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Wakehurst & Chiddingly Woods

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Wakehurst & Chiddingly Woods is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in West Sussex, covering 1.6 km². It is one of 67 SSSIs in the county. It is among the largest in the county. It lies inside the High Weald National Landscape.

For arrivals by rail, Balcombe Station is about 2.4 km to the south-west. Other SSSIs nearby include Weir Wood Reservoir and Stone Hill Rocks.

More places to visit near Wakehurst & Chiddingly Woods

Photo of the High Weald, a National Landscape in south east England.Highlight

High Weald

You’re inside itNational Landscape near Mayfield

Wooded ridges, sunken lanes and deep stream valleys across the old iron country of the south-east

Photo of Wakehurst Place, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Ardingly in the High Weald, West Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Wakehurst Place

House & garden near Ardingly

Kew's country garden and Millennium Seed Bank.

1.2 km SW

Photo of Gravetye Manor, a restaurant near West Hoathly in the High Weald, West Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Gravetye Manor

Restaurant · With rooms near West Hoathly

An Elizabethan manor hotel with famous gardens deep in the Sussex Weald.

2.8 km NE

Photo of Ouse Valley Viaduct, a landmark near Balcombe in the High Weald, West Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Ouse Valley Viaduct

Landmark near Balcombe

Elegant 37-arch railway viaduct of 1841 striding across the Ouse valley near Balcombe, celebrated for the tunnel effect through its piers.

4.8 km S

Photo of Ashdown Forest, a Site of Special Scientific Interest near Forest Row in the High Weald, East Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Ashdown Forest

SSSI near Forest Row

Heathland ridges, the real Winnie-the-Pooh country.

5.8 km E

Photo of Lindfield, a village in West Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Lindfield

Village

A long village street of timber-framed houses climbs from a pond to the church, often called the finest in Sussex.

6.9 km S · West Sussex