🛝Family🚲Cycling🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
50.83297, -0.20369
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Spresso — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Spresso — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking☕Café🅿️Parking
🛝Family friendly
Good match
café
Free
Named cycling route nearby: A259 two-way cycle track upgrade for National Cycle Route 2 rerouting
Varies
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Named hiking route nearby: Mid Sussex Link
Free
Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
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
King Charles III England Coast Path: East Head to ShorehamWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
Newhaven-Brighton Clifftop PathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
European walking route E9, Queen Elizabeth Country Park to JevingtonWalking route▾
Named routeRef E9International walking route
150 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Hove ParkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Three Cornered Copse bridlewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
The LevelCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Preston Street contraflow laneCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Church Road cycle contraflow/cut-throughsCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
National Cycle Route 20 Pyecombe to BrightonCycling route▾
Named routeRef 20National Cycle Network
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
South Downs WayMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef 89National Cycle Network
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
28,618 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
28,618 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Herring Gull · Peregrine · Carrion Crow · Magpie +35
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus2025
- Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Dartford WarblerCurruca undata2025
- GannetMorus bassanus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena2025
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
- RazorbillAlca torda2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
- Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Badger
Slow-worm
🐝Insects6 species
winterspring
2026▾
Eristalis tenax · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Pterostichus niger · Dock Bug · 7-spot Ladybird +1
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Pterostichus nigerPterostichus niger
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Leistus spinibarbisLeistus spinibarbis
Buck's-horn Plantain · Wood Avens · White Dead-nettle · Red Dead-nettle · Alexanders +5
- Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum
- Sweet VioletViola odorata
- CleaversGalium aparine
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
28,618 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Herring Gull · Peregrine · Carrion Crow · Magpie +35
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus2025
- Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Dartford WarblerCurruca undata2025
- GannetMorus bassanus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena2025
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
- RazorbillAlca torda2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
- Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Badger
Slow-worm
🐝Insects6 species
winterspring
2026▾
Eristalis tenax · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Pterostichus niger · Dock Bug · 7-spot Ladybird +1
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Pterostichus nigerPterostichus niger
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Leistus spinibarbisLeistus spinibarbis
Buck's-horn Plantain · Wood Avens · White Dead-nettle · Red Dead-nettle · Alexanders +5
- Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum
- Sweet VioletViola odorata
- CleaversGalium aparine
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgareSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareTraveller's-joyClematis vitalba2025Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba2025BayLaurus nobilis2025BayLaurus nobilis2025