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Scimcorner Wood

✦ Ancient woodland8 ha

📷 Robin Webster · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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WildlifeBirdsForaging
Free entryDogs welcome8 ha

Getting here

50.92438, 0.06157

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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

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; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Raven, Peregrine, Mallard +83 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Raven, Peregrine, Mallard +83 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Plants — Hazel, Blackthorn, Bramble +14 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Alder, Hazel, Hornbeam +129 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Scarce Chaser, Hairy Dragonfly, Azure Damselfly +30 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Scarce Chaser, Hairy Dragonfly, Azure Damselfly +30 more · last seen 2026

Free

Heritage

Ancient woodland — historic landscape

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

2 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Sussex Ouse Valley WayWalking route67 km
Named routeLength 67 kmRegional walking route
Greenwich Meridian TrailWalking route440 km

A long-distance walk that follows the line of the Prime Meridian. Inaugurated in 2009, to coincide with the 125th anniversary of the Greenwich Meridian.

Named routeRef GMTLength 440 kmRegional walking route
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Cycling

7 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Malling - Southover (ESCC Cycle Route 308)Cycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Offham - Lewes Town Centre (ESCC Cycle Route 306)Cycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Cooksbridge - Lewes Riverside (ESCC Cycle Route 307)Cycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Southdows to Lewes Train Station (ESCC Cycle Route 205)Cycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Nevil - Southover (ESCC Cycle Route 305)Cycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Ditchling - Cooksbridge (ESCC Cycle Route 206)Cycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Clay Hill Wood

📷 Robin Webster · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Clay Hill Wood

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🌱The GreenUrban park3.4 km→🌱Horsted Green ParkUrban park3.8 km→🌱Uckfield Millennium GreenUrban park4.5 km→🌱Finger post fieldUrban park3 km→✦NEWICK PARKHistoric site4.3 km→✦HORSTED PLACEHistoric site3.2 km→

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