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Wickham Wood - Woodland plantation

2 ha

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 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 447m away — 2 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 447m away — 2 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

3 activities

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Forest walks

Good match

Public woodland

Free

Wildlife

Weak signal

Conifer plantation — limited but present wildlife

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

6 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

South Downs WayWalking route160 km

Named routeLength 160 kmNational walking route

Sussex Ouse Valley WayWalking route67 km

Named routeLength 67 kmRegional walking route

Greenwich Meridian TrailWalking route440 km

A long-distance walk that follows the line of the Prime Meridian. Inaugurated in 2009, to coincide with the 125th anniversary of the Greenwich Meridian.

Named routeRef GMTLength 440 kmRegional walking route

European walking route E9, Queen Elizabeth Country Park to JevingtonWalking route

Named routeRef E9International walking route

Mid Sussex LinkWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Offham - Lewes Town Centre (ESCC Cycle Route 306)Cycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Cooksbridge - Lewes Riverside (ESCC Cycle Route 307)Cycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Ditchling - Cooksbridge (ESCC Cycle Route 206)Cycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

ESCC Route 310 proposed cycle routeCycling route

Named route

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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

South Downs WayMountain bike route

Named routeRef 89National Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

5,681 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

5,681 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds35 species

autumnwinter

2025

Nuthatch · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Wren · Great Tit +30

NuthatchSitta europaea
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Great TitParus major
RobinErithacus rubecula
MagpiePica pica
RookCorvus frugilegus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
BuzzardButeo buteo
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
RedwingTurdus iliacus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
SiskinSpinus spinus
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
JackdawColoeus monedula
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
JayGarrulus glandarius
DunnockPrunella modularis
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2025

Harvest Mouse

Harvest MouseMicromys minutus

🐝

Insects3 species

wintersummer

2026

16-spot Ladybird · Dark Bush-cricket · Cabbage Bug

16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025
Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025

🌿

Plants113 species

summer

2025

Butcher's-broom · Bracken · Field Maple · Bluebell · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil +108

Butcher's-broomRuscus aculeatus
BrackenPteridium aquilinum
Field MapleAcer campestre
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
GypsywortLycopus europaeus
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Wild Service-treeSorbus torminalis
HazelCorylus avellana
AspenPopulus tremula
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris
Slender RushJuncus tenuis
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
Common Hemp-nettleGaleopsis tetrahit
Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica
Red CampionSilene dioica
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata
Broad-leaved PondweedPotamogeton natans
RoseRosa
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Water-pepperPersicaria hydropiper
AlderAlnus glutinosa
Carline ThistleCarlina vulgaris
Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus
Silver BirchBetula pendula
SilverweedPotentilla anserina
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
Scots PinePinus sylvestris
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
TormentilPotentilla erecta
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
Water-plantainAlisma plantago-aquatica
Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula
Alder BuckthornFrangula alnus
Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia
Taraxacum agg.Taraxacum agg.
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Goat WillowSalix caprea
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum
GorseUlex europaeus
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana
Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris
Short-fruited WillowherbEpilobium obscurum
Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis
RadishRaphanus raphanistrum
Wild MignonetteReseda lutea
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
Remote SedgeCarex remota
TimothyPhleum pratense
White CloverTrifolium repens
CharlockSinapis arvensis
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica
Black-bindweedFallopia convolvulus
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
False Fox-sedgeCarex otrubae
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare
Greater BurdockArctium lappa
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
CleaversGalium aparine
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare
IvyHedera helix
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Black BryonyTamus communis
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Black-grassAlopecurus myosuroides
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
SpindleEuonymus europaeus
Field-roseRosa arvensis
HornbeamCarpinus betulus
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Box-leaved HoneysuckleLonicera pileata
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Many-Seeded GoosefootLipandra polysperma
ElderSambucus nigra
HollyIlex aquifolium
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Red FescueFestuca rubra
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
Curled DockRumex crispus
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Square-stalked WillowherbEpilobium tetragonum
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Bush VetchVicia sepium
Wych ElmUlmus glabra
NipplewortLapsana communis
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Stinking IrisIris foetidissima
Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum
Hairy ButtercupRanunculus sardous
Clustered DockRumex conglomeratus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

5,681 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds35 species

autumnwinter

2025

Nuthatch · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Wren · Great Tit +30

NuthatchSitta europaea
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Great TitParus major
RobinErithacus rubecula
MagpiePica pica
RookCorvus frugilegus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
BuzzardButeo buteo
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
RedwingTurdus iliacus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
SiskinSpinus spinus
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
JackdawColoeus monedula
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
JayGarrulus glandarius
DunnockPrunella modularis
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2025

Harvest Mouse

Harvest MouseMicromys minutus

🐝

Insects3 species

wintersummer

2026

16-spot Ladybird · Dark Bush-cricket · Cabbage Bug

16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025
Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025

🌿

Plants113 species

summer

2025

Butcher's-broom · Bracken · Field Maple · Bluebell · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil +108

Butcher's-broomRuscus aculeatus
BrackenPteridium aquilinum
Field MapleAcer campestre
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
GypsywortLycopus europaeus
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Wild Service-treeSorbus torminalis
HazelCorylus avellana
AspenPopulus tremula
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris
Slender RushJuncus tenuis
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
Common Hemp-nettleGaleopsis tetrahit
Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica
Red CampionSilene dioica
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata
Broad-leaved PondweedPotamogeton natans
RoseRosa
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Water-pepperPersicaria hydropiper
AlderAlnus glutinosa
Carline ThistleCarlina vulgaris
Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus
Silver BirchBetula pendula
SilverweedPotentilla anserina
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
Scots PinePinus sylvestris
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
TormentilPotentilla erecta
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
Water-plantainAlisma plantago-aquatica
Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula
Alder BuckthornFrangula alnus
Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia
Taraxacum agg.Taraxacum agg.
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Goat WillowSalix caprea
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum
GorseUlex europaeus
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana
Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris
Short-fruited WillowherbEpilobium obscurum
Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis
RadishRaphanus raphanistrum
Wild MignonetteReseda lutea
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
Remote SedgeCarex remota
TimothyPhleum pratense
White CloverTrifolium repens
CharlockSinapis arvensis
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica
Black-bindweedFallopia convolvulus
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
False Fox-sedgeCarex otrubae
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare
Greater BurdockArctium lappa
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
CleaversGalium aparine
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare
IvyHedera helix
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Black BryonyTamus communis
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Black-grassAlopecurus myosuroides
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
SpindleEuonymus europaeus
Field-roseRosa arvensis
HornbeamCarpinus betulus
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Box-leaved HoneysuckleLonicera pileata
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Many-Seeded GoosefootLipandra polysperma
ElderSambucus nigra
HollyIlex aquifolium
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Red FescueFestuca rubra
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
Curled DockRumex crispus
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Square-stalked WillowherbEpilobium tetragonum
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Bush VetchVicia sepium
Wych ElmUlmus glabra
NipplewortLapsana communis
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Stinking IrisIris foetidissima
Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum
Hairy ButtercupRanunculus sardous
Clustered DockRumex conglomeratus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Simon Carey · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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