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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome13 ha
Getting here
51.02128, -0.06269
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦79+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blue Tit
- 🐕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
- 🐦79+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blue Tit
- 🐕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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Blue Tit, Woodpigeon +76 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Robin, Blue Tit, Woodpigeon +76 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Common Red Soldier Beetle, Harlequin Ladybird +44 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Cow Parsley, Hogweed, Lords-and-Ladies +156 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km11 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Sussex Diamond WayWalking route97 km▾
Named routeLength 97 kmRegional walking route
Sussex Ouse Valley WayWalking route67 km▾
Named routeLength 67 kmRegional walking route
Dophin Lesuire Centre to B2272 Public FootpathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Ashgrounds WoodWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Walk To Bluebell Railway, Sheffield ParkWalking route900 m▾
Named routeLength 900 mDuration 00:30Point-to-pointLocal walking route
Paxhill Park Lanepublic footpath · 20 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 20 mSurface groundPath type: track
Paxhill Park Lanepublic footpath · 423 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 423 mSurface groundPath type: track
Paxhill Park Lanepublic footpath · 62 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 62 mSurface groundPath type: track
6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Haywards Heath Town Centre to Cuckfield Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Rocky Lane Cycle PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Burgess Hill - Haywards Heath Eastern Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Hatchgate LaneCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Bolnore Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
National Cycle Route 20 Crawley - Pyecombe (proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 20National Cycle Network
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
17,701 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
17,701 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · House Sparrow +32
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Motacilla cinerea cinereaMotacilla cinerea cinerea2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Great TitParus major2025
🦌Mammals7 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Roe Deer · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Hazel Dormouse · Wood Mouse +2
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2025
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
Common Red Soldier Beetle · Orange Ladybird · Southern Hawker · White-legged Damselfly · Graphomya maculata +8
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes
- Graphomya maculataGraphomya maculata
- Common Ground-hopperTetrix undulata
- 7-spot Ladybird
Hogweed · Cock's-foot · Wild Teasel · Cow Parsley · Ivy +63
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025
- Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- IvyHedera helix
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- Hazel
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
17,701 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · House Sparrow +32
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Motacilla cinerea cinereaMotacilla cinerea cinerea2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Great TitParus major2025
🦌Mammals7 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Roe Deer · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Hazel Dormouse · Wood Mouse +2
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2025
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
Common Red Soldier Beetle · Orange Ladybird · Southern Hawker · White-legged Damselfly · Graphomya maculata +8
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes
- Graphomya maculataGraphomya maculata
- Common Ground-hopperTetrix undulata
- 7-spot Ladybird
Hogweed · Cock's-foot · Wild Teasel · Cow Parsley · Ivy +63
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025
- Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- IvyHedera helix
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- Hazel
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Coccinella septempunctata
Coccinella septempunctata
Rose ChaferCetonia aurataRose ChaferCetonia aurataBand-eyed Brown HorseflyTabanus bromiusBand-eyed Brown HorseflyTabanus bromiusOedemera virescensOedemera virescensOedemera virescensOedemera virescensCommon Carder BeeBombus pascuorumCommon Carder BeeBombus pascuorumSyrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesiiWestern Honey BeeApis melliferaWestern Honey BeeApis melliferaCorylus avellana
Corylus avellana
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2025Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2025Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025Malus sylvestrisMalus sylvestris2025Malus sylvestrisMalus sylvestris2025Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2025Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2025Field MapleAcer campestre2025Field MapleAcer campestre2025Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2025Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2025Goat WillowSalix caprea2025Goat WillowSalix caprea2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025DandelionTaraxacumDandelionTaraxacumSweet VioletViola odorataSweet VioletViola odorataCherry PlumPrunus cerasiferaCherry PlumPrunus cerasiferaPrimrosePrimula vulgarisPrimrosePrimula vulgarisScots PinePinus sylvestrisScots PinePinus sylvestrisCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaWinter HeliotropePetasites pyrenaicusWinter HeliotropePetasites pyrenaicusGreater BurdockArctium lappaGreater BurdockArctium lappaLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumRough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulumRough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulumScarlet OakQuercus coccinea2025Scarlet OakQuercus coccinea2025ElderSambucus nigra2025ElderSambucus nigra2025CockspurEchinochloa crus-galli2025CockspurEchinochloa crus-galli2025Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2025Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2025Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium2025Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium2025Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare2025Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare2025Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica2025Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica2025DogwoodCornus sanguinea2025DogwoodCornus sanguinea2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025Large-flowered Evening-primroseOenothera glazioviana2025Large-flowered Evening-primroseOenothera glazioviana2025Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus2025Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus2025Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2025Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2025Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum2025Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum2025Common SallowSalix cinerea2025Common SallowSalix cinerea2025Wall BarleyHordeum murinum2025Wall BarleyHordeum murinum2025Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2025Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2025French Crane's-billGeranium endressii2025French Crane's-billGeranium endressii2025Steeple-bushSpiraea douglasii2025Steeple-bushSpiraea douglasii2025CleaversGalium aparine2025CleaversGalium aparine2025PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2025Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2025Musk-mallowMalva moschata2025Musk-mallowMalva moschata2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025BurdockArctium2025BurdockArctium2025White CloverTrifolium repens2025White CloverTrifolium repens2025Bee OrchidOphrys apifera2025Bee OrchidOphrys apifera2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2025Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2025Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2025HollyIlex aquifolium2025HollyIlex aquifolium2025Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2025Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2025Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2025Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2025Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2025Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2025Black MedickMedicago lupulina2025Black MedickMedicago lupulina2025Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025Events & activities nearby
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