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Settlement site in Chantry Bottom

26 ha

📷 Chris Shaw · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome26 ha

Getting here

50.89399, -0.46340

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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
Parking· Free

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Skylark +67 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Skylark +67 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Plants — Common Nettle, Hogweed, White Helleborine +12 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Plants — Traveller's-joy, Creeping Thistle, Salad Burnet +162 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Traveller's-joy, Creeping Thistle, Salad Burnet +162 more · last seen 2026

Free

Heritage

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Red-headed Cardinal Beetle, Xanthogramma citrofasciatum, Bloody-nosed Beetle +12 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Red-headed Cardinal Beetle, Xanthogramma citrofasciatum, Bloody-nosed Beetle +12 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

6 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Monarch's WayWalking route990 km

approximate route of Charles II's escape

Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route
South Downs WayWalking route160 km
Named routeLength 160 kmNational walking route
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
Cissbury Ring History and Nature Trail, Sussex EastWalking route3.5 km

Walk ancient roads, enjoy views of 78miles of coast from the 2nd largest Iron Age hillfort in southern England & see Neolithic flint mines & wildlife in this chalk downland site. Grassland, embankments & flint paths with steep sections. Slippery when wet

Named routeLength 3.5 kmDuration 01:00-01:30Round tripLocal walking route
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Cycling

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
A24 CyclewayCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
A24 CyclewayCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
South Downs WayMountain bike route
Named routeRef 89National Cycle Network
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Horse riding

7 public paths nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Near Chantry Hill

📷 Chris Shaw · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Near Chantry Hill

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦PARHAMHistoric site3.3 km→🌱Millford Grange Country ParkUrban park3.7 km→✦Itford Hill style settlement and an Anglo-Saxon barrow field at New Barn Down, 850m north west of Myrtle Grove FarmHistoric site2.5 km→🌱Sullington Parish Hall ParkUrban park3.5 km→✦Muntham Court Romano-British siteHistoric site3.7 km→✦Linear group of three bowl barrows immediately east of Kithurst Hill car park: part of a dispersed round barrow cemetery on Kithurst HillHistoric site1.3 km→

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