Plantation Wood
✦ Ancient woodland33 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome33 ha
Getting here
50.87382, 0.34406
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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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Carrion Crow, Blackbird +72 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Robin, Carrion Crow, Blackbird +72 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Cleavers, Holly, Pedunculate Oak +149 more · last seen 2026
Free
Plants — Pedunculate Oak, Common Nettle, Hawthorn +20 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland fens — fen dragonflies and rare invertebrates; Insects — Scarce Blue-tailed Damselfly, Broad-bodied Chaser, Red-eyed Damselfly +16 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
1066 Country Walk - South Downs LinkWalking route▾
Named routeRef 1006LRegional walking route
1066 Country WalkWalking route50 km▾
Named routeLength 50 kmRegional walking route
7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Route 2 Hastings to BrightonCycling route▾
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route281 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 281 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 2Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.4 km▾
Named routeRef 2Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route20 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 20 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route6.2 km▾
Named routeRef 2Length 6.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
10 public paths nearby
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Wildlife to spot
5,365 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,365 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Meadow Pipit · Rock Dove · Jackdaw +25
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great TitParus major
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- RookCorvus frugilegus
Badger
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad
7-spot Ladybird
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Holly · Bracken · Sweet Chestnut · Pedunculate Oak · Cleavers +75
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- BrackenPteridium aquilinum
- Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,365 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Meadow Pipit · Rock Dove · Jackdaw +25
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great TitParus major
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- RookCorvus frugilegus
Badger
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad
7-spot Ladybird
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Holly · Bracken · Sweet Chestnut · Pedunculate Oak · Cleavers +75
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- BrackenPteridium aquilinum
- Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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