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Lower Wood

✦ Ancient woodland12 ha

📷 Robin Webster · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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WildlifeBirdsForaging
Free entryDogs welcome12 ha

Getting here

50.87550, 0.08560

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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

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
  • 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Pheasant +78 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Pheasant +78 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Plants — Alexanders, Garlic Mustard, Hogweed +29 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Ivy-leaved Toadflax, Alexanders, Daisy +186 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Western Conifer Seed Bug, Emperor Dragonfly, Common Red Soldier Beetle +3 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Western Conifer Seed Bug, Emperor Dragonfly, Common Red Soldier Beetle +3 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Ancient woodland — historic landscape

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

7 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
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
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
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Cycling

24 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
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
National Cycle Network Route 90 (proposed)Cycling route
Named routeRef 90Regional cycle route
Lewes - Southease (ESCC Cycle Route 302)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

Photos

Looking towards Lower Wood

📷 Robin Webster · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Looking towards Lower Wood

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱Firle ParkUrban park3 km→🌱The GreenUrban park2.8 km→✦FIRLE PLACEHistoric site3.1 km→🦉RAILWAY LAND LEWESNature reserve4.7 km→🌱Finger post fieldUrban park2.7 km→✦Medieval moated site and Tudor ruins, Laughton PlaceHistoric site1.7 km→

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