundew, Cross-leaved Heath, Dodder +131 more · last seen 2026
Free
🚲
Cycling
Good match
Named cycling route nearby: National Cycle Route 228 Pulborough to Petersfield (proposed)
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km
🚶
Walking
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10 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
South Downs WayWalking route160 km▾
Named routeLength 160 kmNational walking route
Petworth Park Through Turner's Eyes, PetworthWalking route5.1 km▾
Inspired by landscape painter, JMW Turner, who frequented Petworth thanks to the Earl of Egremont. Stroll round the lake & view scenes captured in his paintings. Stop at the house to see the largest Turner collection outside the Tate. Steep/uneven & steps
Named routeLength 5.1 kmDuration 02:30Round tripLocal walking route
West Sussex Literary TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
The Serpent TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Wey-South PathWalking route▾
follows the river Wey and the (partly disused) Wey & Arun canal
Named routeRegional walking route
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Cycling
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2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Route 228 Crawley to Pulborough (proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 228National Cycle Network
National Cycle Route 228 Pulborough to Petersfield (proposed)Cycling route▾
