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Sheffield Park Garden

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41% trees around it and 1,353 species recorded.

69Forestyas Score

ProtectedFungiWildlife

  • trees within 3 km41%
  • wild within 10 km89%
  • species recorded1,353

The forest around

41% trees.

Read like the rings of a cut trunk: from the centre out, the land within 1, 3, 6 and 10 km, coloured by what covers it.

Trees 50%Grassland 43%Water 2%Cropland 5%Trees 40%Grassland 50%Cropland 8%Built-up 1%Trees 47%Grassland 44%Water 0%Cropland 8%Built-up 1%Trees 46%Grassland 42%Water 0%Cropland 8%Built-up 4%41%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km50%
  • 1–3 km40%
  • 3–6 km47%
  • 6–10 km46%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees40%
  • Grassland50%
  • Water0%
  • Cropland8%
  • Built-up1%

ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m, from Sentinel satellites), sampled every 120 m. A clearing, a road or a lake counts as what it is.

Who lives here

1,353 species recorded.

The plants, fungi, birds and mammals people have recorded here most often.

Himalayan Balsam
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera191 recordsGuptaele · CC BY-SA 4.0
Bracken
BrackenPteridium aquilinum191 recordsStefan.lefnaer · CC BY-SA 4.0
Heather
HeatherCalluna vulgaris136 recordsUnknown author · Public domain
Pedunculate Oak
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur117 recordsAlgirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia · Public domain
English holly
English hollyIlex aquifolium116 recordsUnknown author · Public domain
Erect cinquefoil
Erect cinquefoilPotentilla erecta113 recordsUser:Tigerente · CC BY 2.5
Purple moor-grass
Purple moor-grassMolinia caerulea112 recordsElke Freese · CC BY-SA 3.0
Gorse
GorseUlex europaeus110 recordsForest & Kim Starr · CC BY 3.0
Ground-ivy
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea99 recordsAnRo0002 · CC0
Wood Anemone
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa95 recordsEpgrande · CC BY 4.0
Cobnut
CobnutCorylus avellana93 recordsMPF · CC BY-SA 3.0
Common Bluebell
Common BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta93 recordsJackyM59 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Open records within 5 km (GBIF, licensed for any use). Busy places are better recorded than remote ones.

In numbers

The forest, measured.

69out of 100

Our own rating, from open data only: tree cover (40 points), wildness (20), species recorded (30) and protection or heritage (10).

  • 41%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 89%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 1,353Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km

When to walk

Best for walking in June and in September.

How good each month is for a walk: mild days and little rain make the bar taller.

  1. Jan8°3°78 mm
  2. Feb8°3°62 mm
  3. Mar10°3°54 mm
  4. Apr13°5°43 mm
  5. May16°8°52 mm
  6. Jun19°11°52 mm
  7. Jul21°13°58 mm
  8. Aug21°14°66 mm
  9. Sep19°12°47 mm
  10. Oct15°9°82 mm
  11. Nov11°6°86 mm
  12. Dec8°4°84 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Sheffield Park Garden.

Park in East Sussex, England, UK

Sheffield Park Garden is a protected forest in United Kingdom.

Seen from space, 41% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 89% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

1,353 species have been recorded around it: 882 plants, 325 fungi, 117 birds and 29 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Himalayan Balsam, Bracken and Heather.

The best time to walk is in June and in September.

Hut - Sheffield Park and Garden - East Sussex, England - DSC05410
Daderot · CC0

Get there and walk

Plan the visit

A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.

Guided forest walks and tours near Sheffield Park GardenGetYourGuideSee prices Cabins and stays near Sheffield Park GardenBooking.comSee prices Car hire at LGW airport (London)Discover CarsSee prices 

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From above

The forest and its surroundings.

The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the trails, notable trees, picnic sites and huts that OpenStreetMap shows.

