Black Hill Wood - Woodland plantation
17 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🐴Horses
Free entryDogs welcome17 ha
Getting here
51.07596, -0.23597
Open directionsv
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
- 🐴Horse riding listed as facility — is at its best in summer
- 🐕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
- 🐴Horse riding listed as facility — is at its best in summer
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🐴Horse riding🥾Walking trails
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Horse riding listed as facility
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Crawley GreenwayWalking route▾
walking route around Crawley along many leafy paths, signposted
Named routeLocal walking route
Sussex Ouse Valley WayWalking route67 km▾
Named routeLength 67 kmRegional walking route
Accessible Route, NymansWalking route1.2 km▾
Nurtured for nearly 130 years, the garden features an internationally important plant collection containing species from around the world.
Named routeLength 1.2 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Iron Walk, NymansWalking route3.5 km▾
Named routeLength 3.5 kmDuration 01:00Round tripLocal walking route
Riverside WalkWalking route13 km▾
A circular walk around Horsham following the Chennels Brook, Horn Brook, Arun, and Boldings Brook
Named routeLength 13 kmRound tripLocal walking route
68 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route KCycling route▾
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Route J (incomplete)Cycling route▾
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Route JCycling route▾
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Route F (incomplete)Cycling route▾
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Route ACycling route▾
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Route O (incomplete)Cycling route▾
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1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Tilgate Forest SingletrackMountain bike route▾
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
5,356 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,356 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Wren · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Long-tailed Tit · Blue Tit +45
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- RavenCorvus corax
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
🦌Mammals5 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Muntjac · Red Fox · Common Shrew
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
🐸Amphibians2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects14 species
springsummer
2025▾
Red-eyed Damselfly · Emperor Dragonfly · Downy Emerald · White-legged Damselfly · 7-spot Ladybird +9
- Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Downy EmeraldCordulia aenea
- White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus
Bell Heather · Lesser Stitchwort
- Bell HeatherErica cinerea
- Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,356 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Wren · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Long-tailed Tit · Blue Tit +45
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- RavenCorvus corax
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
🦌Mammals5 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Muntjac · Red Fox · Common Shrew
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
🐸Amphibians2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects14 species
springsummer
2025▾
Red-eyed Damselfly · Emperor Dragonfly · Downy Emerald · White-legged Damselfly · 7-spot Ladybird +9
- Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Downy EmeraldCordulia aenea
- White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus
Bell Heather · Lesser Stitchwort
- Bell HeatherErica cinerea
- Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
