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🦉Wildlife🧺Picnic🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.00624, -0.10153
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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
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Waitrose Cafe — 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
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Waitrose Cafe — 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· Free🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, car park
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Robin +66 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Robin +66 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, picnic area
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Holly, Ash, Yarrow +53 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Holly, Ash, Yarrow +53 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby · 10 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Sussex Diamond WayWalking route97 km▾
Named routeLength 97 kmRegional 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
Ashgrounds WoodWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Green Circle - Walking RelationWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Wickham Waypublic footpath · 430 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 430 mSurface concretePath type: residential
11 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Green Circle - Bicycle RelationCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Norther Arc AvenueCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Norther Arc AvenueCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Haywards Heath Town Centre to Cuckfield Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Rocky Lane Cycle PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Burgess Hill - Hickstead Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
1 public path nearby
Public paths
Balcome Roadbridleway · 70 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 70 mSurface asphaltPath type: unclassified
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Wildlife to spot
45,497 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
45,497 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blue Tit · Hawfinch · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw +42
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Motacilla cinerea cinereaMotacilla cinerea cinerea2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Erithacus rubecula melophilusErithacus rubecula melophilus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
🦌Mammals4 species
springautumn
2026▾
Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel · Mole · Hazel Dormouse
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects7 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Field Grasshopper · Orange Ladybird · Western Conifer Seed Bug · Southern Hawker · Common Darter +2
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes
Yarrow · Ribwort Plantain · Bittersweet · Autumn Lady's-tresses · Japanese Knotweed +9
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
- Autumn Lady's-tressesSpiranthes spiralis
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
- Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
45,497 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blue Tit · Hawfinch · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw +42
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Motacilla cinerea cinereaMotacilla cinerea cinerea2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Erithacus rubecula melophilusErithacus rubecula melophilus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
🦌Mammals4 species
springautumn
2026▾
Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel · Mole · Hazel Dormouse
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects7 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Field Grasshopper · Orange Ladybird · Western Conifer Seed Bug · Southern Hawker · Common Darter +2
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes
Yarrow · Ribwort Plantain · Bittersweet · Autumn Lady's-tresses · Japanese Knotweed +9
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
- Autumn Lady's-tressesSpiranthes spiralis
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
- Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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