🐦75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Wren
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
🐦75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Wren
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
Good to know
£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
Best for
8 activities
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Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Wren, Blackbird +72 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
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Wildlife
Strong match
Birds — Robin, Wren, Blackbird +72 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
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Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Coralroot Bittercress, Creeping Cinquefoil, Moschatel +42 more · last seen 2025
Free
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Dog walks
Strong match
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🦋
Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Eristalis tenax, Xylota sylvarum, Platycheirus peltatus agg. +10 more · last seen 2025
Free
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Foraging
Good match
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km
🚶
Walking
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4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Ironmaster's Walk, BatemansWalking route3.2 km▾
Longstanding tradition claims that Bateman's was built by a Wealden ironmaster. It is difficult now to appreciate that Burwash was ever anything other than a village, but the Normans saw the growth of small scale iron production that lasted 4 centuries.
Named routeLength 3.2 kmDuration 01:00Round tripLocal walking route
Play TrailWalking route2 km▾
Named routeLength 2 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Sussex Border PathWalking route220 km▾
Named routeLength 220 kmRegional walking route
Kipling's Puck Walk Around the Bateman's Countryside, BatemansWalking route4 km▾
Home of author & poet Rudyard Kipling. The 300 acres of countryside around the house influenced works such as Puck of Pook's Hill, Rewards & Fairies and many poems. Uncover the landscape that inspired his work. Mostly flat with one steep gradient & stiles
Named routeLength 4 kmDuration 01:00-01:30Round tripLocal walking route
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Cycling
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5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 18Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 18National Cycle Network
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 route969 m▾
Named routeRef 18Length 969 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.8 km▾
Named routeRef 18Length 2.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Mountain biking
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2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Singletrack Mountain Bike TrailMountain bike route▾