Sheffield Park Garden seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Seen from above: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 6 × 6 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Around, in OpenStreetMap

  • 9marked trails within 5 kmSussex Ouse Valley Way, Mid Sussex Link, Greenwich Meridian Trail and 6 more
  • 24picnic sites within 4 km
  • 4shelters and huts within 6 km
  • 3viewpoints within 5 km
  • 41car parks within 3 km
  • 25campsites within 10 kmWowo Campsite, Wowo Campsite - Lower Brook, Wowo Campsite - Middle Brook and 22 more
  • 18places to stay within 10 kmPremier Inn, Den's Cottage, The Birch Hotel and 15 more
  • 6restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • named and notable trees within 6 km
  • visitor centres within 6 km

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.

In our other atlases

Around Sheffield Park Garden.

The mountains, lakes, rivers, waterfalls and canyons around this forest, the viewpoints above it, the birds and the night sky, in the family's atlases.

Peakyas10 mountains within 25 km
Blackcap12 kmCliffe Hill164 m · 14 kmDitchling Beacon248 m · 14 kmWolstonbury Hill16 kmNewmarket Hill18 kmFirle Beacon20 kmTruleigh Hill23 kmThundersbarrow Hill24 km
Islandyasthe island
Great Britain228,938 km²
Lakeyas2 lakes within 15 km
Ardingly Reservoir0.7 km² · 9.7 kmWeir Wood Reservoir1.0 km² · 11 km
Darkskyas2 dark-sky places within 30 km
Isaac Roberts’ ObservatoryBortle 4 · 12 kmSouth Downs National ParkBortle 4 · 28 km
Riveryasthe river nearbyComing soon
River Ouse46 km · 10 m³/s

Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.

Photographs

The forest, as people saw it.

Sheffield Park Panorama
Zeimusu · Public domain
Sheffield Park and Garden 22-10-2010-5461506668
Karen Roe · CC BY 2.0
Bouquets - Sheffield Park and Garden - East Sussex, England - DSC05530
Daderot · CC0

Other forests nearby.

Sheffield Park Garden

United Kingdom

  • 69Forestyas Score
  • 41%Trees
  • 89%Wild
  • 1,353Species

Ashdown Forest

United Kingdom · 8 km

  • 78Forestyas Score
  • 66%Trees
  • 92%Wild
  • 1,460Species

See the guide

Bedgebury Forest

United Kingdom · 32 km

  • 74Forestyas Score
  • 64%Trees
  • 85%Wild
  • 1,430Species

See the guide

Painshill

United Kingdom · 48 km

  • 72Forestyas Score
  • 52%Trees
  • 83%Wild
  • 2,181Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q7492724) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species32,469 open records within 5 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only)
See these recordsgbif.org
Names and photosWikidata (CC0); GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
AltitudeCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Temperature and rainNASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2)
What is around© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Sister atlasesPeakyas, Islandyas, Lakeyas, Darkskyas, Riveryas

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

The family

Do you prefer beaches, lakes, mountains, waterfalls, islands, rivers, canyons, caves, dark skies, viewpoints, birdwatching or forests?

Same idea, other landscapes: field atlases built on open data, in seven languages.

beachesCoastyaFind your beach: sea temperature, sun and swimming month by month.Visit lakesLakeyasEvery lake on Earth: water temperature, ice, depth and the shore.Visit mountainsPeakyasEvery summit in 3D: summit weather, the 0 °C line, huts and trails.Visit waterfallsCascadyasEvery waterfall: height, flow month by month and when it roars.Visit islandsIslandyasEvery island from the sea up: size, sea temperature, ferries and 3D.Visit
riversRiveryasEvery river from source to sea: the journey, the flow and the basin in numbers.Coming soonVisit
canyonsCanyonyasEvery canyon cut to scale: depth to the floor, rim and floor temperatures, trails and viewpoints.Visit cavesCavernyasEvery cave with its real depth and length: the rock above, the temperature inside all year, and how to visit.Visit dark skiesDarkskyasWhere the night is still dark: the sky of every place, the Milky Way month by month, the Moon, eclipses and auroras.Visit viewpointsViewyasEvery viewpoint with its real 360° panorama: the peaks you can name, how far you see and where the sun sets.Visit birdwatchingBirdyasEvery bird sanctuary and wetland with the species recorded month by month: who is resident, who comes for the summer, who only passes through.Visit
forestsForestyasEvery forest with its land-cover rings, what grows and lives in it, and the best months to walk it.You are here