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Upper Grove Wood

✦ Ancient woodland8 ha

📷 Robin Webster · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

WildlifeBirdsSeasonal
Free entryDogs welcome8 ha

Getting here

50.91506, 0.62845

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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

7 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Little Ringed Plover, Mediterranean Gull, Raven +87 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Little Ringed Plover, Mediterranean Gull, Raven +87 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Trifid Bur-marigold, Nodding Bur-marigold, Fragrant Agrimony +45 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Lowland meadows — marbled white, meadow brown and pollinating insects; Insects — Glow-worm, Grammotaulius nigropunctatus, Stenophylax permistus +19 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Plants — Hazel, Common Nettle, Sheep's Sorrel +6 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Heritage

Ancient woodland — historic landscape

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Saxon Shore WayWalking route262 km
Named routeLength 262 kmRegional walking route
High Weald Landscape TrailWalking route
Named routeRef HWLTListed length 145kmRegional walking route
1066 Country Walk - Hastings LinkWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
1066 Country WalkWalking route50 km
Named routeLength 50 kmRegional walking route
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Cycling

7 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
National Cycle Route 2 Dover to HastingsCycling route
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route5 km
Named routeRef 2Length 5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route738 m
Named routeRef 2Length 738 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.8 km
Named routeRef 2Length 1.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.2 km
Named routeRef 2Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1 km
Named routeRef 2Length 1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Grove Shaw

📷 Robin Webster · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Grove Shaw

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱Hastings Cemetery and CrematoriumUrban park4.6 km→🌱Hastings Cemetery and CrematoriumUrban park4.7 km→✦Royal Military Canal, Coastguard Cottages to Wickham CliffHistoric site4.8 km→✦Royal Military Canal, Cliff End to Coastguard CottagesHistoric site5 km→⛪Brede Methodist ChurchReligious grounds4.2 km→🪦Ore CemeteryCemetery4.4 km→

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