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Places › England › South East › Horsham Getting here
51.06831, -0.37840
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days 🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
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🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Starling, Robin, Woodpigeon +74 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Starling, Robin, Woodpigeon +74 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Giant Hogweed, Himalayan Balsam, Ramsons +36 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Giant Hogweed, Himalayan Balsam, Ramsons +36 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Large White, Gatekeeper +43 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Meadow Brown, Large White, Gatekeeper +43 more · last seen 2025
Free
Plants — Ramsons, Red Currant, Crab Apple +5 more foraging species
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Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 5 signed routes nearby · 16 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Downs Link Walking route 59 km ▾
A 37 mile shared route for walkers, horse riders and cyclists linking the North Downs Way with the South Downs Way
Named route Length 59 km Regional walking route
Show on map West Sussex Literary Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Riverside Walk Walking route 13 km ▾
A circular walk around Horsham following the Chennels Brook, Horn Brook, Arun, and Boldings Brook
Named route Length 13 km Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Sussex Border Path Walking route 220 km ▾
Named route Length 220 km Regional walking route
Show on map High Weald Landscape Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Ref HWLT Listed length 145km Regional walking route
Show on map Pinkhurst Lane public footpath · 417 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 417 m Path type: unclassified
Show on map 25 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 223 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 223 National Cycle Network
Show on map Worthing Road to Horsham Station Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Pedlars Way Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Broadbridge Heath to Horsham Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map The Forest School & Millais School to Horsham Station Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Surrey Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Cycle route consisting of main loop plus link routes
Named route Round trip Regional cycle route
Show on map Photos Footbridge on footpath 1450
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Wildlife to spot
12,113 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 12,113 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 39 species
spring summer autumn winter
2026 ▾
Starling · Robin · House Sparrow · Herring Gull · Woodpigeon +34
Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra2025 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos2025 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Hedgehog · American Mink · Red Fox +1
Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus American Mink Neovison vison Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Noctule Nyctalus noctula 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
Great Crested Newt
Great Crested Newt Triturus cristatus Common Darter · Black-tailed Skimmer · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Green Shieldbug · Brown Hawker +1
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis Cantharis rufa Cantharis rufa 🌿 Plants 23 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Himalayan Balsam · Red Currant · Endive Pellia · Wood Speedwell · Wych Elm +18
Himalayan Balsam Impatiens glandulifera Red Currant Ribes rubrum Endive Pellia Pellia endiviifolia Wood Speedwell Veronica montana Wych Elm Ulmus glabra Crab Apple Malus sylvestris Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 12,113 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 39 species
spring summer autumn winter
2026 ▾
Starling · Robin · House Sparrow · Herring Gull · Woodpigeon +34
Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra2025 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos2025 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Hedgehog · American Mink · Red Fox +1
Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus American Mink Neovison vison Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Noctule Nyctalus noctula 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
Great Crested Newt
Great Crested Newt Triturus cristatus Common Darter · Black-tailed Skimmer · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Green Shieldbug · Brown Hawker +1
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis Cantharis rufa Cantharis rufa 🌿 Plants 23 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Himalayan Balsam · Red Currant · Endive Pellia · Wood Speedwell · Wych Elm +18
Himalayan Balsam Impatiens glandulifera Red Currant Ribes rubrum Endive Pellia Pellia endiviifolia Wood Speedwell Veronica montana Wych Elm Ulmus glabra Crab Apple Malus sylvestris Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wild Service-tree
Wild Service-tree
Sorbus torminalis
Sorbus torminalis
Small-leaved Lime Tilia cordata
Small-leaved Lime Tilia cordata
Midland Hawthorn Crataegus laevigata
Midland Hawthorn Crataegus laevigata
Male-fern Dryopteris filix-mas
Male-fern Dryopteris filix-mas
Primrose Primula vulgaris
Primrose Primula vulgaris
Great Scented Liverwort Conocephalum conicum
Great Scented Liverwort Conocephalum conicum
White Clover Trifolium repens
White Clover Trifolium repens
Blackthorn Prunus spinosa
Blackthorn Prunus spinosa
Bittersweet Solanum dulcamara
Bittersweet Solanum dulcamara
Honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum
Honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum
Butterfly-bush Buddleja davidii
Butterfly-bush Buddleja davidii
Herb-Robert Geranium robertianum
Herb-Robert Geranium robertianum
Lords-and-Ladies Arum maculatum
Lords-and-Ladies Arum maculatum
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna
Cuckooflower Cardamine pratensis
Cuckooflower Cardamine pratensis
Ramsons Allium ursinum
Ramsons Allium ursinum
Even Scalewort Radula complanata2024
Even Scalewort Radula complanata2024 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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