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Northup Copse

✦ Ancient woodland8 ha

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Free entryDogs welcome8 ha

Getting here

51.03098, -0.52043

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

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Hawthorn, Common Nettle, Bramble +29 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Hawthorn, Pendulous Sedge, Primrose +253 more · last seen 2025

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Pheasant, Marsh Tit, Blackcap +24 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Pheasant, Marsh Tit, Blackcap +24 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Limnephilus flavicornis, Scarce Chaser, Dark-edged Bee-fly +43 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Limnephilus flavicornis, Scarce Chaser, Dark-edged Bee-fly +43 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Good match

Ancient woodland — historic landscape

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

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

Sussex Diamond WayWalking route97 km

Named routeLength 97 kmRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

National Cycle Route 228 Crawley to Pulborough (proposed)Cycling route

Named routeRef 228National Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

10,090 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

10,090 records · National Biodiversity Network

🌿

Plants156 species

summerautumn

2025

Hedge Bindweed · Common Figwort · Garlic Mustard · Dog's Mercury · Hairy St John's-wort +151

Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium
Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
Hairy St John's-wortHypericum hirsutum
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
NipplewortLapsana communis
Tufted VetchVicia cracca
Field-roseRosa arvensis
Common NettleUrtica dioica
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis
HollyIlex aquifolium
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
CleaversGalium aparine
TimothyPhleum pratense
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea
Field MadderSherardia arvensis
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
HazelCorylus avellana
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
DaisyBellis perennis
Hairy-bromeBromopsis ramosa
Short-fruited WillowherbEpilobium obscurum
HornbeamCarpinus betulus
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Prickly LettuceLactuca serriola
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
Red BartsiaOdontites vernus
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
IvyHedera helix
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
ElderSambucus nigra
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
RedshankPersicaria maculosa
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Hard RushJuncus inflexus
Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum
Lesser / Wood BurdockArctium minus
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis
Wild Service-treeSorbus torminalis
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica
Wood MelickMelica uniflora
Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum
Giant FescueSchedonorus giganteus
Narrow Buckler-fernDryopteris carthusiana
Common SallowSalix cinerea
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus
BrackenPteridium aquilinum
Water-pepperPersicaria hydropiper
Wild CherryPrunus avium
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Zigzag CloverTrifolium medium
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
Remote SedgeCarex remota
BroomCytisus scoparius
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Intermediate PolypodyPolypodium interjectum
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
Hairy Wood-rushLuzula pilosa
Field MapleAcer campestre
Common OracheAtriplex patula
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Fat-henChenopodium album
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis
Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa
Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum
BetonyBetonica officinalis
Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica
Taraxacum agg.Taraxacum agg.
Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus
Field PepperwortLepidium campestre
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Square-stalked St John's-wortHypericum tetrapterum
Bitter-vetchLathyrus linifolius
Water MintMentha aquatica
White CloverTrifolium repens
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
Hairy SedgeCarex hirta
Common BentAgrostis capillaris
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis
Bush VetchVicia sepium
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Greater PlantainPlantago major
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
AshFraxinus excelsior
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus
Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
Equal-leaved KnotgrassPolygonum arenastrum
CrosswortCruciata laevipes
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
Stinking ChamomileAnthemis cotula
Hairy TareErvilia hirsuta
Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia
GorseUlex europaeus
Black BryonyTamus communis
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
BugleAjuga reptans
Stone ParsleySison amomum
Grey SedgeCarex divulsa subsp. divulsa
Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris
Many-Seeded GoosefootLipandra polysperma
AspenPopulus tremula
Hoary RagwortJacobaea erucifolia
Lesser Swine-cressLepidium didymum
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum
Procumbent Yellow-sorrelOxalis corniculata
Lesser BurdockArctium minus
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
Spurge-laurelDaphne laureola
Common CouchElymus repens
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
SpindleEuonymus europaeus
White Dead-nettleLamium album

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

10,090 records · National Biodiversity Network

🌿

Plants156 species

summerautumn

2025

Hedge Bindweed · Common Figwort · Garlic Mustard · Dog's Mercury · Hairy St John's-wort +151

Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium
Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
Hairy St John's-wortHypericum hirsutum
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
NipplewortLapsana communis
Tufted VetchVicia cracca
Field-roseRosa arvensis
Common NettleUrtica dioica
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis
HollyIlex aquifolium
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
CleaversGalium aparine
TimothyPhleum pratense
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea
Field MadderSherardia arvensis
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
HazelCorylus avellana
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
DaisyBellis perennis
Hairy-bromeBromopsis ramosa
Short-fruited WillowherbEpilobium obscurum
HornbeamCarpinus betulus
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Prickly LettuceLactuca serriola
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
Red BartsiaOdontites vernus
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
IvyHedera helix
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
ElderSambucus nigra
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
RedshankPersicaria maculosa
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Hard RushJuncus inflexus
Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum
Lesser / Wood BurdockArctium minus
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis
Wild Service-treeSorbus torminalis
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica
Wood MelickMelica uniflora
Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum
Giant FescueSchedonorus giganteus
Narrow Buckler-fernDryopteris carthusiana
Common SallowSalix cinerea
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus
BrackenPteridium aquilinum
Water-pepperPersicaria hydropiper
Wild CherryPrunus avium
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Zigzag CloverTrifolium medium
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
Remote SedgeCarex remota
BroomCytisus scoparius
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Intermediate PolypodyPolypodium interjectum
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
Hairy Wood-rushLuzula pilosa
Field MapleAcer campestre
Common OracheAtriplex patula
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Fat-henChenopodium album
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis
Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa
Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum
BetonyBetonica officinalis
Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica
Taraxacum agg.Taraxacum agg.
Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus
Field PepperwortLepidium campestre
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Square-stalked St John's-wortHypericum tetrapterum
Bitter-vetchLathyrus linifolius
Water MintMentha aquatica
White CloverTrifolium repens
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
Hairy SedgeCarex hirta
Common BentAgrostis capillaris
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis
Bush VetchVicia sepium
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Greater PlantainPlantago major
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
AshFraxinus excelsior
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus
Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
Equal-leaved KnotgrassPolygonum arenastrum
CrosswortCruciata laevipes
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
Stinking ChamomileAnthemis cotula
Hairy TareErvilia hirsuta
Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia
GorseUlex europaeus
Black BryonyTamus communis
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
BugleAjuga reptans
Stone ParsleySison amomum
Grey SedgeCarex divulsa subsp. divulsa
Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris
Many-Seeded GoosefootLipandra polysperma
AspenPopulus tremula
Hoary RagwortJacobaea erucifolia
Lesser Swine-cressLepidium didymum
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum
Procumbent Yellow-sorrelOxalis corniculata
Lesser BurdockArctium minus
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
Spurge-laurelDaphne laureola
Common CouchElymus repens
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
SpindleEuonymus europaeus
White Dead-nettleLamium album

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Shazz · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Footpath stile in Dunhurst Copse

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