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Soles Coppice

✦ Ancient woodland11 ha

📷 N Chadwick · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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WildlifeBirdsForaging
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome11 ha

Getting here

51.04905, -0.16766

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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

8 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Great Spotted Woodpecker, Wren, Blue Tit +67 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Great Spotted Woodpecker, Wren, Blue Tit +67 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Plants — Common Nettle, Common Sorrel, Pedunculate Oak +16 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Sweet Vernal-grass, Compact Rush, Germander Speedwell +190 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Southern Hawker, Willow Emerald Damselfly, Migrant Hawker +13 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Southern Hawker, Willow Emerald Damselfly, Migrant Hawker +13 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

8 signed routes nearby · 19 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Sussex Diamond WayWalking route97 km
Named routeLength 97 kmRegional walking route
Crawley GreenwayWalking route

walking route around Crawley along many leafy paths, signposted

Named routeLocal walking route
Sussex Ouse Valley WayWalking route67 km
Named routeLength 67 kmRegional walking route
Dophin Lesuire Centre to B2272 Public FootpathWalking route
Named routeLocal walking route
Accessible Route, NymansWalking route1.2 km

Nurtured for nearly 130 years, the garden features an internationally important plant collection containing species from around the world.

Named routeLength 1.2 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Tanyard Lanepublic footpath · 334 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 334 mSurface concretePath type: track
Ditton Placepublic footpath · 311 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 311 mPath type: service
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Cycling

6 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Route HCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route FCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route H (incomplete)Cycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Crawley to HandcrossCycling route
Named route
Hatchgate LaneCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
National Cycle Route 20 Crawley - Pyecombe (proposed)Cycling route
Named routeRef 20National Cycle Network
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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
Tilgate Forest SingletrackMountain bike route
Named route

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Sole's Coppice

📷 N Chadwick · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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✦NYMANSHistoric site2 km→🌱Cuckfield Recreation GroundUrban park4.9 km→🌱Alf Pegler walled gardenUrban park5 km→✦BORDE HILLHistoric site4.5 km→🌱Borde HillUrban park4.8 km→🌱Nymans Wild GardenUrban park2 km→

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