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🦅 Birds🧺 Picnic✦ Heritage
Public access Dogs welcome 52 ha
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51.06509, -0.09277
Open directionsv Kew Wakehurst, previously known as Wakehurst and Wakehurst Place, is a house and botanic gardens in West Sussex, England, owned by the National Trust but used and managed by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. It is near Ardingly, West Sussex in the High Weald, and comprises a late 16th-century mansion, a mainly 20th-century garden and, in a modern building, Kew's Millennium Seed Bank. Visitors are able to see the gardens and mansion, and also visit the seed bank.
Read more on Wikipedia → House Grade I listed building
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🐦 73+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blue Tit 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🐦 73+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blue Tit 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days 🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Blue Tit, Marsh Tit +70 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
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🧺 Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, toilets
Free
✦ Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: WAKEHURST PLACE; Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Robin, Blue Tit, Marsh Tit +70 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meliscaeva cinctella, Xylota segnis, Eristalis pertinax +32 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Holly, Tormentil, Hogweed +71 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 9 signed routes nearby · 32 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
William Robinson Woodland Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Sussex Diamond Way Walking route 97 km ▾
Named route Length 97 km Regional walking route
Show on map Crawley Greenway Walking route ▾
walking route around Crawley along many leafy paths, signposted
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Sussex Ouse Valley Way Walking route 67 km ▾
Named route Length 67 km Regional walking route
Show on map Standen Trail Walking route ▾
Tillinghurst Lane public footpath · 466 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 466 m Surface paved Path type: service
Show on map 19 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route D Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Avenue Verte London ↔ Paris Cycling route ▾
English part of Avenue Verte London ↔ Paris, an international cycle route that connects the two capital cities
Named route Ref AV International cycle route
Show on map Tilgate to Furnace Green Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Route F Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Maidenbower - Pound Hill Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map National Cycle Route 20 Crawley - Pyecombe Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 20 National Cycle Network
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Deers Leap Main Trail Mountain bike route ▾
8 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
28,333 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 28,333 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 48 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Great Tit · Blue Tit · Marsh Tit · Nuthatch · Robin +43
Great Tit Parus major Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret2025 Hazel Dormouse
Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius Common Lizard
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara 🐝 Insects 2 species
autumn winter
2025 ▾
Eristalis tenax · Phaonia signata
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax Phaonia signata Phaonia signata 🌿 Plants 8 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Lesser Celandine · Purple Toothwort · Snowdrop · Mistletoe · Wood Anemone +3
Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna Purple Toothwort Lathraea clandestina Snowdrop Galanthus nivalis Mistletoe Viscum album2025 Wood Anemone Anemone nemorosa Green Alkanet Pentaglottis sempervirens Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 28,333 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 48 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Great Tit · Blue Tit · Marsh Tit · Nuthatch · Robin +43
Great Tit Parus major Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret2025 Hazel Dormouse
Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius Common Lizard
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara 🐝 Insects 2 species
autumn winter
2025 ▾
Eristalis tenax · Phaonia signata
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax Phaonia signata Phaonia signata 🌿 Plants 8 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Lesser Celandine · Purple Toothwort · Snowdrop · Mistletoe · Wood Anemone +3
Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna Purple Toothwort Lathraea clandestina Snowdrop Galanthus nivalis Mistletoe Viscum album2025 Wood Anemone Anemone nemorosa Green Alkanet Pentaglottis sempervirens Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Swan's-neck Thyme-moss
Swan's-neck Thyme-moss
Mnium hornum
Mnium hornum
Hay-scented Buckler-fern Dryopteris aemula2025
Hay-scented Buckler-fern Dryopteris aemula2025 