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Dogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
51.09286, 0.40819
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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
- 🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out
🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — House Martin, Robin, Mallard +54 more · last seen 2026; Birds — House Martin, Robin, Mallard +54 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland meadows — marbled white, meadow brown and pollinating insects; Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Speckled Wood +47 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Bugle, Alder, Water Mint +79 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Bugle, Alder, Water Mint +79 more · last seen 2025
Free
Plants — Water Mint, Great Scented Liverwort, Ramsons +8 more foraging species; Lowland meadows — wild flowers, berries and seasonal plants
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 16 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Play TrailWalking route2 km▾
Named routeLength 2 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Sussex Border PathWalking route220 km▾
Named routeLength 220 kmRegional walking route
High Weald Landscape TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef HWLTListed length 145kmRegional walking route
The Old Carriagewaypublic footpath · 18 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 18 mSurface grassPath type: track
The Old Carriage Waypublic footpath · 271 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 271 mSurface groundPath type: track
Sweetbourne Bridgepublic footpath · 13 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 13 mSurface grassPath type: track
7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 18Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 18National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route4.9 km▾
Named routeRef 18Length 4.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route187 m▾
Named routeRef 18Length 187 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route9.5 km▾
Named routeRef 18Length 9.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route969 m▾
Named routeRef 18Length 969 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.8 km▾
Named routeRef 18Length 2.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Singletrack Mountain Bike TrailMountain bike route▾
Family Cycle RouteMountain bike route▾
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Wildlife to spot
19,671 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
19,671 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
springsummerwinter
2026▾
Robin · House Martin · Blue Tit · Mallard · Jackdaw +39
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Hazel Dormouse · Grey Squirrel · Fallow Deer
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Fallow DeerDama dama2025
Slow-worm
🐝Insects16 species
springsummer
2025▾
Red-eyed Damselfly · Banded Demoiselle · White-legged Damselfly · Eristalis pertinax · Azure Damselfly +11
- Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
🌿Plants13 species
springsummer
2025▾
Bugle · Great Scented Liverwort · Grove Earwort · Common Knapweed · Vervain +8
- BugleAjuga reptans
- Great Scented LiverwortConocephalum conicum
- Grove EarwortScapania nemorea
- Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
- VervainVerbena officinalis
- Creeping-JennyLysimachia nummularia
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
19,671 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
springsummerwinter
2026▾
Robin · House Martin · Blue Tit · Mallard · Jackdaw +39
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Hazel Dormouse · Grey Squirrel · Fallow Deer
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Fallow DeerDama dama2025
Slow-worm
🐝Insects16 species
springsummer
2025▾
Red-eyed Damselfly · Banded Demoiselle · White-legged Damselfly · Eristalis pertinax · Azure Damselfly +11
- Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
🌿Plants13 species
springsummer
2025▾
Bugle · Great Scented Liverwort · Grove Earwort · Common Knapweed · Vervain +8
- BugleAjuga reptans
- Great Scented LiverwortConocephalum conicum
- Grove EarwortScapania nemorea
- Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
- VervainVerbena officinalis
- Creeping-JennyLysimachia nummularia
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Sweet Vernal-grass
Sweet Vernal-grass
Anthoxanthum odoratum
Anthoxanthum odoratum
Red ValerianCentranthus ruberRed ValerianCentranthus ruberGreen-winged OrchidAnacamptis morioGreen-winged OrchidAnacamptis morioSweet ChestnutCastanea sativaSweet ChestnutCastanea sativaWood AnemoneAnemone nemorosaWood AnemoneAnemone nemorosaLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumRamsonsAllium ursinumRamsonsAllium ursinum