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✦ Ancient woodland11 ha

📷 nick macneill · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome11 ha

Getting here

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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
  • 🍄Mushroom 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
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Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Blackbird, Wren, Robin +66 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blackbird, Wren, Robin +66 more · last seen 2025

Free

Mushroom foraging

Fungi — Golden Waxcap, Parrot Waxcap, Nitrous Bonnet +23 more · last seen 2021; Fungi — Golden Waxcap, Parrot Waxcap, Nitrous Bonnet +23 more · last seen 2021

Varies

Seasonal nature

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Yarrow, Hazel, Field Maple +136 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Plants — Hazel, Common Nettle, Common Sorrel +10 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Insect spotting

Insects — Brown Hawker, Willow Emerald Damselfly, Sphaerophoria +19 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Brown Hawker, Willow Emerald Damselfly, Sphaerophoria +19 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Ironmaster's Walk, BatemansWalking route3.2 km

Longstanding tradition claims that Bateman's was built by a Wealden ironmaster. It is difficult now to appreciate that Burwash was ever anything other than a village, but the Normans saw the growth of small scale iron production that lasted 4 centuries.

Named routeLength 3.2 kmDuration 01:00Round tripLocal walking route
1066 Country WalkWalking route50 km
Named routeLength 50 kmRegional walking route
Kipling's Puck Walk Around the Bateman's Countryside, BatemansWalking route4 km

Home of author & poet Rudyard Kipling. The 300 acres of countryside around the house influenced works such as Puck of Pook's Hill, Rewards & Fairies and many poems. Uncover the landscape that inspired his work. Mostly flat with one steep gradient & stiles

Named routeLength 4 kmDuration 01:00-01:30Round tripLocal walking route

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Entrance to Wood's Corner near Dallington

📷 nick macneill · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Entrance to Wood's Corner near Dallington

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦BRIGHTLING PARKHistoric site1.6 km→✦ASHBURNHAM PLACEHistoric site4.5 km→✦BATEMANSHistoric site4.9 km→💧Darwell ReservoirReservoir4.7 km→💧Darwell ReservoirReservoir4.7 km→✦Ashburnam iron furnace siteHistoric site2.2 km→

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