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Tangle Wood

✦ Ancient woodland4 ha

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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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 232m away — 6 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 232m away — 6 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Parking

Best for

9 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Robin, Mallard, Great Crested Grebe +73 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Mallard, Great Crested Grebe +73 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Great Scented Liverwort · last seen 2023

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, White-legged Damselfly, Beautiful Demoiselle +33 more · last seen 2025; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, White-legged Damselfly, Beautiful Demoiselle +33 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

6 signed routes nearby · 12 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Vanguard WayWalking route111 km

Named routeRef VGWLength 111 kmRegional walking route

Tandridge Border PathWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Corner of Four Counties walk (SCC)Walking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Sussex Border PathWalking route220 km

Named routeLength 220 kmRegional walking route

Eden Valley WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

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Cycling

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN Regional Route 12 (Kent)Cycling route

Named routeRef 12Regional cycle route

N/ACycling route488 m

Named routeRef 12Length 488 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route2.2 km

Named routeRef 12Length 2.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete

Wildlife to spot

9,851 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

9,851 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds80 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Robin · Mallard · Great Crested Grebe · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow +75

RobinErithacus rubecula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
CootFulica atra2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Great TitParus major2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2023
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2022
GoosanderMergus merganser2022
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
SwiftApus apus2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
Common GullLarus canus2023
RookCorvus frugilegus2023
RavenCorvus corax2022
Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2022
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
Streptopelia turtur turturStreptopelia turtur turtur2023
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2023
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2022
GadwallMareca strepera2022
Stock DoveColumba oenas2022
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2022
SiskinSpinus spinus2022
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2021

🦌

Mammals10 species

springsummer

2025

Grey Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle · Rabbit · Fallow Deer · Badger +5

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2022
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2022
Fallow DeerDama dama2022
BadgerMeles meles2024
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2023
Long-eared Bat speciesPlecotus2022
Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2022
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2022
MoleTalpa europaea2022

🐸

Amphibians3 species

winterspringsummer

2023

Common Toad · Common Frog · Palmate Newt

Common ToadBufo bufo2022
Common FrogRana temporaria
Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus

🐝

Insects36 species

springsummer

2025

7-spot Ladybird · Banded Demoiselle · White-legged Damselfly · Beautiful Demoiselle · Brown Hawker +31

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2023
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2024
Plateumaris sericeaPlateumaris sericea2024
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
Volucella inanisVolucella inanis
Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens
Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus
Common Green SawflyTenthredo mesomela
Rhabdomiris striatellusRhabdomiris striatellus
Athous haemorrhoidalisAthous haemorrhoidalis
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
Cantharis pellucidaCantharis pellucida
Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris
Empis tessellataEmpis tessellata
Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris
Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2024
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2023
Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria2022
Ephemera vulgataEphemera vulgata2022
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2021
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2021
Downy EmeraldCordulia aenea2021
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2021
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2021

🌿

Plants1 species

summer

2023

Great Scented Liverwort

Great Scented LiverwortConocephalum conicum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

9,851 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds80 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Robin · Mallard · Great Crested Grebe · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow +75

RobinErithacus rubecula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
CootFulica atra2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Great TitParus major2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2023
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2022
GoosanderMergus merganser2022
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
SwiftApus apus2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
Common GullLarus canus2023
RookCorvus frugilegus2023
RavenCorvus corax2022
Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2022
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
Streptopelia turtur turturStreptopelia turtur turtur2023
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2023
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2022
GadwallMareca strepera2022
Stock DoveColumba oenas2022
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2022
SiskinSpinus spinus2022
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2021

🦌

Mammals10 species

springsummer

2025

Grey Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle · Rabbit · Fallow Deer · Badger +5

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2022
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2022
Fallow DeerDama dama2022
BadgerMeles meles2024
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2023
Long-eared Bat speciesPlecotus2022
Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2022
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2022
MoleTalpa europaea2022

🐸

Amphibians3 species

winterspringsummer

2023

Common Toad · Common Frog · Palmate Newt

Common ToadBufo bufo2022
Common FrogRana temporaria
Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus

🐝

Insects36 species

springsummer

2025

7-spot Ladybird · Banded Demoiselle · White-legged Damselfly · Beautiful Demoiselle · Brown Hawker +31

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2023
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2024
Plateumaris sericeaPlateumaris sericea2024
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
Volucella inanisVolucella inanis
Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens
Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus
Common Green SawflyTenthredo mesomela
Rhabdomiris striatellusRhabdomiris striatellus
Athous haemorrhoidalisAthous haemorrhoidalis
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
Cantharis pellucidaCantharis pellucida
Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris
Empis tessellataEmpis tessellata
Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris
Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2024
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2023
Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria2022
Ephemera vulgataEphemera vulgata2022
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2021
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2021
Downy EmeraldCordulia aenea2021
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2021
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2021

🌿

Plants1 species

summer

2023

Great Scented Liverwort

Great Scented LiverwortConocephalum conicum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 N Chadwick · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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