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✦ Ancient woodland6 ha
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Free entryDogs welcome6 ha

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Robin, Great Tit, Wren +61 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Great Tit, Wren +61 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Plants — Elder, Pedunculate Oak, Ramsons +21 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Primrose, Cow Parsley, Bugle +192 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Eristalis pertinax, Volucella pellucens +37 more · last seen 2025; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Eristalis pertinax, Volucella pellucens +37 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Ancient woodland — historic landscape

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Knepp Wildland Blue RouteWalking route
Named route
West Sussex Literary TrailWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
Wey-South PathWalking route

follows the river Wey and the (partly disused) Wey & Arun canal

Named routeRegional walking route
The Heritage TrailWalking route
Named route
Sussex Diamond WayWalking route97 km
Named routeLength 97 kmRegional walking route
🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
National Cycle Route 228 Crawley to Pulborough (proposed)Cycling route
Named routeRef 228National Cycle Network
🐴

Horse riding

2 public paths nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Gate on bridleway entrance to Woodshill Copse

Gate on bridleway entrance to Woodshill Copse

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