Prior's Furze
✦ Ancient woodland13 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome13 ha
Getting here
51.03542, -0.42220
Open directionsv
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
- 🐕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
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕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
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Named cycling route nearby: National Cycle Route 228 Crawley to Pulborough (proposed)
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
West Sussex Literary 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
Downs LinkWalking route59 km▾
A 37 mile shared route for walkers, horse riders and cyclists linking the North Downs Way with the South Downs Way
Named routeLength 59 kmRegional walking route
Sussex Diamond WayWalking route97 km▾
Named routeLength 97 kmRegional walking route
Riverside WalkWalking route13 km▾
A circular walk around Horsham following the Chennels Brook, Horn Brook, Arun, and Boldings Brook
Named routeLength 13 kmRound tripLocal walking route
21 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Route 228 Crawley to Pulborough (proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 228National Cycle Network
Route 223Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 223National Cycle Network
Pedlars WayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Broadbridge Heath to HorshamCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route385 m▾
Named routeRef 223Length 385 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 223Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
8 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Photos
Field of grass to the west of Prior's Furze
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Wildlife to spot
5,058 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,058 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Blackbird · Chiffchaff · Carrion Crow · Wren +36
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great TitParus major
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Roe Deer · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Common Lizard · Slow-worm · Grass Snake
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper · Marbled White · Comma · Speckled Wood +7
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2024
- CommaPolygonia c-album2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
Wild Service-tree · Cuckooflower
- Wild Service-treeSorbus torminalis
- CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,058 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Blackbird · Chiffchaff · Carrion Crow · Wren +36
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great TitParus major
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Roe Deer · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Common Lizard · Slow-worm · Grass Snake
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper · Marbled White · Comma · Speckled Wood +7
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2024
- CommaPolygonia c-album2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
Wild Service-tree · Cuckooflower
- Wild Service-treeSorbus torminalis
- CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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