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Rowgardens Wood

✦ Ancient woodland5 ha

Plan your visit

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Free entryDogs welcome5 ha

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

7 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Nightingale, Peregrine, Carrion Crow +68 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Nightingale, Peregrine, Carrion Crow +68 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Nemoura cinerea, Green-veined White, Southern Hawker +68 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Nemoura cinerea, Green-veined White, Southern Hawker +68 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Bluebell, Stinking Hellebore, Common Spotted-orchid +1 more · last seen 2021

Free

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Heritage

Ancient woodland — historic landscape

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Reigate and Banstead Millennium TrailWalking route
Named routeRef RBMTRegional walking route
Greensand WayWalking route
Named routeRef GWRegional walking route
Sussex Border PathWalking route220 km
Named routeLength 220 kmRegional walking route
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Cycling

75 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Route BCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route ACycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route NCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route B (incomplete)Cycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Avenue Verte London ↔ ParisCycling route

English part of Avenue Verte London ↔ Paris, an international cycle route that connects the two capital cities

Named routeRef AVInternational cycle route
Route BCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Farm track towards unnamed wood, 2010

Farm track towards unnamed wood, 2010

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