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Oaktree Wood

✦ Ancient woodland8 ha

📷 N Chadwick · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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WildlifeBirdsForaging
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome8 ha

Getting here

50.94766, 0.04870

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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

10 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Great Tit, Kestrel, Wren +73 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Great Tit, Kestrel, Wren +73 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Plants — Hazel, Hawthorn, Hogweed +23 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Hazel, Field Maple +214 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — White-legged Damselfly, Willow Emerald Damselfly, Brown Hawker +64 more · last seen 2025; Insects — White-legged Damselfly, Willow Emerald Damselfly, Brown Hawker +64 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

6 signed routes nearby · 18 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Sussex Ouse Valley WayWalking route67 km
Named routeLength 67 kmRegional walking route
Tolls Walk, Sheffield ParkWalking route2.2 km
Named routeLength 2.2 kmDuration 00:45Round tripLocal walking route
Earls Walk, Sheffield ParkWalking route3.4 km

The southern section of this trail (through Ironsgate Mead) seasonally floods, so an alternate dry route has been suggested.

Named routeLength 3.4 kmDuration 01:30Round tripLocal 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
WealdwayWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
Dallas Lanepublic footpath · 1.3 km
Public pathpublic footpathLength 1.3 kmSurface groundPath type: track
Dallas Lanepublic footpath · 310 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 310 mSurface groundPath type: track
Ouse Valley Waypublic footpath · 599 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 599 mPath type: footway
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Cycling

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Cooksbridge - Lewes Riverside (ESCC Cycle Route 307)Cycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Ditchling - Cooksbridge (ESCC Cycle Route 206)Cycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

Photos

River Ouse

📷 N Chadwick · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

River Ouse

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🌱Horsted Green ParkUrban park2.8 km→🌱West Park Local Nature ReserveUrban park3.7 km→🌱Uckfield Millennium GreenUrban park4.1 km→🌱Reedens MeadowsUrban park4.2 km→✦NEWICK PARKHistoric site2 km→🌱Selby MeadowsUrban park4.4 km→

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